{"id":60294,"date":"2017-03-04T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=60294\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:16:47","slug":"google-pixel-2-coming-wont-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/technology-en\/google-pixel-2-coming-wont-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Google Pixel 2 is coming and it won’t be cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh, the Google Pixel’s<\/a> successor is on its way — but the company’s next flagship phone may still cost you a pretty penny.<\/p>\n

2016 marked the year that Google bucked the usual trend by ditching the Nexus brand<\/a> for its line of signature smartphones, opting to change the name to Pixel after its Chromebook Pixel<\/a> laptops. This time, Google designed the Pixel<\/a> and Pixel XL<\/a> phones from scratch<\/a> and added premium features like a high-quality camera<\/a>. Now that we’ve gotten word of a second-generation Pixel, it suggests the Pixel brand may be here to stay.<\/p>\n

When asked about a Pixel 2<\/a> this week, Osterloh told AndroidPIT<\/a>: “There is an annual rhythm in the industry. So, you can count on us to follow it.” He added: “You can count on a successor this year, even if you don’t hear a date from me now.” So we can expect the next Pixel to come in 2017, but it’s not yet clear whether it’ll be released in October like last year.<\/p>\n

We’ve heard rumors of the Pixel 2<\/a> in the past: according to a 9to5Google report<\/a> from January, the second-generation Pixel may come with improved water resistance, an even better camera, and a faster processor.<\/p>\n

Google was also rumored to be testing a budget version, a “Pixel 2B,” according to that same report. But when AndroidPIT asked Osterloh about the second Pixel’s price, the answer — “Pixel stays premium” — seemed to shoot the idea of a budget phone down. If Google makes a cheap phone, perhaps it won’t be called a Pixel, or perhaps Google is leaving budget phones to other manufacturers. After all, there are plenty of cheap Android phones to choose from<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n