Google is set to reveal its Pixel 11 lineup on August 12th, and thanks to recent leaks, the company may have little new to tell about its coming smartphones.
For instance, a 9to5Google report this week covered “three [Amazon] listings that appear to be placeholders” published early, “with official images in tow.” The listings, the outlet wrote, revealed the Pixel 11 in many colors with descriptions labeling them “Midnight,” “Fuchsia,” and “Moss.” Also, the Pixel 11 Pro was listed in “Dune,” “Light Fog,” and “Pine.” The Pixel 11 Pro Fold was there, too, in Midnight and Pine. According to that leak, the Pixel 11 will have a 6.3-inch display, 256GB SSD, 12GB of RAM, a 4,985mAh battery, and will start at $899, or a hundred bucks higher than the Google Pixel 10 launched at.
The next day, Android Authority reported that it had seen yet more screenshots of the listings, and that these confirmed the phone would have a 120Hz refresh rate, a 13MP front camera, and would sport Bluetooth 6 and Wi-Fi 6E capability. Interestingly, the outlet wrote that the base Pixel 11 will have a “2,856 x 1,280 resolution,” conflicting with the 1,080 x 2,424 that 9to5Google reported. (I don’t see that in the screenshots Android Authority published, and, as usual, it’s best to take these leaked specs with a grain of salt.)
Moving on, Android Authority also writes that screenshots showed the Pixel 11 Pro with the same display size as the Pixel 11, a 13MP front camera, and be capable of 120x digital zoom, and will cost between $1,099 and $1,449, up from $999 to $1,399 for last year’s model. The article says the Pro XL will get a 6.8-inch, 120Hz display with a 2,991 x 1,344 resolution, feature a 5,115mAh battery, and a 13MP front camera. Like the base Pixel 11, it will apparently support Bluetooth 6 and Wi-Fi 6E. Citing Droid Life, Android Authority says the 11 Pro XL’s pricing could range from $1,299 to $1,649, a $100 bump from its predecessor.
Lastly, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold may have a 6.5-inch, 120Hz outer OLED display with a 2,342 x 1,080 resolution. It’ll also have a 4,750mAh battery, 13MP front camera, and will support Bluetooth 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, according to the leak. It may be priced at $1,899 (up from last year’s $1,799 base model) for the 256GB version, and $2,019 for the 512GB option. The author noted that the 10 Pro Fold had a larger, 5,015mAh battery pack and speculated that the smaller capacity in these screenshots could be inaccurate placeholder text. Of course, so could anything else in the early, now-deleted listings.
One thing that is for sure is that there will be a little color-shifting, glowing orb tucked into the Pixel 11’s camera bar. 9to5Google noticed that in the animation that plays on Google’s teaser page for the forthcoming phone. What it represents is up for debate, but let’s have a little fun and speculate that it has something to do with AI.
Say it with me one last time: besides that glowing orb from Google’s actual website, any number of the specs from these leaks could be wrong, and we will know for sure what’s going on with these phones in just a little less than a month, when Google reveals the phones for real.
Wes is a freelance writer (Freelance Wes, they call him) who has covered technology, gaming, and entertainment steadily since 2020 at Gizmodo, Tom’s Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and most recently, The Verge. Inside of him there are two wolves: one that thinks it wouldn’t be so bad to start collecting game consoles again, and the other who also thinks this, but more strongly.
