Google Pixel 4a is finally here. The phone has been much awaited by the Android community after the tangible success achieved by its predecessor, Pixel 3a. Pixel 4a will be retailing at $349(approx. Ksh 37,000).
The Pixel 4a matters in the mid-range android market because of the company’s impressive camera hardware. Not to mention the clean Android experience offered by Google Pixel phones. See, any manufacturer can throw good specs in a phone but the user interface experience is what wins, forfeiting other factors.
Pixel 4a specs include a 5.81-inch full HD+ display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor, 6GB of memory and 128GB of internal storage. At the back is a 12-megapixel single camera with f/1.7 aperture and an 8-megapixel single camera on the front with similar aperture.
The battery weighs 3,140mAh and can be charged via USB Type C port at fast 18W using USB-PD 2.0 technology. The software is vanilla Android 10 which offers a clean and simple experience with no fluffs, unnecessary customization and optimizations.
Pixel 4a’s deign doesn’t look much of its peers in 2020, though. The slightly thicker bezels around the phone, relative to other phones, can’t be ignored. Quite a bummer, if you ask me.
However, Pixel 4a joins an increasingly popular category in the market and will rub shoulders with OnePlus’ budget phone, the OnePlus Nord, and Apple’s iPhone SE which has iPhone 11’s potent processor, among other phones.
This time, however, Google didn’t release two variants like in last year’s Pixel 3a. There’s no Pixel 4a XL. However, the company says they will launch a 5G variant of the phone later this year, called Pixel 4a 5G, alongside 2020’s flagship Pixel 5 series.