A couple of months ago, we echoed a story in which it was pointed out that Google's strategy with the Pixel 5 could radically change by stopping using Qualcomm's most powerful processor, than for the Google Pixel 5 would be the Snapdragon 865, a chip that is compatible with 5G networks.
Google would use the Snapdragon 765 processor, a processor that also supports 5G networks, but it is much cheaper than the 865 from the same manufacturer. The latest rumor related to the Pixel 5 only confirms it. According to the guys from XDA Developers in Android 11 they have found a reference to the Snapdragon 765.
The next Pixel that will see the light will be the Pixel 4a, a terminal of which practically all its specifications are already known and that will be around a price of less than $ 399. This terminal will be managed by the Snapdragon 730, so the reference to the Snapdragon 765 can only correspond to the Pixel 5 range that will be presented in October, if the coronavirus allows it.
But XDA Developers not the only source which seems to claim that the Snapdragon 765 will be the processor that we are going to find in the new Pixel 5 range. Android Police editor David Ruddock claims that according to his sources, it will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 765 processor, so this year, Google will not present any model within the exclusive high-end of the market.
To the telephony market he is not in his woman moment. The number of manufacturers that are launching terminals with a price equal to or greater than 1.000 euros is increasingly high, so competing in that price range, all things being equal, does not make sense, since it is always Apple and Samsung the biggest beneficiaries.
In addition, the Pixel 4 has sold 4 million units of the two versions in the last 2 months, half of the Pixel 3 in the same period of the previous year. However, since the Pixel 3a was released, Google hasn't stopped selling units, not at the same rate as the big ones, but showing figures much higher than the traditional Pixel range.
