The Pixel 6 series and Android 12 stable rollouts may almost be upon us but Google is not done with the good stuff for this year. Sources state that the Google Pixel Fold will be launched before the end of 2021, as Google’s very first foldable smartphone.
The device is expected to have the now-standard inward folding flexible screen. Based on this, Google’s patents, and the design language employed by the Pixel 6 series, LetsGoDigital in collaboration with designer Waqar Khan has provided some really good-looking renders of the purported foldable model.
The renders show a design that is not unlike the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3. The selfie camera is housed within a punch hole in the outside display on the top left corner. LetsGoDigital believes that the front display will have reasonably thick bezels, and has as such, reflected so on their renders as well.
Once unfolded, you get yet another selfie camera within the larger display inside. The device is equipped with a similar hide-away hinge Samsung uses on their Fold series.
Do keep in mind that the renders are only an artist’s imagination and may hence not reflect the actual look of the Google Pixel Fold.
Earlier, Google was granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a multi-axis soft hinge mechanism and a foldable device having the same. The 58-page documentation described an advanced hinge mechanism, designed in such a way that only a small crease is created when the device is folded.
The patent described a device with an inward folding display, not unlike the one shown in the Google Pixel Fold renders above, which can be unfolded into a device with a tablet-sized display. From this, it is safe to assume that Google will be using a similar design for their Pixel Fold.
Last but not the least, the foldable phone that has been codenamed “Passport” can be released as early as this year itself. Sources have given an “end of 2021” date.
The device was first tipped by a blogger back in 2019 and a more recent leak suggests that it will be using an LTPO OLED display. It may also come with an under-screen camera, although we wouldn’t want to get our hopes too high.
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