A brand new rumor says that an upcoming Google Pixel smartphone shall be made utilizing ceramic supplies – and if that is the case it might assist remedy one of many worst issues about my Pixel 6.

Don’t get me unsuitable, I like my Google Pixel 6 – it’s a step up from my Google Pixel 3A in all the fitting methods – however it might probably get very popular, which is a specific problem given the new climate we have been experiencing right here within the UK not too long ago. 

If I wish to play a cellular recreation like Genshin Influence, it might probably rapidly start to really feel like my telephone case goes to soften (perhaps that’s why Google’s official Pixel 6 instances have been getting warped).

Fortunately, it feels like Google is engaged on an answer to this heating problem by making a Pixel smartphone with ceramic supplies, and it might arrive as quickly because the Google Pixel 7.

The rumor comes from a publish on the Chinese language social media app Weibo that was found by 9to5Google (opens in new tab). Poster Digital Chat Station (opens in new tab) stated Google has plans to companion with Foxconn, a producer in China that additionally makes Apple’s iPhones.

Foxconn will apparently not solely assist create the rumored Google Pixel Fold – which can be referred to as the Pixel Notepad – but in addition a brand new Google Pixel flagship that makes use of ceramics. One of many most important advantages of this materials is the way it handles warmth; telephones which are fabricated from ceramic don’t really feel as sizzling to carry as their non-ceramic counterparts.

As with all rumors, we now have to take this one with a pinch of salt, but when Google does launch a Pixel 7 or Pixel eight fabricated from ceramic, it can hopefully imply that I’ll lastly be capable to play a few of the greatest Android video games with out my smartphone burning me.

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Past being higher at dealing with warmth, ceramic smartphone elements supply just a few different advantages. Like glass, ceramic doesn’t intervene with radio indicators, which could be a problem with metals, but it surely’s additionally extra scratch-resistant than glass.

On the draw back, ceramic telephone elements could be extra susceptible to shattering if dropped, and are sometimes dearer.

With that latter level in thoughts, it’s no shock that leaks additionally recommend the ceramic Pixel 7 shall be a brand new and dearer flagship – suppose the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely in comparison with the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus.

Digital Chat Station’s publish claims this ceramic Pixel would use a 50MP digital camera with an IMX787 sensor in addition to a Tensor 2 processor. These particulars have beforehand been linked to a high-end Pixel 7 codenamed Lynx, suggesting that it and Google’s ceramic telephone shall be one and the identical.

It’s unclear if Lynx will launch alongside the 2 Pixel telephones we’re anticipating to see later this 12 months or alongside a Google Pixel 7A at a later date (assuming Lynx even launches in any respect), however hopefully it received’t be lengthy earlier than we get a ceramic Pixel in our arms, with out having to fret about burning them.