Last night, a Google Pixel 7 prototype was listed on eBay and the Facebook Marketplace. Both lists were published by the same person. Here is a screenshot of the eBay listing (via Android Police) showing the seller’s location in McKinney, Texas.
The eBay listing was posted on Reddit via r / Android where it garnered a lot of attention. However, the Pixel 7 prototype was first listed on Facebook Marketplace, as noted by This is the technology todayBrandon Lee via Twitter. The Marketplace listing was titled Pixel 6, but the images showed a pre-production Pixel 7 prototype, as seen by the logo and unusual markings on the hardware.
And here’s what exclusive I have since the seller posted it all over the place.
Here’s another photo of the back of the Google Pixel 7 that you can’t find anywhere else. Have a good time! pic.twitter.com/n4dDNra3lP
– M. Brandon Lee | THIS IS TECH TODAY (@thisistechtoday) May 30, 2022
Here is Brandon Lee’s latest video mentioning the Facebook Marketplace listing and how the seller’s name and location (Frisco, Texas) was publicly shown in the listing (Screenshot of this listing @ 2:10 in the video) . This information is blocked in the video and the list is no longer available on Facebook. The story begins around the 2:02 brand name.
It wasn’t clear how the seller got the Google Pixel 7 Prototype, and not just the Pixel 7, but after a careful inspection of the listed device, it can be seen that the images were captured from a Google Pixel 7 Pro prototype via Mishaal. Rahman.
And in this photo posted by the seller, you can see what appear to be them holding the Pixel 7 Pro to take the picture. pic.twitter.com/Q1xa3tl56T
– Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) May 30, 2022
According to another Tweet from Brandon, it’s possible the seller had multiple Pixel 7 prototypes.
It’s already leaked before me, but I’m working on a full video on this right now.
The person who contacted me actually bought a unit from the seller … which means the seller has more units for sale 🥴
I might have a video of the buyers holding the device.#TeamPixel pic.twitter.com/iWghaYFMiD
– M. Brandon Lee | THIS IS TECH TODAY (@thisistechtoday) May 30, 2022
It is not known how the seller got these devices, and the listing on eBay was removed by the seller “because there was an error in the listing” within hours of going viral on Reddit and being picked up by tech news.
Here are the images that were in the now removed eBay listing. Both the Pixel 7 in the photo, and the Pixel 7 Pro taking the photos, confirm the hardware that Google showed us earlier this month when it previewed the new smartphone hardware. Here is an archived version of the eBay listing provided by Mishaal Rahman on Twitter.
Photos posted on the eBay listing
Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are not expected to hit the market before the end of the year, presumably in October, as history tells us.
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