Google’s next smartphone is becoming more and more talked about. Its launch seems imminent.
In the many stages of rumors, leaks and blunders before a product’s launch, there are those that indicate that commercialization is fast approaching. This is the case with the Google Pixel 8a. Google’s next smartphone has not yet been made official by the brand, but it has already shown it on its site by mistake.
Latest example, the appearance of the Google Pixel 8a on the US Cellular site. As the name suggests, it is a mobile operator in the United States.
The manual is here
This new appearance does not tell us much more. We can see the Google Pixel 8a home screen with a mockup meant to represent the front design of the phone. The page is mainly used to redirect the user to instructions for the simplest tasks on a smartphone: installing an application, configuring an email account, activating GPS, sending an SMS, etc.
We therefore don’t learn anything more about the characteristics of the phone from these pages, nor even its selling price. On the other hand, the very existence of this online manual shows that the phone is approaching its commercialization. Google must have already briefed the sales teams of its operator partners in preparation for the launch of its new smartphone. Writing and publishing these types of pages is one of the very last steps before launching a product, especially on a partner’s site.
We expect an official presentation of the Google Pixel 8a at the Google I/O conference scheduled for May 14, 2024.