Google's Pixel 11 Event Set for August 12, a Month Before Apple Debuts Foldable iPhone

Google volition present its latest Pixel smartphones astatine an August 12 event, debuting the updated devices astir a period up of erstwhile Apple is expected to denote caller iPhone models.


Google is expected to motorboat the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and a caller Pixel 11 Pro Fold. Leaked CAD renders suggest the caller smartphones volition person slimmed down bezels, a somewhat thinner plan than the Pixel 10, and an updated all-black camera bar.

The latest Pixel foldable is expected to look similar the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but it could beryllium thinner with immoderate insignificant changes to the rear camera bar. It's expected to beryllium astir 10.1mm heavy erstwhile folded and 4.8mm heavy erstwhile unfolded, which is not excessively acold disconnected from the rumored thickness of Apple's foldable iPhone.

Last year, Apple chopped the 128GB iPhone and the iPhone 17 launched with 256GB of starting storage, and Google plans to marque the aforesaid determination with the Pixel 11.

This year's Pixel devices could beryllium much expensive, and a leak retired of Europe suggests a €100 terms summation crossed each caller Pixel smartphones compared to the anterior pricing. Most instrumentality manufacturers are upping prices successful 2026 due to the fact that of the soaring costs of DRAM.

Apple raised the prices of each Macs and iPads successful June, and the caller iPhones coming successful the autumn are apt going to beryllium much costly than the ‌iPhone 17‌ lineup. The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max could beryllium up to $200 much expensive, according to expert estimates.

Google's Pixel 11 lineup volition vie with Apple's ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models, which Apple is expected to present successful September. Apple won't person a Pixel 11 equivalent successful 2026 due to the fact that it is holding its basal iPhone 18 until outpouring 2027, but it volition launch the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌, ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, and its archetypal foldable iPhone.

Samsung is besides going to motorboat caller smartphones up of erstwhile Apple introduces the ‌iPhone 18‌ lineup. The adjacent Samsung Unpacked lawsuit is expected aboriginal successful July, with the institution acceptable to present the Galaxy Z Fold 8, the Galaxy Z Flip 8, and the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide. The second foldable has an facet ratio that's person to the rumored foldable iPhone.

With the foldable iPhone, Apple volition beryllium competing with Samsung and Google, and some companies person had clip to refine their foldable instrumentality designs. Samsung has been making foldables since 2019, and Google's archetypal Pixel Fold came retired successful 2023.
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