For several years, more and more smartphone OEMs have sought to leave the Chinese market for their production. Google is one of them. Report some new details now die The New York TimesWhich is about the Pixel 7 series and Google’s first foldable device.
Google will have part of the production of the latest devices operated in Vietnam. An entire series from the Pixel 3a is already manufactured in Vietnam. Although this was not initially the case with every copy. Google has been increasingly moving production out of China since 2019.
If the Pixel 6 is still mainly produced in China, it’s probably different from the Pixel 7. Curious: You can sometimes recognize fakes at the device’s manufacturing site, as we had a bitter experience with fake AirPods.
Google wants to, but can’t leave China entirely for other reasons.
While Google is aiming to shift locations and probably have a lot of Pixel 8s made in Vietnam, it shouldn’t be so easy when it comes to things that are too complicated. The New York Times said the complex manufacturing process for foldables is better in China.
Manufacturing close to suppliers in China will continue to be necessary. The very famous newspaper noted that “Google A Foldable phones are being studied for 2023” which again confirms that the Pixel Notepad will most likely be shown at this year’s October event, but won’t go on sale this year.
The Pixel Notepad has been rumored for some time. However, insiders have repeatedly revealed that Google has had to shelve plans for its own foldable. So far, people have allegedly not been satisfied enough with the device or its quality.
Some Google apps already had some reference to their own foldables in their source code. So it’s safe to say today that the device already exists, at least internally at Google.