

October 6th – Engadget’s extensive hands-on a few days before the eventĮngadget did an extensive hands on with a final retail unit a few days before the event. Interestingly, for this carrier, the Pixel Stand is a pre-order gift, which might be a hint that similar will happen with US carriers. Also, the site called the “Sand” pink “Not Pink,” which was the first we heard of that. This was our first look at the Pixel Stand from the front. October 5th – Carrier listing tells us Pixel Stand might be a pre-order gift for some retailersĪ carrier out of Canada put their Pixel 3 landing pages up early and gave us yet another look at the Pixel Stand.

This was our first hint at UK pricing (though not really helpful for interpreting US pricing), and also told us about a new “Top Shot” feature that will probably take a burst of shots at once and choose the best between them using some kind of AI. October 5th – Carrier ad tells us about ‘Top Shot’ feature, more photosĪ new carrier ad out of the UK gave us even more official looks at both the smaller Pixel 3 and the larger Pixel 3 XL.
PIXEL 3XL CIVILIZATION BEYOND EARTH IMAGE UPDATE
Update 10/7: Four more leaks to wrap this up. We didn’t learn much new from this leak, but it does confirm the Google Pixel 3 XL name for the first time in Google’s own writing. While the pre-production boxes of the Pixel 3 XL appeared early in the leak cycle thanks to the Ukraine leaks, we didn’t get a chance to see the official retail box for the Pixel 3 XL until October 5th. October 5th – Retail box appears for the first time in Hong Kong leak This is the color one leakster says is called “Sand,” and just like the Japanese teaser site that preceded it, it has a bright orange accent color on the power button.

It took a while, but in the days leading up tot he October 9th event, an official render of the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL finally leaked out in an additional pink color. Update 10/5: October 4th – Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL leak out in rumored pink ‘Sand’ color ahead of launch
