{"id":15712,"date":"2022-02-21T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/21\/first-pixel-7-leak-points-to-new-tensor-chip-samsung-modem-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:43:06","slug":"first-pixel-7-leak-points-to-new-tensor-chip-samsung-modem-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/21\/first-pixel-7-leak-points-to-new-tensor-chip-samsung-modem-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pixel 7 Leak Points to New Tensor Chip, Samsung Modem \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While Google struggles to resolve all the bugs in its Pixel 6 smartphone<\/a>, it\u2019s juggling a spate of upcoming smartphone releases, including the Pixel 6a<\/a>, the Pixel Notepad<\/a> foldable, and evidently, the Pixel 7. A new leak from\u00a09to5Google<\/em><\/a> provides the first concrete details on the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, plus the devices\u2019 codenames.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Google launched its\u00a0Android 13 Dev Preview<\/a>, enthusiasts and journalists started mining the operating system for new information on Google\u2019s phones. Cstark27<\/a> found references to Google\u2019s 2nd gen Tensor processor, model number\u00a0GS201, within the operating system. It seems that this chip will power the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, but not the upcoming 6a and Notebook devices.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, the Android 13 code ties the 2nd gen Tensor processor to a modem with the model number \u201cg5300b.\u201d This appears to be an unannounced Samsung modem; likely called the\u00a0Exynos Modem 5300. (The Pixel 6\u2019s modem,\u00a0called the Exynos Modem 5123, uses model number\u00a0\u201cg5123b.\u201d)<\/p>\n

The gang at\u00a09to5Google<\/em> also uncovered two device codenames from the Android 13 Dev Preview\u2014\u201cCheetah\u201d and \u201cPanther.\u201d These names probably reference the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. That said, it\u2019s worth noting that all Pixel 6-series phones, including the upcoming foldable (internally called Pipit), have codenames based on birds. (My guess is that Google bases its codenames on whichever generation of Tensor chip is in a phone.)<\/p>\n

This leak is pretty clear-cut, but there\u2019s one piece of information that\u2019s a bit confusing. Part of Android 13\u2019s code references a device codenamed \u201cRavenclaw.\u201d We don\u2019t know anything about this device, though interestingly, its \u201cRavenclaw\u201d codename combines both bird and fish language. Perhaps the \u201cRavenclaw\u201d is a device for internal testing, such as a Pixel 6 that\u2019s modified to use a 2nd gen Tensor chip.<\/p>\n

Source: 9to5Google<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n