Google Pixel 8 – the company's flagship smartphone launched in October last year – will soon be manufactured in India. According to a Financial Times report citing two executives familiar with the company's plans, a local contract manufacturer will produce the Pixel 8 in the country, and the first batch of handsets is expected to arrive later this year. Earlier this year, it was announced that Google would start manufacturing its phones in India in the second quarter of 2024.

Google Pixel 8 will be made in India

That report said Google's current Pixel 8 smartphone, launched last year, will be manufactured in India by Dixon Applied Sciences, and the local company is said to have recently started trial production. Although the company already sells the Pixel 8 series in India, these phones are usually manufactured in China and Vietnam. The first batch of locally produced cell phones is expected to arrive in September.

Last year, Google announced plans to manufacture the Pixel 8 series in India, and the company appears to be on track to produce its own flagship phones in the country. According to the report, Dixon will be able to produce up to 1 lakh units per month, and this announcement comes after the company's subsidiary Padget Electronics signed a deal to manufacture phones for Compal Electronics, based in Taiwan.

Google Pixel 8 specifications

Google's Pixel 8 series was launched in India and international markets last year, during the company's Made by Google 2023 event. The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional are powered by Google's Tensor G3 chip, paired with 8GB (Pixel 8) and 12GB (Pixel 8 Professional) of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. The Pixel 8 has a 6.2-inch OLED display, while the Pixel 8 Professional has a 6.7-inch OLED display.

Both the flagship cellphones feature a 50-megapixel primary camera with a 50-megapixel Samsung GN2 sensor primary camera. The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional feature 12-megapixel and 64-megapixel ultra-wide-angle cameras, respectively. The Mannequin Professional is equipped with a third camera: a 48 megapixel telephoto lens. Both phones feature an 11-megapixel selfie camera and are equipped with 4,575 mAh and 5,050 mAh batteries supporting 27W and 30W wired charging respectively, as well as support for wireless charging. thread.

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