Editor's accept: Google tossed its proper name into the foldables hat early on, researching the engineering alongside all the other major smartphone makers. But as Samsung, Motorola and others take come to marketplace with early on offerings, Google's has notwithstanding to materialize. A strategic movement, possibly, or merely a instance of bad timing?

Google publicly said every bit far back as May 2022 that it was experimenting with foldable display engineering science, and had been doing so for a while. At the time, however, Google's head of Pixel development said they hadn't actually identified a articulate apply case.

At present more than two years afterward, in the wake of multiple foldable launches from rival Samsung and a challenging supply chain environment, Google may be no closer to launching a foldable than it was in 2022.

Ross Immature, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), claims sources in the supply chain have told him that Google has decided not to bring a foldable Pixel phone to market place – at least, not in 2022 and non in the first half of 2022.

Sources said Google doesn't believe the device would be as competitive as it needs to exist. What'due south more, Young pointed to previous rumors suggesting the device was destined to send with non-state-of-the-art photographic camera sensors.

All things considered, it's probably in Google's best interest to put the Pixel Fold on ice for a chip. Foldables are still a very niche category, and in that price range, buyers await cutting-edge hardware, non outdated cameras. It'll also give Google's own Tensor processor some time to mature, give the Pixel 6 family more time on the market every bit Google's flagship handset and perhaps purchase some fourth dimension for global supply chains to go back on their feet.

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