Google’s Pixel telephones are usually almost revealed lengthy earlier than the corporate will get to really announce them. These leaks, which regularly come from social media accounts purporting to have seen models in growth, are sometimes fairly near the telephones Google does reveal.
Simply right this moment, 9to5Google noticed two movies that reportedly unbox and overview the unannounced Google Pixel 9A. These movies present a cellphone that does seem like a sequel to final yr’s Pixel 8A, persevering with the lower-cost cellphone line’s custom of conserving the latest Tensor processor and digicam options whereas making aesthetic trade-offs like thicker display screen bezels.
Google’s Pixel A telephones, nevertheless, are normally introduced across the firm’s I/O developer convention, which this yr begins on Could 20. However no matter whether or not we’re actually seeing the gadget early proper now or the Pixel 9A seems later this spring, here is what I hope does come true concerning the firm’s subsequent lower-cost cellphone.
The Pixel 8A was priced at $499, and hopefully the Pixel 9A can maintain the identical worth.
Conserving the worth regular
With the information round US tariffs and the price of eggs, there is a concern that the price of tech may rise over the course of 2025. Apple has already discontinued its $429 iPhone SE and made the $599 iPhone 16E the lowest-cost manner to purchase a brand new iPhone from the corporate.
On the brilliant facet, Pixel 9A rumors do seem to level in direction of a $499 worth for the cellphone, which might maintain it in step with final yr’s Pixel 8A and 2023’s Pixel 7A. That worth got here from Android Headlines in February, which listed the US worth as $499 for a mannequin with 128GB of storage.
An even bigger battery than the 8A (however I do not find out about Qi2)
The Pixel 9A could be getting an even bigger battery than final yr’s 8A, in accordance with an Android Headlines report that claims it’s going to have a 5,100 mAh capability. If that’s the case, that can be greater than the Pixel 8A’s 4,492 mAh and the Pixel 9’s 4,700 mAh. Battery life is at all times a prime concern for a cellphone, particularly as extra power-intensive purposes like on-device Gemini AI develop into widespread.
Whereas the larger battery can be good, I am uncertain if the Pixel 9A would be the first Pixel to get 15-watt Qi2 magnetic wi-fi charging help. Regardless that Google introduced its intention to help the usual, it is uncommon for the A telephones to get a characteristic that is not already included of their dearer counterpart. No matter whether or not the 9A helps the unique Qi normal or Qi2, I hope Google does begin promoting instances that present help for magnetic equipment, which might match the help that Samsung and OnePlus are offering for his or her newer telephones.
The Pixel 3A got here in a “Purple-ish” mannequin.
The purple Pixel
Google’s colour decisions get fairly wild for most of the cheaper Pixel telephones. After dabbling in peony pink and winter inexperienced for the Pixel 9, an unboxing video from Sahil Karoul, beneath, seems to point out a purple version of the 9A.
It is not fairly as daring as the colours seen on the Pixel 9, and you can pretty examine it to the “purple-ish” colour seen on the Pixel 3A again in 2019. However seeing the Pixel line return to purple might be properly acquired, as it is a look that has happy cellphone followers prior to now. As an example, again in 2019, Apple raised fairly a little bit of consideration for the iPhone 11 by releasing a purple version.
Possibly that is the beginning of purple’s comeback within the cellphone scene following many telephones in 2023 and 2024 highlighting Barbie pink.
As we look forward to the official unveiling of the Pixel 9A, you possibly can take a look at all of the rumors we’re discovering concerning the cellphone in our Google Pixel 9A rumor roundup.
