Before very long, we expect that Google will be authoritatively reporting their shiny new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones. Presently because of a report by Roland Quandt over at WinFuture.de, the potential stockpiling size and variety choices have been uncovered.

As per Quandt's post, the Pixel 8 might be accessible in 128GB and 256GB capacity choices, while the Pixel 8 Pro will have an extra stockpiling level that goes up to 512GB. For the individuals who could have been wanting to see a 1TB choice, it appears as though that probably won't occur with the Pixel 8 models.

Likewise, as far as varieties, it appears to be that the two models will have three variety choices to look over. We don't know whether the varieties will be different between the non-Pro and Pro models, and in the event that the Pro model could have a unique and restrictive variety choice, however notwithstanding, there will be three choices to browse for each model.

Quandt likewise noticed that there could be an expansion in cost in the phones, making them more costly contrasted with their ancestors. This ought not be too amazing given that the Pixel 7a likewise saw a cost increment over the Pixel 6a, yet precisely how huge of a cost increment is not yet clear.

A lot of messenger services these days support end-to-end encryption. The only problem is that it requires that users use the same service, meaning that users on WhatsApp will have to send messages to another WhatsApp user if they want to enjoy the security and privacy that end-to-end encryption offers.

This creates a problem because not everyone uses the same messenger service, but that's something that Google is hoping to address. The company has announced that they will be supporting Messaging Layer Security (MLS), which basically means that messages sent from iMessage users to RCS users will remain end-to-end encrypted.

"By ensuring a uniformly high security and privacy bar that users can trust, MLS will unleash a huge field of new opportunities for the users and developers of interoperable messaging services that adopt it. This is why we intend to build MLS into Google Messages and support its wide deployment across the industry by open sourcing our implementation in the Android codebase."

That being said, Apple's iPhones have yet to support/adopt RCS. This is largely because iMessage is being viewed as an exclusive feature and Apple is banking on it to a certain extent to attract users to hop on board the iOS bandwagon. Google has long campaigned for Apple to support RCS but we're not sure that will happen anytime soon.

Earlier this year when the Pixel 7a was launched, it was discovered that the phone's price had increased from its predecessor. If you were hoping that won't be the case with the Pixel 8, you could be in for a disappointment.

This is according to a recent tweet by tipster Yogesh Brar, who claims that the Pixel 8 could be priced starting at $650 and could go up to $700 depending on the storage configuration that you've chosen.

For context, the Pixel 7 was priced at $50 less than the rumored price of the Pixel 8, which means that Google will be maintaining the $150 price gap between its Pixel A series of phones and its flagship Pixel handsets. This is kind of disappointing, but at the same time we suppose it shouldn't be too surprising.

Prices of phones have been steadily increasing over the years, where some higher-end flagship models are now priced beyond the $1,000 mark. While Google's Pixel phones have always been slightly cheaper compared to the competition, the rising cost of components means that Google probably has no choice but to hike up its prices.

Google hasn't confirmed anything yet so there is a chance this rumor could be wrong, but at the same time don't be too surprised if it ends up being right.

Quite a while back, Google appeared its Tensor chipset. This is the principal custom chipset from Google, an adjustment of speed from before where the organization generally depended on organizations like Qualcomm for the chipsets used to drive its Pixel phones.

In any case, regardless of it being a "custom" chipset, a great deal of its parts were generally obtained from different organizations like Samsung. This truly intends that as it were, you could consider the Tensor chipset to be like a repackaged Samsung chipset of sorts. That is supposed to change in the following two or three years.

In a report from The Data (paywall), it appears to be that in 2025, Google is supposed to send off its most memorable genuine custom Tensor chipset as the Tensor G5, and that the organization will be working with TSMC to get that going. This means Google is supposed to supplant the parts made by different organizations with parts it planned themselves.

This ought to give Google more prominent command over how its Pixel phones perform, and furthermore the thing its Android working framework can do. Apple as of now accomplishes something almost identical with its own A-progression of chipsets and the Apple Silicon, where the organization has gained different more modest organizations throughout the long term and utilized their IPs to fabricate their own innovation.

2025 is as yet a couple of years away and we don't know how much better a genuine custom Tensor chipset will perform over its ongoing cycles, yet still an interesting improvement we're watching out on.

With regards to fixing our phones, first-party fixes can get pretty costly. The main benefit is that actually, your gadget would be fixed by somebody who's appropriately prepared on fixing your gadget, and you'll likewise be gaining admittance to veritable parts.

In the event that you run into issues with your Google Pixel Fold, realize that you can really fix it yourself as the phone's parts will be accessible through iFixit. This shouldn't exactly come as a shock as beforehand, certifiable parts for Google's Pixel phones are accessible from iFixit because of a continuous organization with the two organizations.

The people at Android Focal have affirmed with Google that this will reach out to cover the Pixel Fold too, where clients will actually want to get to true parts, instruments, and even aides assuming you anticipate doing the fixes yourself.

What's fascinating about this game plan is that as Android Focal notes, Google is really the primary organization to offer fixes for its foldable phone through such a strategy. While Samsung offers a self-fix program, it generally covers its more customary smartphones and tablets and not its foldables.

Taking everything into account, we envision that foldables may be more muddled to fix and perhaps Samsung isn't exactly prepared to manage the cerebral pains that could emerge assuming clients do it wrongly themselves, yet one way or the other assuming you're brave, essentially you'll have the option to fix your Pixel Fold all alone.