Although it seems soon, we have to start thinking about the launch of the new Pixel 10; Recall that Google decided to advance the Pixel 9 as part of its new strategy that will also mean an advanced Android 16 in the coming months. That means that the leaks are becoming very precise, and the last one may seem surprising.
In Android Authority They have obtained confirmation of an internal Google source of a great change in the cameras of the Pixel 10. The good news is that users who do not pay so much can finally take photos with optical zoom; The bad, is that They will have to sacrifice a lot in return.
In other words, the source confirms the rumor that was published a few weeks ago that The basic pixel 10 will now have three camerasinstead of two like basic pixel 9. Until now, one of the great differences between the basic pixel and the pro model was in that third camera; But from the tenth generation, all models of the range will have three cameras.
It is a striking change and a decision from Google that may seem surprising; If all models have three cameras, there may be few reasons to spend hundreds of euros more on a Pro model, and that the basic 10 pixel is sufficient for many people. But it is not that Google has decided to lose sales; You have to take into account a vital detail: The cameras will not be the same In all models, although the number of sensors is.
As confirmed by the Google Fountain, the company will mount the best sensors only in the PRO Models to compensate for the highest price they will have; And that in turn means that The basic pixel 10 will have worse cameras that pixel 9incredible to sound. Specifically, pixel 10 configuration will be as follows:
- Major: Samsung Gn8 of 50 MPX, Opening F/1.95 ”
- Great angle: Sony IMX712 of 12 MPX, Opening F/3.1 ”
- Telefoto: Samsung 3j1 of 11 MPX, Opening F/1.3 ”
- Frontal: Samsung 3j1 of 11 MPX, Opening F/1.3 ”, Automatic approach
For its part, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL would have this chamber setting:
- Major: Samsung GNV of 50 MPX, Opening F/1.31 ”
- Great angle: Sony IMX858 of 48 MPX, Opening F/2.55 ”
- Telefoto: Sony IMX858 of 48 MPX, Opening F/2.55 ”
- Frontal: Sony IMX858 of 48 MPX, Opening F/2.55 ”, automatic approach
As we see, there are notable differences in all sensors, starting with the main one. While Pixel 10 Pro will use the same Samsung GNV sensor from Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 10 will take a step back with a Samsung GN8, The same sensor used in pixel 9a; Although the resolution is the same in the basic model and the PRO, of 50 MPX, aspects such as the opening and amount of light that can be captured will make the difference.
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The story is repeated with the wide angle, which in Pixel 9 has a resolution of 48 MPX but that in Pixel 10 is left only in the 13 MPX. Finally, although the Pixel 10 is going to release a telephoto camera in the range, that does not mean that it will be at the same level as that of the Pixel 10 Pro, with a relatively low resolution.
It is true that it is a great achievement that Pixel 10 will have a telephoto camera with optical zoom, but it is no less true that comes from the hand of A lot of sacrifices in the rest of the sensors. As usual, Google will try to use the magic of the algorithms to improve the quality of the photographs, but that will not take away that there is a huge difference between the Pro model and the basic, which will take photographs more similar to those of the 9A model.
