Google Pixel 8 — the corporate’s flagship smartphone launched in October final 12 months — will quickly be manufactured in India. In response to an article in The Financial Instances citing two executives conscious of the corporate’s plans, a neighborhood contract producer will produce the Pixel 8 within the nation, the primary batch of handsets is anticipated to reach later this 12 months. Earlier this 12 months, it was reported that Google would begin manufacturing its handsets in India in Q2 2024.
Google Pixel 8 to be manufactured in India
The report states that Google’s present Pixel 8 smartphone that was launched final 12 months might be manufactured in India by Dixon Applied sciences, and the native agency is claimed to have lately began trial manufacturing. Whereas firm already sells the Pixel 8 sequence in India, these handsets which are sometimes produced in China and Vietnam. The primary batch of regionally produced handsets will reportedly arrive in September.
Final 12 months, Google introduced that it deliberate to fabricate its Pixel 8 sequence 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 thirty 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 8 specs
Google’s Pixel 8 sequence was launched in India and international markets final 12 months, on the firm’s Made by Google 2023 occasion. The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional are outfitted with Google’s Tensor G3 chip, paired with 8GB (Pixel 8) and 12GB (Pixel 8 Professional) of RAM and as much as 256GB of inbuilt storage. The Pixel 8 has a 6.2-inch OLED display screen, whereas the Pixel 8 Professional sports activities a 6.7-inch OLED display screen.
Each flagship telephones are outfitted with a 50-megapixel main digicam with a Samsung GN2 senso 50-megapixel main digicam. The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional characteristic a 12-megapixel and 64-megpixel ultra-wide-angle digicam, respectively. The Professional mannequin is supplied with a 3rd digicam — a 48-megapixel telephoto digicam. Each telephones have an 11-megapixel selfie digicam and have 4,575mAh and 5,050mAh batteries with help for 27W and 30W wired charging, respectively, together with wi-fi charging help.