The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro were only released a few weeks ago and already the first rumors about the Pixel 7a are coming. On the program: a better photo sensor, wireless charging, but not only. A smartphone that looks very promising after two very good Pixel 7.
This October, Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were released and received (very) good ratings. But it’s already time to take an interest in the Pixel 7a, a more affordable version of these two good smartphones. Between the Pixel 3a of a few years ago and the Pixel 5a, it must be said that the difference between the versions ” vanilla “pixels and versions” has » has shrunk. A momentum stopped with the Pixel 6a which is much more reasonable than the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
Google would be working on a Pixel 7a
This is 9to5Google which says that since the beginning of the year, its journalists have been following five Google devices that “are expected to be released between fall 2022 and mid-2023 “. It was the Pixel 7, the Pixel 7 Pro, but there is also the Pixel Tablet and the Pixel Notepad.
So there is one left, which would be the Pixel 7a, known by the code name “Lynx“. For the media,the company’s history of leaks» suggest that he is not mistaken and says he is sure of himself. A Pixel 7a is in the works and9to5Googleknows this thanks to finds in the code of Android. A few days ago, Amazon made the mistake of offering to register for the Pixel 7a launch event, with a dedicated page where you could register to receive information.
The Pixel 7a would not be a Pixel 7 at a discount
We can assume that the Pixel 7a will be released in 2023, which is several months after the rest of the 7 series as was the case with the previous series. Among the information from the English media, “everything leaked so far about Google’s Lynx device points to something much more premium than we’d normally expect from the Pixel 7a“.
9to5Googlerecalls that the Chinese informant Digital Chat Station shared some information about a future Pixel. It would be manufactured by the Foxconn factory in China and would be equipped with the same chip as the other Pixel 7, namely the SoC Tensor G2. The body of the phone would be ceramic, which would be a first for Google, which has so far confined itself to plastic, glass and metal. Note that this is a premium material that is not found on other Pixel 7, yet located in the high end of the smartphone market.
Another novelty absent from the Pixel 6a: the arrival of wireless charging. According to Android expert Kuba Wojciechowski, the Pixel 7a would have the chip “P9222which is dedicated to this use. However, this chip only supports a 5 W load, which can correspond to a box of wireless headphones.
Really interesting photo sensors
Where the Pixels very often stand out is in the photo. Here too, the Pixel 7a would not be left behind since it would have a main Samsung GN1 sensor of the 1/1.3 inch type and 50 Mpx, as on the Pixel 6. Two other sensors would come to complete it, namely the Sony IMX787 (64 Mpx) for the telephoto lens and the Sony IMX712 (13 Mpx) for the ultra-wide-angle. The latter would also be on the front of the phone for selfies.
A telephoto lens would be a first for an A-series Pixel, especially since the telephoto lens is only present on the “Pro” variants of Pixel 6 and Pixel 7.9to5Googlenotes that “On paper”, this telephoto lens beats the Samsung GM5 of the Pixel 7 Pro.
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