{"id":32818,"date":"2022-06-01T23:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T23:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/someone-used-the-pixel-7-pro-for-3-weeks-without-realizing-it\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T23:33:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T23:33:51","slug":"someone-used-the-pixel-7-pro-for-3-weeks-without-realizing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/someone-used-the-pixel-7-pro-for-3-weeks-without-realizing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone used the Pixel 7 Pro for 3 weeks without realizing it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In a surprising turn of events, someone claims to have used the unreleased Pixel 7 Pro for three weeks without noticing it wasn’t the Pixel 6 Pro, and they have pictures to prove it.<\/p>\n

Last week, news circulated that a prototype version of the Pixel 7 was available for purchase on eBay, offering an early look at the upcoming phone, albeit little more than what Google themselves showed at I \/ O. Shortly thereafter, the listing was taken down from eBay, but some noticed in reflections that the Pixel 7 was photographed with a Pixel 7 Pro.<\/p>\n

In a new post to the Google Pixel subreddit, user AMC20_ has revealed that they purchased their device from a Facebook Marketplace listing where the device was described as a “Pixel 6 Pro.” This makes sense – This Is Tech Today<\/a> reported that they too found a Pixel 7 prototype on Facebook.<\/p>\n

In the post, AMC20_ says that they were able to use the phone for three weeks without issue. In fact, it’s not clear that the redditor was even aware that they were using a Pixel 7 Pro rather than the Pixel 6 Pro that was advertised.<\/p>\n

After all, based on the photos shared – seen below – their prototype Pixel 7 Pro has the Obsidian color option and looks quite similar to the Pixel 6 Pro in Stormy Black. The two phones should even have the exact same display tech under the hood.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, things went awry yesterday once new of the loose prototypes was reported. According to the owner’s post, the Pixel 7 Pro prototype was remotely wiped by Google and made unusable. Turning it on now brings the phone directly to Android’s fastboot recovery menu. From there, we can see the Pixel 7 Pro’s \u201cCheetah\u201d codename alongside confirmation of our report that the Pixel 7 series will use the Samsung Exynos Modem 5300.<\/p>\n

9to5Google’s Take<\/h2>\n

On the one hand, it’s great that Google has managed to land on a stable design language for the Pixel series, making it more easily recognizable. However, it’s probably not a good thing if someone can’t easily visually distinguish between two generations of your phone. It’s also really not a great experience to buy a phone online and have it be remotely shut down three weeks later without understanding why.<\/p>\n

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