42 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 46
PREVIEW
to suggest, the third model will be a super-high-spec
version that is a closer competitor to the iPhone X.
Google knows its users don’t want cut-down
specifications just because a phone has a smaller
screen, so we fully expect to see the Snapdragon 845
processor running the show on all Pixel 3 models.
This is a 7nm chip that is faster and 30 percent more
efficient than any before it, thanks to an octa-core
Kryo 385 CPU with four 2.8GHz high-power cores
and four 1.8GHz low power cores.
Qualcomm’s new super-fast X20 LTE modem
is built-in, offering CAT 18 speeds of more than
1Gb/s, as well as an enhanced Spectra 280 image
signal processor. Qualcomm has bumped up video
recording potential to Ultra-HD, and added in
various AI improvements.Google Pixel 2