Google will announce a bunch of new products during its August 20 event, but not all of them will become available straight away. Based on the information provided by WinFuture, several Pixel devices will be delayed, including the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
Google will make three Pixel 10 devices available in August, others will have to wait until October
The source clarifies that only the “normal” Pixel 10 phones will become available shortly after launch. In other words, only the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL will go on sale at that point.
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Google Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds 2a will go on sale later on. When? Well, based on information from “well-informed sources”, WinFuture claims that those devices will start reaching customers from October 9.
That’s quite a delay considering that the Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL are expected to start shipping to consumers starting August 28, only 8 days after the launch event.
Supply chain issues are to blame, it seems
Why the delay? Well, based on the provided info, Google is having some problems in the supply chain, which shifted the availability date for the aforementioned three products. This doesn’t seem to be Google’s decision, the company was forced to make it so.
Do note that supply chain problems haven’t been confirmed, though. The sources are only guessing those are the reasons for the delay. Chances are that assumption is right, though. Why? Well, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold has a new display and a new hinge, so those new components could be the reason why. On top of that, it will also be IP68 certified and bring proper Qi2 wireless charging.
The Pixel Watch 4, on the other hand, will see some internal hardware changes and a changed charging system. We don’t have enough information for the Pixel Buds 2a to guess the reason for the delay. Chances are we’ll never know for sure if such hardware changes caused the delay or not.
We’ve published plenty of Pixel 10 series exclusives thus far. Most recently, we shared images of the Pixel 10 from every angle, and the same goes for the Pixel 10 Pro. The Google Pixel 10 series prices have also been revealed by us, along with a lot of other information. You can read more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold on the links in this sentence.
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