Google device codenamed 'Taimen' has long been rumoured as one of the three upcoming successors to Google Pixel and Pixel XL flagship phones. In our previous IBTimes report, we caught a glimpse of the three devices whose codenames were revealed through sources close to Android Police.
The report confirms that Taimen will be the largest of the three rumoured Google phones with a bigger screen than the other two. Furthermore, it is being widely speculated that Taimen will be a standalone project with a different product branding than the famed Pixel or Nexus line-up.
Coming to the latest leak, the Google device codenamed Taimen has been spotted on Geekbench 4.1 running Android O out of the box. Apparently, it seems the uploader has secured access to a prototype device and tested it in the benchmark.
Quite surprisingly, the benchmark report does not reveal any details about the System on Chip (SoC) or the motherboard configuration as it is listed as "taimen". However, the previous reports have consistently pointed out that the device will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 quad-core processor.
The Geekbench report clarifies that the device will include 4GB of RAM, which is the same configuration seen in the current-gen Pixel phones.
As the device apparently comes pre-installed with Android O, it is safe to assume that Taimen could be released sometime in late summer or early fall when the final version of Android O is expected to go live. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that Android N was released around the same time in 2016.
According to the rumoured information available so far, the Taimen is expected to be a tablet device or the sole successor to the famed Nexus 6 and that should answer why the device could be rebranded as something other than the 'Pixel' or 'Nexus' moniker.
