Google Pixel 7 Pro prototype low-level specifications leak

• The Pixel 7’s GS201 chip will continue to use Cortex-A55 cores and a 4+2+2 CPU core design.
• Display panel for the Pixel 7 Pro has been replaced with a new Samsung-made S6E3HC4.
• NFC chip replaced with ST21NFC, which does not have UWB capability.

A handful of prototype units for both the regular Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro are already out in the open, if you’ve been following recent Pixel news.

Tinkerers continue to rummage around in what is left, such as boot logs, to get specifications despite Google generally doing an excellent and speedy job tracking them down remotely and “bricking” or deactivating them in some way.

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Now, a few more minor specifics have been discovered. Let’s start with the new Tensor 2 chipset in no particular order.

The latest leak confirms that the Pixel 7’s unique GS201 chip will continue to use Cortex-A55 cores and a 4+2+2 CPU core design, as shown by a specific workaround discovered in the boot logs.

The two “large” Cortex-X1 cores from the original Tensor will also be retained, as far as we already know from prior leaks.

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The only possible change may be from the original design’s outdated A76 cores to the most recent Cortex-A78 (the last of the ARMv8 medium cores). Despite this, we are still unsure of Google’s plans for the GPU and other hardware.

In relation to other components, rumours of a new display panel for the Pixel 7 Pro have previously surfaced.

This latest leak confirms that the Pixel 6 Pro’s previous S6E3HC3 panel has been replaced by a new Samsung-made S6E3HC4 one, at least in the specific prototype unit under investigation.

The increase in maximum brightness reported by software, from 800 nits to 1,000 nits and 100 percent APL (the full screen is on), is probably the result of the panel change.

Although a new native 1080p mode has been added, the display’s estimated resolution of 3,120 x 1,440 pixels is likely to remain constant.

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A new Cirrus Logic CS40L26 chips for haptics, which is reportedly one generation newer than what is seen in the Pixel 6 Pro, is among the other discoveries from the most recent wave of prototype log snooping.

As a result, the Pixel 7 Pro should provide stronger haptic feedback.

The ST54K NFC chip from STMicroelectronics has been replaced with the less complex ST21NFC, which does not have UWB capability on the chip itself.

That doesn’t imply that the Pixel 7 Pro no longer supports UWB. It will merely be managed by a different chip.