This year, Google did something different with the Pixel series. It released two ore affordable versions called the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL. Following the launch of the two phones, Google revealed it has plans to release more affordable phones, and today we get our first look at the upcoming Pixel 4a.
The renders are from famed leaker OnLeaks once again, who has been on a roll lately with his leaks of several key phones scheduled to be released next year. He has partnered with 91Mobiles for this leak.
The Pixel 4a, according to the renders, will be Google’s first phone with a punch-hole display. The hole is placed at the top left corner of the display and is definitely not the smallest we have seen. The screen is said to measure between 5.7-inches to 5.8-inches in size while its resolution should remain Full HD+. There is a slit at the top of the display for the speaker.
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The back of the phone is covered with polycarbonate but has undergone a bit of redesigning. It adopts the squircle camera housing of the Pixel 4 but it houses just a single camera and an LED flash which is quite large. However, OnLeaks says there will be more sensors, probably just one more inside the housing, and we hope it is an ultrawide angle camera.
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The Pixel 4a keeps the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner of its predecessor and also has a “G” logo at the bottom. It also has an audio jack at the top while the bottom is home to the USB Type-C port and two grilles for the speaker and microphone.
The device has its buttons on the right side; the power button takes on an orange hue while the volume rocker is the same shade as the rest of the body.
The specifications of the Pixel 4a are currently unknown but there are a few guesses. 91Mobiles speculate it may come with 4GB of RAM that is paired with the Snapdragon 730 or even the new Snapdragon 765. Knowing Google, they will probably go with the former. It is also expected to have the same 12.2MP primary camera as the Pixel 4. Other no-brainers are NFC and Android 10 with the new Google Assistant out of the box. We hope it comes with a bigger battery.
The Pixel 4a measures 144.2 x 69.5 x 8.2 millimeters in size and should be available in white and black. Google may decide to spice things up with new color options in addition to the aforementioned ones. We also expect there will be a larger model that will launch as the Pixel 4a XL.
The Pixel 3a launched in May of this year, so there is a chance its successor won’t arrive until about the same time next year.
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