Carphone have slipped up and announced the new Google handset 24 hours before it’s announcement to the world.

And it seems Google is dropping the next Nexus name to follow suit of its tablet range, Pixel.


The slip up by Carphone brings news that the new Pixel handset made by HTC will sport a 8MP selfie camera and a 12MP rear facing. Google seem to also be offering free max photo storage on Google Photos, a feature which usually eats into the free 15GB storage Google gives it a customers for GMail, Drive and Photo.

While it was not a new announcement that HTC would be building the Pixel, the handset is expected to be up to HTC’s high build quality.

All in all, a good day for squashing rumours…..bad day for the folks at Carphone who pushed the go live button.