The Google Pixel 4A and Pixel 5A smartphones are nearly identical in appearance and have nearly comparable dimensions when placed side by side. The first question that came to me when I learned about this fact was whether or not the Pixel 5A’s components would fit in the Pixel 4A or vice versa. A Reddit member who had access to both smartphones had the same idea, so he decided to see if the Pixel 5A battery would fit in the Pixel 4A or not. The results he discovered were unexpected. Let’s learn more about what he did and why!

When a Google Pixel 4a customer learned about the battery problem with his smartphone, he sought to swap out the battery for a Pixel 5a. Surprisingly, by swapping out his smartphone’s battery for one from a Google Pixel 5a model, he was able to resolve the battery problem. Considering this, the user also hypothesized that smartphones will likewise have batteries of comparable size, and he wasn’t mistaken.

The Google Pixel 5a smartphone’s battery was 0.4mm thicker and 4.5mm taller than the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone’s battery. Additionally, the battery’s width was 1.4 mm smaller than that of the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone. The user of the Google Pixel 5a smartphone was able to relocate the BMS (Battery Management System) to the side and successfully replace the battery of his device thanks to the extra room he gained from the smaller width of the battery.

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The battery capacity of the Google Pixel 5a smartphone is 4680 mAh, while that of the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone is 3885 mAh less. The Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone’s battery from the Google Pixel 5a gives the user 17% more battery life than before. Also, keep in mind that the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone’s battery was already deteriorating, so the customer should be pleased that the battery replacement succeeded. He has also highlighted that experience in battery replacement is necessary, as well as the use of a decent battery spot welder to provide a clean weld between the battery and the BMS, in order to swap batteries as successfully as he did.

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