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Pixel

2016 Android smartphone by Google

Productsmartphone model smartphone model seriesQ27096258

Also known as 1st-generation Pixel · Google Pixel phone · Google Pixel (smartphone)

Manufacturer: HTC
Founded: October 4, 2016
Released: October 20, 2016
Mass: 143 g
Subclass of: smartphone
, Daydream-ready smartphone

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The Pixel and Pixel XL are a pair of Android-based smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Google and the first smartphones to be part of the Google Pixel product line, succeeding the Nexus line of smartphones. They were officially announced on October 4, 2016, at the Made by Google event and released in the United States on October 20. On October 4, 2017, they were succeeded by the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.

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Part of the series: Google Pixel
Operating system: Android Nougat
Android Oreo
Android Pie
Android 10
Developer: Google
Website: store.google.com/product/pixel_phone archive url: web.archive.org · archive date: November 16, 2017 · archives at: Internet Archive
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
Followed by: Pixel 2
Connector: USB-C
phone connector
Follows: Nexus 5X
Nexus 6P
Category for pictures taken with this camera: Category:Taken with Google Pixel
Source of energy: lithium polymer battery
Discontinuation date: April 11, 2018
Complies with: IEC 60529 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) ip code: IP53
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Sources
1.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-ip53-rating-717869/
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Exif model: Pixel
Exif make: Google
Different from: Pixel XL
Announcement date: October 4, 2016
RAM capacity: 4 gibibyte
Storage capacity: 32 gigabyte
128 gigabyte
Working title: sailfish
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Sources
1.pixel.gadgethacks.com/how-to/always-updated-list-google-pixel-codenames-0345367/
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Members / parts: electronic visual display display technology: AMOLED · display size (diagonal): 5 in · display device resolution: 1920 × 1080
Sony IMX 378
RAM type: LPDDR4
Height: 143.8 mm
Width: 69.5 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Brand: Google Pixel

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