The well-known source of leaks @OnLeaks have obtained CAD models of the Pixel 8 Pro, Google’s next flagship.
Leaked images show that the Pixel 8 Pro has broadly retained the design of the Pixel 7 Pro, which is an iteration of the Pixel 6 Pro. However, the Pixel 8 Pro will arguably be further removed from its predecessor than the Pixel 8 Pro. Pixel 7 Pro moved away from Pixel 6 Pro.
The Pixel 8 Pro still has a side-to-side camera housing bar. However, Google has adopted a pill-shaped hole that houses three cameras.
Additionally, the camera bar contains an LED flash and a mysterious fifth aperture. Potentially, it could be a LiDAR scanner, which could improve the simulation of the bokeh effect in portrait mode. Google continues to use flicker and spectral sensors on its flagships, but to mitigate the banding of the lights.
Also, the Pixel 8 Pro has a flat screen, which would be a first for the largest Pixel flagship since the Pixel 4 XL.
@OnLeaks adds that the Pixel 8 Pro measures 162.6 × 76.5 × 8.7mm, making it 0.3mm shorter than its predecessor, as well as 0.1mm narrower and 0.2mm thinner. Although the device has a slightly thicker chin than the Pixel 7 Pro, we suspect it will still have roughly a 6.7-inch display.
Other details are unknown for now, though there is a chance that Google will unveil a trailer for the Pixel 8 series during its I/O 2023 keynote in May alongside the rumored Pixel 7a and Pixel Fold.
