Current specs leaks prompt that the Pixel 7 Professional may not be a lot of an improve on the Pixel 6 Professional, however a brand new, extra detailed leak means that if nothing else the digicam could be in for some vital enhancements.

A full – and seemingly official – specs checklist shared by the Google Information Telegram channel (opens in new tab) (through leaker Yogesh Brar (opens in new tab) and Cellphone Area (opens in new tab)) features a little element that we hadn’t seen earlier than – point out of 5x optical zoom.

The Google Pixel 6 Professional has 4x optical zoom, so if this specs leak is correct then the Pixel 7 Professional will be capable to optically zoom additional than its predecessor, and in addition additional than most different telephones outdoors the 10x zoom of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely.

Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional specsheet is outMatches the one I had shared final weekPricing is similar as Pixel 6 seriesIndia pricing shall be aggressive… pic.twitter.com/hk3Xln6IEgOctober 2, 2022

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It’s not simply the optical zoom that’s reportedly rising both, as 30x digital zoom is listed, up from 20x on the Pixel 6 Professional.

This specs checklist – which was reportedly initially noticed on the web site of a Taiwanese cellular service – additionally mentions new digicam modes, akin to Film Movement Blur, which primarily based on the title presumably provides a blur impact to movies, maybe just like the iPhone’s Cinematic Mode, and Macro Focus, which could permit for higher macro pictures.

For what it’s value, Film Movement Blur can be listed as a function for the usual Pixel 7, however these different issues appears to solely associated to the Pixel 7 Professional.

Past that, the specs are principally all issues that we’ve heard earlier than, and most often look similar to the Pixel 6 line, although there may be point out of Face Unlock, which is one thing these telephones lacked however which we’ve lately heard rumors of.

We’d, in fact, take all of this with a pinch of salt for now, however we’ll know the reality very quickly, because the Pixel 7 line is totally launching on October 6.

Evaluation: a contender for the very best digicam telephone?

The Google Pixel 6 Professional already ranks excessive in our checklist of the very best digicam telephones, and if the enhancements above come to cross then it’s seemingly that the Pixel 7 Professional will rank even larger.

Will it prime the chart? That’s arduous to say, because it faces steep competitors from the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely and the iPhone 14 Professional line, nevertheless it actually has a shot, particularly as we’d count on there to be different enhancements to the digicam efficiency past these apparent from a specs checklist.

There are more likely to be software program tweaks, and the brand new Tensor G2 chipset would possibly effectively enhance the telephone’s digicam capabilities too.

So whereas the sensors seemingly received’t be altering a lot – which means there’s nonetheless a 50MP main digicam, a 12MP ultra-wide one, and a 48MP telephoto one – the precise capabilities could possibly be considerably improved.

Nonetheless, whether or not this shall be sufficient to prime the iPhone 14 Professional Max’s mighty new 48MP digicam or the Galaxy S22 Extremely’s spectacular zoom capabilities stays to be seen.