The Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro were unveiled via a lengthy tweet, but despite a list of highlights, the cameras remain in shadow.
It’s official – the Google Pixel 6 is a real phone, and alongside a Pro-tier sibling it’s going on sale in ‚fall‘ according to the company – we found this out via a lengthy Twitter thread from the company because it’s 2021 and of course we did. While the thread touched on many topics, like Google’s homemade ‚Tensor‘ chipset, the design of the two handsets and some software upgrades that Android 12 would bring, one aspect of the phones was curiously absent. If you asked a random smattering of people what they knew about Pixel phones – and filtered out the many befuddled looks from people who don’t follow smartphone news – the majority would say ‚cameras‘. For years now, handsets from Google have had led the pack for pocket photography. So why didn’t we get any real details about the phone’s cameras in the unveiling Twitter thread? We didn’t hear literally nothing about the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro cameras from their unveiling, but what scarce information we did get, provides more questions than answers. The Google Pixel 6 will have a main and ultra-wide camera. The Pro will have those two joined by a telephoto snapper for 4x optical zoom. The standard phone will have a single selfie camera, and we’ve no idea what the Pro is packing in this department. So what are the resolutions of the cameras? Or the apertures, or sensor sizes? How many selfie snappers does the Pro have? Who made the sensors or lenses? Are there any useful software modes that let you capture cool shots? Has the AI optimization seen any tweaks? How will the new Tensor chipset benefit photography? Does it have an equivalent of earlier Pixel phones‘ Pixel Chip for improved snapping? We’ve got so many questions about the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro camera, and the strange lack of details is curious.
