After months of speculation and changing schedules, the Google Pixel 4a is finally coming. Yes, there is an actual release date for this highly anticipated (once) Android phone, and it’s only two days away from the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 release date.
According to filter Jon Prosser, the Pixel 4a release date is August 3. He says he is “100% sure” through Twitter. But will Google be able to make a lot of noise as the tech world will focus on the big news from Samsung? Specifications and price will answer that question.
If you haven’t been following the Pixel 4a rumors, it’s expected to start as low as $ 349 and feature a 5.8-inch OLED display and Snapdragon 730 processor. Other rumored features include 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The star of the Pixel 4a show should be the cameras. Despite the phone only having to include a 12MP rear camera and 8MP front shooter, Google has done some amazing things with computational photography. That means you should expect attractive images in all lighting conditions, even in low light with Night Sight mode.
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We also hope that the Pixel 4a will be a champion of battery life. The filtered capacity of the phone is 3,140 mAh, which is more than the 3,000 mAh battery in the Pixel 3a. That phone lasted 11 hours and 59 epic minutes in our web surfing battery test. So we hope the Pixel 4a works just as well, if not better, and hits our best list of phone battery life.
Unfortunately, the Pixel 4a probably won’t include 5G connectivity, unlike the OnePlus Nord, and the design leaks show that there’s an old-school fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone. We would prefer a built-in screen reader. But these don’t seem like big compromises if the price is as low as promised.
The biggest challenge for Google won’t be drowned out by all the hype surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Both phones will be announced on August 5 on Samsung Unpacked, which doesn’t give Google much time to impress.
The new Note 20 phones should offer incredible speed through the Snapdragon 865 Plus processor, larger batteries, and improvements to the S Pen. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra will draw most of the attention as it is expected to feature a new 120Hz LTPO display along with a laser autofocus sensor to complement its three powerful cameras.
Of course, the Pixel 4a is a mid-range phone that’s aimed at a different type of buyer than the Galaxy Note 20 series. But the Pixel 4a will have to be a super compelling value if it doesn’t want to be impressed by all the ads coming out. Samsung Unpacked.
