Google Exhibits Off Pixel 10a With No Digital camera Bump

Goodbye, digicam bump? That seems to be what Google is suggesting in a preview for the Pixel 10a telephone launching on Feb. 18.

In typical Google trend, the corporate simply randomly dropped a video on YouTube asserting its subsequent midrange Android telephone. The 15-second preview reveals the Pixel 10a off in full, leaving nothing to the creativeness. As the successor to the Pixel 9a, the Pixel 10a must be priced equally at round $500 (it’s at present available for $400 direct from Google).

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Don’t anticipate too many beauty variations between the Pixel 10a and the Pixel 9a. The solely main visible change is likely to be that even flatter—perhaps flush?!—digicam bump? The Pixel 9a had an almost flat bump, however the Pixel 10a may really don’t have any bump in any respect? You inform me what you assume based mostly on these screenshots.

As for specs, the Pixel 10a will possible be a watered-down model of the Pixel 10, the identical method the Pixel 9a was to the Pixel 9. Leaks have suggested the Pixel 10a may stick to the Tensor G4 chip that was within the Pixel 9 sequence as an alternative of utilizing the Tensor G5 chip discovered within the Pixel 10, 10 Pro/10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold. RAM and storage configurations might additionally are available in the identical 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage because the Pixel 9a. However, the continued reminiscence and flash storage scarcity, which has been driving up costs throughout all shopper electronics that require these elements, might have an effect on what number of fashions Google launches with.

It’d be nice to see some type of bump as much as the Pixel 9a’s dual-lens digicam system. The Pixel 9a has a 48-megapixel fundamental and 13-megapixel ultrawide. An improve to the Pixel 9’s 50-megapixel fundamental and 48-megapixel ultrawide could be welcome. I don’t have my hopes up, although, for the reason that Pixel 10 really received a downgrade to the Pixel 9a’s lower-resolution cameras.

Instead of {hardware}, Google will almost certainly focus the Pixel 10a’s mesaging round affordability and Gemini. AI options like “Magic Cue,” which suggests info or actions inside choose Google apps, and “Help me edit,” which makes use of Gemini to edit photographs with solely a textual content immediate, have been massive promoting factors for the Pixel 10 sequence final 12 months. Expect to see the Pixel 10a pushed as extra of an “AI phone” that helps you get extra issues completed (and faster) than one more inexpensive midrange Android telephone.

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