If you’ve been keeping up with the Pixel news lately, you probably know that a number of prototype units for both the vanilla Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are already out there. Google has generally done a good and quick job of remotely hunting them down and “bricking them up” or turning them off in some way, but that hasn’t stopped repairers from poking around in what’s left like startup logs to dig into specs.
Some other low-level details have now been brought to light. In no particular order do we begin with the new Chipset Tensor 2. The new leak reiterates that the Pixel 7 is customized GS201 The chip will still use a 4 + 2 + 2 CPU core design and will also continue to use Cortex-A55 cores, as evidenced by a specific workaround identified in the boot logs. As far as we already know from other leaks, the two “big” Cortex-X1 cores will also be carried forward by the original Tensor. The original design used older A76 cores instead of the latest Cortex-A78 (the last of the medium ARMv8 cores), which may end up being the only potential swap. That said, we still don’t know what Google has planned for the GPU and other hardware.
Live images of the Google Pixel 7 Pro prototype
Speaking of other hardware, this isn’t the first time a new display panel has come out for the Pixel 7 Pro. This new leak reiterates that at least the particular prototype unit under consideration has a novelty. S6E3HC4 panel manufactured by Samsung replacing the old S6E3HC3 in the Pixel 6 Pro. This panel swap is probably the reason for the increase in maximum brightness, as also reported by the software: 1,000 nits and 100% APL (the whole screen is on), compared to the current 800 nits . The display resolution is expected to remain the same at 3,120 x 1,440 pixels, but now with a 1080p native mode added to potentially reduce power consumption.
Google Pixel 7 Pro
Other findings from the latest round of log snooping prototyping include a new one Cirro Logic CS40L26 haptic chip which is apparently a more recent generation than found in the Pixel 6 Pro. So, we can probably expect better haptic feedback from the Pixel 7 Pro.
Finally, STMicroelectronics’ ST54K NFC chip has been replaced with a simpler one ST21NFC, which no longer includes UWB functionality in the chip itself. That doesn’t mean the UWB has disappeared from the Pixel 7 Pro. It will just be handled by a separate chip.
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