Alphabet Inc.’s Google introduced a US$1,799 foldable smartphone, a new entry-level Pixel phone and a tablet for the home, its latest attempt to spark hardware sales in an arena saturated by Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
Launched at Wednesday’s Google I/O conference, the Pixel Fold is Google’s first entry into the growing foldables category and comes with a 7.6-inch main display and a 5.8-inch external panel. Google touts this as the thinnest foldable in the markets where it will be sold, which include the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan.
The move into the pricier foldables category marks a strategy shift for Google, which has so far focused on undercutting the cost of rival devices. The Pixel Fold is Google’s most expensive handset to date, matching the price of Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Fold 4 and including high-end specifications like 512 gigabytes of onboard storage.
“Foldables are a pricing dream,” said Neil Mawston, director of research at Strategy Analytics. “We predict foldables will account for an outsized 5 per cent of all smartphone wholesale revenues worldwide this year.” Foldable phones typically have an external display for quick tasks and can fold open to a tablet-sized interior screen. Google’s Pixel Fold is wider than Samsung’s latest model, users of which have complained that it’s narrowness makes it harder to use. The Pixel Fold also includes features like face unlock, a fingerprint scanner and a promised 24 hours of battery life.
المملكة العربية السعودية أحدث الأخبار, المملكة العربية السعودية عناوين
Similar News:يمكنك أيضًا قراءة قصص إخبارية مشابهة لهذه التي قمنا بجمعها من مصادر إخبارية أخرى.
Vanguard’s trillion-dollar man leads a fixed-income revolutionVanguard Group\u0027s US$1 trillion bond indexing business for the Americas is reshaping the world of fixed\u002Dincome. Read more here.
اقرأ أكثر »
Gold SWOT: The Google search phraseCommentaries from industry expert Frank Holmes focusing on gold price movements, what's moving markets and what to expect in the metals sector. This includes his weekly Gold SWOT analysis, which is also featured in his own Kitco News show Gold Game Film
اقرأ أكثر »
Google expected to unveil its answer to Microsoft’s AI search challengeThrough an internal project code-named Magi, Google has looked to infuse its namesake engine with generative artificial intelligence
اقرأ أكثر »
U.S. basketball coach agrees to US$1M pay cut, 3-game suspension for homophobic slurBob Huggins has agreed to a three-game suspension and a US$1 million salary reduction and will be required to meet with LGBTQ2S+ leaders for using a homophobic slur during a radio interview, the university announced Wednesday.
اقرأ أكثر »
Meta executives reiterate plan to remove news from Facebook, Instagram if online news act passesThe online news act would require Facebook and Google to negotiate deals with news publishers to compensate publishers for content
اقرأ أكثر »
Sleep Country sees earnings decline in Q1, sales largely unchanged - BNN BloombergSleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. says its earnings for the first quarter were $11.3 million, down 38.5 per cent from $18.4 million a year earlier.
اقرأ أكثر »