Purported camera details leaked for HTC Marlin (Google Pixel XL)
posted by Ben R.
/ Sep 02, 2016, 11:10 AM
According to his recent tweet, the Google Pixel XL will roll with Sony's IMX378 sensor for the rear-facing shooter, while the selfie camera will comprise Sony's IMX179. This in alignment with leaked specs, which have suggested Marlin could rock a 12 or 13-megapixel snapper on the back and an 8-megapixel front-facing effort. Though LlabTooFer doesn't mention anything about the smaller handset for now, previous information leads us to believe that both Sailfish and Marlin will employ the same cameras.
HTC Nexus (M1) = Marlin = Pixel XL will be featured with Sony IMX378 (12mp) main camera and IMX179 (8mp) front camera.
— LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) September 2, 2016
Not much is known about the Sony IMX378, though its number suggests a generous upgrade over the IMX278 that adorned the Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. The rear shooters of last year's models really did excel, which was particularly satisfying since Nexuses haven't always harbored a strong reputation in this field.
It's still early days, but the pieces so seem in place for another laudable photographic performance. Here's very much hoping that HTC, Sony and Google's combined efforts don't disappoint.
The story so far: Marlin/Sailfish leaks and renders
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22 Comments
1. Rocket
Posts: 613; Member since: Feb 24, 2014
google love making ugly phones, lol
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:11 AM 8
4. fyah_king unregistered
Not as ugly as the iphone, though. The bezels are just too big on that fruit cake phone.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:15 AM 10
13. Finalflash
Posts: 4062; Member since: Jul 23, 2013
Well Yea, but that's pretty much the only thing Apple excels at these days, ugly phones. So let them have at least that.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 12:20 PM 4
9. Arch_Fiend
Posts: 3935; Member since: Oct 03, 2015
Not ugly, just bland and minimalistic.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:42 AM 8
18. vincelongman
Posts: 5585; Member since: Feb 10, 2013
I like minimalistic, stealthy and understated
Different strokes for different folks :)
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 3:43 PM 1
10. BLUEBLASTER
Posts: 905; Member since: Feb 23, 2014
Does good design them or do they just leave it up to HTC or whoever is making them?
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:42 AM 0
3. Rocket
Posts: 613; Member since: Feb 24, 2014
they need to put the fingerprint scaner in front similar to op3 with the two customizable capacitive buttons too.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:14 AM 0
16. marorun
Posts: 5029; Member since: Mar 30, 2015
No they dont.
All google branded device ( nexus thats will soon apparently be named differently ) use on screen button and when they use fingerprint scanner its in the back always.
There is no reason to do otherwise.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 2:54 PM 1
6. rubyonrails3
Posts: 368; Member since: Oct 01, 2014
Nexus 6p uses IMX 377 not IMX278
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:25 AM 4
8. Babadook
Posts: 230; Member since: May 24, 2016
Does Sony normally produce good/great camera pieces?!
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 11:39 AM 0
14. Fona13A unregistered
This is going to be a brand disaster, I don't read a lot of enthusiasm about the pixel series even if Nexus doesn't have a glorious brand recognition either.
At least very old Nexus models can function decently with recent builds. Galaxy Nexus/S for instance. This just seems like change for the sake of change.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 12:47 PM 0
15. Kumar123 unregistered
And yet Sony still uses years old camera sensor for their own flagship phone. Shame on Sony.
posted on Sep 02, 2016, 1:50 PM 1
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