Perhaps you’re planning to make your next Pixel purchase later this year when you buy the Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro. Expected to be released next October, both devices will be powered by the Google Tensor 3 which is expected to be a modified Exynos 2300 SoC (even though Google didn’t use this chipset for its Galaxy S23 flagship line). But the word on the street is that Samsung is designing a powerful new Exynos chip to be used to power the Galaxy S24 series in certain markets. And this news might impact whether you buy a Pixel 8 or wait for the Pixel 9.
The ramifications of a powerful Exynos 2400 SoC go beyond Samsung and the Galaxy S24 series
The ramifications of a powerful Exynos 2400 SoC extend beyond Samsung and into the world of Pixel handsets. As we noted, the Google Tensor chip was based on a modified Exynos 2200, and the first-gen Tensor chip, found in this writer’s Pixel 6 Pro, is based on the Exynos 2100 chipset. So it would only stand to reason that the Google Tensor 4 will be based on the Exynos 2400 SoC. And the Tensor 4 should debut inside the Pixel 9 which should be released during 2024’s fourth quarter.
The Google Tensor 2, based on the Exynos 2200, powers the Pixel 7 line
The Pixel 9 might feature an improved optical zoom and Super Res Zoom. On the Pixel 6 Pro, optical zoom is 4x and the hybrid Super Res Zoom is 20x. On the Pixel 7 Pro, optical zoom can range up to 5x with Super Res Zoom at 30x. The Pixel 8 Pro should improve on those numbers, and the Pixel 9 Pro should do even better.
Should you wait for the Pixel 9? This is when I’m going to replace my Pixel 6 Pro
The Pixel 8 series is supposedly going to be equipped with an ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor and the Pixel 9 could have the second generation of this biometric security feature. And we’d hope that Pixel 9 battery life will be improved over whatever Google can squeeze out of the battery for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.
Photo Unblur and Clear Calling are the only Pixel 7 AI tricks I’d like to see on my Pixel 6 Pro. Right now, the latter model has Face Unblur which will fix blurry faces and the Pixel 8 is rumored to feature Video Unblur. But yeah, I can see myself holding on until next year and waiting for the Pixel 9. You?