ISSUE 64 • ANDROID ADVISOR 5NEWSshowed off the back of the Pixel 4, featuring a dual
camera array and no fingerprint sensor.
That’s a shocking reveal from a company that
generally likes to copy Apple’s hype game with its
press conferences. Leading up to the release of the
Pixel 3a at Google I/O, for example, Google teased
the arrival of ‘a new hero’ along with the date of
the keynote. However, in true Google fashion, it
downplayed the announcement as a mere appetizer
with the tag line: “Wait ‘til you see what it can do.”
In a curious similarity, the image of the Pixel 4
looks a lot like the iPhone 11 renders that have been
floating around the web for the past few months.
But while Apple’s bulbous bump will reportedly
house three cameras, the picture of the Pixel 4’s
square housing only has two cameras inside.
Other than the bump and the grey Google logo,
the phone doesn’t have the Pixel’s signature two-
tone design. A design staple from the start, the rear
of Google’s original Pixel had a shiny glass window
above the metal back to help with cellular reception
and it continued the look with the Pixel 3’s all-glass
enclosure. However, if these are final renders – and
they seem to be – the back of the Pixel 4 will be plain.
The image of the Pixel 4 back case curiously lacks
a fingerprint sensor, which has been on the rear of
the phone since the original Pixel. That could mean
Google’s new handset is adopting an in-display
fingerprint sensor like the Galaxy S10 or OnePlus 7 Pro,
or possibly a Face ID-style camera unlocking method.
Like the rest of the industry, Google’s phones
have been subject to rampant leaks. The Pixel 3