Subj : The Google Pixel Fold 2 could have a truly tablet-sized screen
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Date : Wed Mar 13 2024 11:00:06

The Google Pixel Fold 2 could have a truly tablet-sized screen

Date:
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:44:32 +0000

Description:
A leak suggests the Google Pixel Fold 2 could have far bigger screens than 
the original or the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.

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The promise of book-style foldable phones is to give you a tablet-sized 
screen that you can fold down to a normal phone-sized footprint, and the 
Google Pixel Fold 2 could come closer to delivering on that promise than most 
of the best foldable phones . 

According to Ross Young  a leaker with a good track record for screen details 
 posting on X, the Google Pixel Fold 2 will have an 8.02-inch foldable screen 
and a 6.29-inch cover screen. 

For comparison, the original Google Pixel Fold has a 7.6-inch foldable screen 
and a 5.8-inch cover display, so that would make both screens on the Pixel 
Fold 2 significantly bigger. It would also bring the foldable screen more in 
line with a tablet, when you consider that the iPad mini (2021)  which is the 
latest model  is only a little bigger at 8.3 inches. The leaks on the Pixel 
Fold 2 don't have the display sizes right. 8.02" for the foldable display and 
6.29" for the cover display. Panel production starts in April! It is coming. 
March 12, 2024 See more 

Likewise, a 6.29-inch cover screen would make it more smartphone-sized than 
its predecessor when folded shut  it would actually be bigger than the 
6.2-inch Google Pixel 8 . 

Those screen sizes would also have most other foldable phones beat, with the 
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 , for example, having a 7.6-inch foldable screen and 
a 6.2-inch cover display. 

Young also claims that the Pixel Fold 2 has a wide cover screen, like the 
current model, and that panel production for the phone is starting in April, 
which hopefully means we wont be waiting too long for the phone to launch. A 
question of bezels 

This is all good news, with our only concern being that the bezels on the 
original Pixel Fold are quite large, so if Google doesnt shrink them this 
year, those larger screen sizes might make the phone a little unwieldy. 

Still, if it does have larger screens, that could be a sign that the bezels 
will be smaller  and indeed leaked Pixel Fold 2 renders have also suggested 
that the bezels have shrunk. 

Its unclear when well find out for sure, as while the original Pixel Fold 
landed in May last year, one rumor points to an October launch for the Pixel 
Fold 2 , alongside the Google Pixel 9 . 

It could be worth the wait though, because along with larger screens, other 
leaks point to a powerful chipset, a new design, and an extra camera, which 
could make it one of the best folding smartphones out there. You might also 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/the-google-pixel-fold-2-c
ould-have-a-truly-tablet-sized-screen


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