Google already earlier this month that the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones would be available later this fall. The company has also confirmed the phones’ design in images and stated that they will use the next-generation Tensor SoC, and it will run Android 13 out of the box. A new leak from 9to5Google reveals the details about the screens these two smartphones will have.
If you’re interested on the other side of this fall’s Pixels, a new report today is here to deliver, with purported details about their displays. Let’s get through the specs first and then we’ll tell you how they were uncovered.
This leak originates from the Android Open Source Project, where 9to5Google discovered that Google has produced two new display drivers, one labelled C10 and the other labelled P10. Cheetah (thus the “C”) is the Pixel 7’s codename, whereas Panther is the Pixel 7 Pro’s (hence, “P”).
Reportedly, the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will come with a 1080 x 2400 and 1440 x 3120 pixels display respectively. In addition, the non-Pro model will support a refresh rate of 90Hz while, the Pro model will support a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Is this an update over the Pixel 6 series? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro’s displays are the same as that of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The publication has also found out that the Pixel 7 Series will use the same Samsung panels called S6E3FC3 and S6E3HC3.
There’s also an S6E3HC4, which may be a newer iteration of the Pixel 6 Pro’s display that Google is working on supporting for the Pixel 7 Pro. We can only hope for improvements in quality, brightness, battery consumption, or any combination of these. Since resolution and refresh rate will remain the same, we can only hope for improvements in these mentioned areas.
The Pixel 7 is going to be a tad smaller than the Pixel 6, and thus the display panel has shrunk accordingly, being 1mm narrower and 2mm shorter. On the other hand, the Pixel 7 Pro’s size is identical to the Pixel 6 Pro’s, and the same goes for its screen.
This suggests that we should have low expectations for the Pixel 7 series’ display. More information about these upcoming devices should become available in the coming days.
