Steve Hemmerstoffer, or OnLeaks, is back with our first look at the version of Google’s next midline phone, the Pixel 5a. Hemmerstoffer nailed the design of the Pixel 4a earlier in January 2020, so it’s smart to take its Pixel 5a information seriously.
There really is not much to see in the versions, as the Pixel 5a looks identical to previous Pixel devices like the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5, and it does not differ as much from the Pixel 4a. In this case, Google does not fix what is not broken. The design looks perfectly modern with a slim edge and a hole camera, and there is actually no need for change for the sake of change.
Like some other mid-range phones, the Pixel 5a offers some design choices that you’d rather choose as a flagship smartphone. There is a flat screen without curved sides, a headphone jack and a rear capacitive fingerprint reader. Hammer dust says the phone has a plastic back, stereo speakers and a 6.2-inch screen, which has a larger increase than the 5.8-inch Pixel 4a.
The rear has an unknown extra camera, but if Google follows the lead of the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, the camera will have a wide-angle lens. Will the 5a after using the same camera sensor on the Pixel 2, 3, 4 and 5 be the first time in four years that Google upgrades its camera hardware? It might be too much to ask for a mid-range phone.
We still miss the other important details, such as the specifications and a price. The Pixel 3a was $ 400 and the Pixel 4a was $ 350, both of which made it difficult to argue with each other when you achieved so little performance.
This is anyone’s guess about when the Pixel 5a will come out. The Pixel 4a was only leaked eight months before it was launched in August, but much of the time was probably due to delays by COVID-19. The Pixel 3a was launched at Google I / O 2019 in the middle of the year, but there is a good chance that there will not even be a Google I / O this year.
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