If you like affordable, stylish smartphones, youll like what the Google Pixel 8a is all about.
Once again, Googles mid-year mid-range offering is a revised reprise of the previous fall flagship.
Thankfully, therumorswere wrong, and the Pixel 8a still costs $500.you could pre-order the Pixel 8a today.
Meet the Google Pixel 8a in the new Aloe green.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
It will ship by the time weve learned all about Googles new things at next weeksGoogle I/O.
Before you buy, heres a bit about it.
And remember to check out our full hands-on carousel of Googles updated mid-range smartphone.
The Google Pixel 8a has a 6.1-inch Actua display.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The weight of the Pixel 8a is about 6.8 ounces.
Its a few grams more dense than the Pixel 8, for whatever reason.
The Pixel 8as 6.1-inch display also looks like the flagship it represents.
From left to right: the Pixel 8a in Porcelain, Obsidian, Bay, and Aloe.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The screen does have HDR support.
Its made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and is scratch-resistant.
The insides of the Pixel 8a are copy-and-paste with the Pixel 8.
Like the Pixel 8, only 8GB of memory is available for the equipment.
The Pixel 8a has 18-watt charging and Qi wireless capabilities.
The primary camera is a 64-MP wide-angle lens with an 80-degree field-of-view (FoV) and f/1.89 aperture.
The Pixel 8a can shoot 4K video up to 60 frames per second.
Google confirmed these are the exact camera specifications as thePixel 7a.
The Pixel 8a also wont offer Pro mode controls.
Those remain exclusive to the flagships.
But it also means the phone will likely suffer from the same ailments as the smaller Pixel 8.
Check out our hands-on gallery to see more of the Pixel 8a.
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