Back in November, Russian tech blog Rozetked posted some hands-on pictures of an unreleased device, calling it the ‘Pixel 3 Lite.’ While we didn’t expect it to make it to the US, according to a new report from Android Police, Google intends to launch two new Pixel smartphones, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL Lite, on Verizon in early spring 2019.
We still don’t have an exact date or pricing, however. As before, the phone is still expected to have a Snapdragon 670 or 710 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, headphone jack, and 12MP rear and 8MP front cameras. The smaller phone will allegedly have a 5.5″ screen and the larger XL will have a 6″ screen.
Personally, the launch of a midrange Pixel seems to make a lot of sense. Ever since Google released the first-gen Pixel, Nexus fans have been left out. Not everyone needs a high-end phone and/or can afford the price tag associated with them. Sure, there are other phones with more bang for the buck, but they won’t provide the software support, including day one updates, that Google will.
Source: Android Police
