We’ll just have to wait a few weeks until the presentation of the expected Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, the new iteration of Google smartphones that the search engine company has managed to turn into one of the most interesting options on the market. If a schedule similar to last year’s Pixel 7 can be followed, it should arrive in early October, although if we go by 2021 precedent, we may have to wait until the middle of the same month for the Pixel 6 launch.

Up to and including the Pixel 5 generation, Google’s smartphones were an interesting proposition, but they couldn’t stand out in such a complex and competitive industry. However, even though there were those at the time who considered it a very risky move for the company to start designing and integrating its own SoC, the Google Tensor, marked before and after in the performance and features of these phoneswhich over time has made them the preferred option for more and more users.

Since, as I said, lThe development of Google smartphones is unstoppable, which meant that they finally gained not only a consolidated position in the market, especially in the United States, but also that their land continued to grow from generation to generation. It is true, yes, that in other markets its presence is less, but in this respect, devices like the Google Pixel 7a perfectly fulfill the function of expanding its presence and making more users come into contact with it for the first time.

With the future Pixel 8, we have been receiving very interesting rumors and leaks for some time that point to a significant evolutionary leap. And among the rumors that have been circulating heavily in recent days, it suggests so The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will not include a SIM card slotso with this generational leap, Google would fully adopt the use of eSIM technology for the mobile connectivity of its smartphones.

This movement is nothing new in the sector, actually Apple has already removed the SIM card from the iPhone 14 in the United Statesand it has been speculated for a long time that this movement could at least extend to Europe with the future iPhone 15. A measure that will undoubtedly force all those operators who do not yet offer this service to include it in their offer as quickly as possible, otherwise they may be overnight off the market.

Now, about this possible change in the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, some voices confirm that the change would be global, while others (and I’m personally more inclined to this theory) thatwhich would be produced selectively, only for certain markets. Perhaps only in the United States, as Apple did with the iPhone 14, or maybe it will also decide to jump the pond and implement this change in Europe, thus (if the rumors are confirmed, of course) with Apple.

I can say that personally I have been using two eSIM cards since the end of last year until nowin addition to the SIM my main phone uses, and in both cases I didn’t appreciate any difference, which showed me something I already imagined on the other hand, that this technology is already fully functional. mature, and therefore the jump to it now only depends on operators favoring it over the use of physical SIMs, something we can bet will happen soon.

With information from Android Police