Google Pixel 7 Appears on eBay Six Months Early

A couple of years back, Google gave up on retaining its Pixel smartphones less than wraps in the months ahead of release. Now, it spills the beans early, as it did through the recent Google I/O event when it unveiled the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional. This cellphone will not start until finally late 2022, but the components is currently in the wild. We know this due to the fact the Pixel 7 appeared for sale on eBay more than the weekend, and it will get greater. The listing pictures were captured with a Pixel 7 Professional. 

This is not the initial time an unreleased Google cellphone popped up for sale just before release. Back again in the Pixel 3 era, a substantial variety of pre-launch gadgets showed up on line, presented mostly by Russian sellers. It was the subsequent calendar year when Google made a decision to prevent actively playing coy with mobile phone releases. It begun chatting about the Pixel 4 months early, and the identical has been genuine of most of its subsequent releases. Although, announcing the Pixel 7 at I/O was the earliest unveiling yet. We assume this cell phone will occur out in October or November 2022. 

The telephone in the listing is the black model and looks extremely shut to the system Google confirmed off in render variety on the stage at I/O. There’s a gap-punch exhibit, a shiny glass again, and a notable camera bar. The style of the bar has improved a contact this yr — it is now all aluminum, whilst it was a combination of glass and plastic in the 2021 Pixels. 

Because the back is so reflective (no matte glass option on the 2022 Pixels), you can see what the vendor employed to snap the pics… and it’s the Pixel 7 Pro. This man or woman has (or had) accessibility to equally unreleased units, which they declare are jogging Android 13 with in-enhancement apps. The Pixel 7 has 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, paired with an up-to-date variation of Google’s Tensor processor. The seller disclaims any duty for the functionality of this phone—it’s prevalent for prototype devices to have a remote eliminate change of some kind. 

The seller canceled the listing ahead of it could be bought at or previously mentioned the $450 starting up bid. There could be several motives for that. A person may possibly have achieved out in the hopes of arranging a private sale that did not entail a general public eBay listing. Google could also have swooped in, demanding its house again. I’ve heard unconfirmed experiences that this is what transpired, but the organization isn’t about to validate anything at this position. 

Irrespective, the hardware appears to be like good for a prototype. It’s tough to believe that this cellular phone will not even go on sale for fifty percent a yr. With that considerably lead time, it most likely would have sold for significantly extra than $450.

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