Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL were made official only in October, we would have expected that the details on the next generation of the Mountain View top of the range would not have been available before late summer, or with the alleged launch window approaching.
Well, our beliefs turned out to be completely wrong, since in the last few hours a first render of one of the Pixel 5 XL prototypes has been shared. The image you see at the beginning was published in the last video of the FrontPageTech channel (link in Source) and portrays the back of one of the 3 models currently being examined by Google.
As the author of the video Jon Prosser suggests, it seems that Big G. is studying 3 different designs, so the one shown is in no way representative of the final smartphone design that will be presented in the autumn (as long as Google does not choose this! ).
This means that any discussion on the design of the camera module – now centered and no longer placed on the side – is completely superfluous, while we can assume that the presence of the 3 sensors is also common to the other models. Reportedly, it seems that Google has retraced its steps and has decided to equip its top of the range with a third camera with wide-angle optics, despite last year’s statements having painted it as a superfluous addition.
But on the other hand, the history of the Pixel range is full of second thoughts, as the events related to the audio jack (praised and removed within a year), the notch and the need to insert at least a second camera have taught us. In short, if Google speaks badly of something, we can expect to find it on the model of the following year, and this first render seems to confirm it once again.
