Google Pixel 8 — the corporate’s flagship smartphone launched in October final yr — will quickly be manufactured in India. Based on an article in The Financial Instances citing two executives conscious of the corporate’s plans, an area contract producer will produce the Pixel Eight within the nation, the primary batch of handsets is anticipated to reach later this yr. Earlier this yr, it was reported that Google would begin manufacturing its handsets in India in Q2 2024.
Google Pixel Eight to be manufactured in India
The report states that Google’s present Pixel Eight smartphone that was launched final yr will probably be manufactured in India by Dixon Applied sciences, and the native agency is claimed to have not too long ago began trial manufacturing. Whereas firm already sells the Pixel Eight collection in India, these handsets which are usually produced in China and Vietnam. The primary batch of regionally produced handsets will reportedly arrive in September.
Final yr, Google introduced that it deliberate to fabricate its Pixel Eight collection in India, and the corporate seems to be on monitor to provide its personal flagship telephones within the nation. As per the report, Dixon will have the ability to produce as much as 1 lakh models per 30 days, and the announcement comes on the heels of the corporate’s subsidiary Padget Electronics inking an settlement to fabricate telephones for Taiwan-based Compal Electronics.
Google Pixel Eight specs
Google’s Pixel Eight collection was launched in India and world markets final yr, on the firm’s Made by Google 2023 occasion. The Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional are geared up with Google’s Tensor G3 chip, paired with 8GB (Pixel 8) and 12GB (Pixel Eight Professional) of RAM and as much as 256GB of inbuilt storage. The Pixel Eight has a 6.2-inch OLED display screen, whereas the Pixel Eight Professional sports activities a 6.7-inch OLED display screen.
Each flagship telephones are geared up with a 50-megapixel major digital camera with a Samsung GN2 senso 50-megapixel major digital camera. The Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional characteristic a 12-megapixel and 64-megpixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera, respectively. The Professional mannequin is provided with a 3rd digital camera — a 48-megapixel telephoto digital camera. Each telephones have an 11-megapixel selfie digital camera and have 4,575mAh and 5,050mAh batteries with assist for 27W and 30W wired charging, respectively, together with wi-fi charging assist.
