INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
the Mountain View giant skipping past India for the launch of the Pixel 4
Fast forward the launch, which essentially established Pixel 4 as the epitome of next generation computational photography, we now have an
official statement from Google India.It reads: "Google has a wide range of products that we make available in different regions around the
We decided not to make Pixel 4 available in India
We remain committed to our current Pixel 3a phones and look forward to bringing future Pixel and other hardware products to India."This
basically confirms that we shouldn't hold out on the hope that the phone will be available in the near future
However, it also hints that the Pixel 3a successors will most likely make their way to India
the new phones are left aghast
While the number of Pixel phones sold in India aren't much (because we don't see more people using it on the streets), the word is that
Google couldn't procure the necessary licenses as the 60GHz mmWave frequency band that Soli radar works on is banned for public use.This
chip is important because it also works with a facial recognition system and the new phones don't come with a fingerprint sensor
So, Google couldn't just manufacture Pixel 4's without the Soli radar
Also, in a country like India, where only 80,000 Pixel 2 phones were sold, it doesn't make sense from a business viewpoint.Google's Pixel
4 phones feature a 90Hz refresh rate screen, night mode with astrophotography, dual exposure settings, a telephoto lens with Super Res Zoom
and Motion Sense gestures
For photographers, the phone features the latest computational photography system in a compact form factor, but something folks in India are
going to miss out on this time.
