Google’s mid-range smartphone, the Pixel 4A has been rumoured for quite a while. The company was expected to launch it in its Google I/O 2020, but it got cancelled due to COVID-19. Now, a german website has claimed that the device might be available for sale starting from May 22.
Going into the details, a german website has posted that the sales of the Pixel 4A might start from May 22 in Dusseldorf city, Germany. The website claims some internal documents as the source and says, Vodafone carrier has already listed the device for sale and the sales might begin from the above-mentioned date.
However, there is no mention of the pricing of the device in the post. As of now, there is no word about the launch date from Google. This leak tells us that Google may hold an Online-event before the said date or just unveil the phone like what Apple did with its SE 2020 but we will have to wait for the same.
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Talking about the device, the specifications have already been leaked. The phone is said to sport a 5.81-inch OLED display with a single punch-hole at the top-left hosting an 8MP selfie snapper. The display will have a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels meaning a pixel density of about 400 PPI.
Under the hood, it is expected to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SoC. The handset will likely have a 3,080mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. It has a rear-facing fingerprint reader and a 3.5mm audio jack. The rear shell of the device will have a square-shaped camera housing with an LED flash and a 12.2 MP single camera. The handset is likely to arrive in 64 GB and 128 GB storage sizes with 4GB of RAM. Colour variants rumoured are Just Black and Barely Blue. The device is rumoured to rival Apple’s iPhone SE 2020 with a $399(~Rs.29,991) price tag.
