In 2017, Google introduced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL which had been made by HTC and LG respectively. Nonetheless, Google’s plan was to have HTC make the Pixel 2 XL but it surely canceled it and went with LG as a substitute. There have been reviews that the HTC U11+ was the canceled Pixel 2 XL however a hands-on video of the HTC-made Pixel 2 XL which was codenamed ‘muskie’ has now appeared on the web and it seems to be nothing just like the HTC U11+.

The video was posted on the internet by the YouTube channel, Calyx Hikari, and it provides us a great take a look at the cellphone. As you’ll be able to see, the cellphone has fairly large bezels that aren’t solely thicker than these of the HTC U11+ but additionally thicker than these of the Pixel 2 XL. HTC’s cellphone would have gone effectively with the Pixel 2 as that too had thick bezels and a 16:9 show.

On the again, ”muskie” is proven to have an analogous design to that of the Pixel 2 XL – a two-tone end and a single camera that’s on the left aspect of the cellphone. It additionally has a fingerprint scanner slightly below the higher a part of the glass.

The video exhibits the system is operated with a wi-fi mouse because it doesn’t reply to the touch enter. We get to see the ”About Part” of the cellphone and it confirms the cellphone is ”muskie”. It’s also proven to be working Android Oreo with Could 2017’s safety patch.

Google most likely determined to go together with an 18:9 show as a substitute of the 16:9 show of HTC’s cellphone which is why this cellphone by no means obtained launched. It was a smart resolution as fairly quite a lot of producers had ditched the standard 16:9 facet ratio for the stylish 18:9 facet ratio.

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