A complete Google Pixel 9a specs and pricing leak suggests it could render the Pixel 9 redundant

The Google Pixel 9 is simply a awesome phone, but successful March it could go a overmuch little compelling option, arsenic nan latest Pixel 9a leak suggests this mid-range replacement will onshore successful mid-March, complete pinch Pixel 9-rivaling specs and a importantly little price.

This each comes from Android Headlines, which claims that nan Google Pixel 9a will person a 6.3-inch 120Hz display. That’s a lucifer for nan Pixel 9, and a immense upgrade connected nan 6.1-inch 60Hz Google Pixel 8a.

The tract besides claims that conscionable for illustration nan Pixel 9 it will person a Tensor G4 chipset and a prime of 128GB aliases 256GB of storage, albeit paired pinch 8GB of RAM alternatively than 12GB.

It’s besides said to person a 5,000mAh battery, which intends it would person some nan Pixel 8a and nan Pixel 9 hit for capacity. Though it apparently won’t complaint rather arsenic accelerated arsenic nan Pixel 9, pinch 18W wired and 7.5W wireless charging.

The cameras connected nan Pixel 9a will besides reportedly disagree from those of nan Pixel 9, pinch nan upcoming telephone said to person a 48MP main and 13MP ultra-wide camera, on pinch a 13MP front-facing one. On nan modular Pixel 9 you get a 50MP main, a 48MP ultra-wide, and a 10.5MP front-facing camera.

Finally, nan tract says nan Google Pixel 9a will beryllium somewhat larger than its predecessor astatine 154.7 x 73.3 x 8.9mm. That’s unsurprising fixed nan tipped larger display, but contempt that it could beryllium marginally lighter, astatine 186g alternatively than 188g. That would besides make it larger but lighter than nan Pixel 9.

A bigger artillery and a little price

So if this pans retired past nan Pixel 9a could lucifer nan Pixel 9’s screen, chipset, and storage, and really person it hit for artillery capacity, but pinch little RAM, slower charging, and perchance worse cameras.

Overall past nan Google Pixel 9 is apt still to beryllium nan amended telephone – but according to this leak nan Pixel 9a will commencement astatine conscionable $499. That’s nan aforesaid value arsenic nan Pixel 8a, and if that holds existent successful different regions past you’ll beryllium looking astatine a starting value of £499 / AU$849 successful nan UK and Australia.

For comparison, nan Pixel 9 starts astatine $799 / £799 / AU$1,349, truthful it’s $300 / £300 / AU$500 more, and if this leak is correct past we’d beryllium amazed if nan Pixel 9’s specs were $300 / £300 / AU$500 better. Then again, it’s imaginable nan modular Pixel 9 will person dropped successful value a adjacent spot by March, successful which lawsuit it mightiness beryllium nan much tempting action of nan two.

Either measurement though, it seems for illustration 1 of these phones will beryllium nan much evidently worthwhile purchase, leaving nan different to struggle.

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