Google’s Pixel 9 collection could also be fairly crowded already, with the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Professional, Pixel 9 Professional XL, and Pixel 9 Professional Fold, nevertheless it’s not full. Not but, anyway. There’s yet one more member that should be part of, and that is the Pixel 9a.
This would be the successor to the Pixel 8a which launched again in Could, and right now a bunch of CAD-based renders of the 9a have been outed on your viewing pleasure.
The Pixel 9a is anticipated to launch within the spring, so there’s nonetheless loads of time to attend till its debut. Whereas the general design of the cellphone does scream “Pixel!”, there’s, as you will have certainly seen, one factor that units this one other than all of the others.
There’s barely any digicam bump. There appears to solely be a small raised ring across the oval-shaped glass housing, and that is it. It is humorous how the opposite Pixel 9 fashions have one of many hugest digicam humps within the trade, and the 9a goes with one of the crucial diminutive as an alternative.
Maybe it is meant to suggest its mid-range standing, under the others within the pecking order? We’ll most likely by no means know what Google’s intentions had been. Anyway, the cellphone has considerably thicker bezels than the remainder of its household, flat sides, an influence button within the incorrect place (however that is a given with Pixels), a hole-punch within the high heart of the display for the selfie digicam, and never a lot else.
Not like all the opposite Pixel 9s, the 9a will launch operating Android 15 from day one. Just like the others, it too will obtain seven years of software program help from Google. It is anticipated to make use of the Tensor G4 chipset that is powering the remainder of the Pixel 9 household, however paired with a downgraded modem with the intention to minimize prices.
