Today via the corporate’s quite brief digital launch occasion, amongst different novelties, Google has formally introduced the brand new Pixel 4a (5G) and the brand new Pixel 5. Both telephones had been teased for a while now as Google had pre-announced them again in in early August with the announcement of the Pixel 4a.
The new Pixel 4a (5G) may be very a lot what its title implies, a variant of the Pixel 4a with added 5G connectivity via the addition of a Snapdragon 765 SoC. The cellphone right here is similar to its 4G variant, though Google needed to develop the system’s dimensions a bit, and a extra apt title for it might have been the 4a XL (5G) however that’s fairly a mouthful.
The new Pixel 5 is a fairly completely different cellphone for Google’s mainstream line-up as right here the corporate has deserted any makes an attempt at making a flagship system, relegating itself into the mid-range to premium value section. Also that includes a Snapdragon 765, the cellphone’s different specs are fairly extra conservative in comparison with different units in 2020 – it’s considerably of a dangerous transfer at a nonetheless quite excessive $699 value level.
| 2020 Google Pixels | ||||
| Pixel 4a |
Pixel 4a (5G) (NEW) |
Pixel 5 (NEW) |
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| SoC | Snapdragon 730G
2x CA76 @ 2.2GHz Adreno 618 |
Snapdragon 765G
1x CA76 @ 2.4GHz Adreno 620 |
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| DRAM | 6GB LPDDR4X | 8GB LPDDR4X | ||
| Storage | 128GB UFS 2.1 | 128GB | 128GB | |
| Display | 5.81″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9)
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6.2″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9)
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6.0″ OLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9) 90Hz |
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| Size | Height | 144.Zero mm | 153.9 mm | 144.7 mm |
| Width | 69.four mm | 74.Zero mm | 70.four mm | |
| Depth | 8.2 mm | 8.2 mm | 8.Zero mm | |
| Weight | 143 grams | 168g (sub-6) 171g (mmWave) |
151g | |
| Battery Capacity | 3140mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
3885mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
4080mAh (typical)
18W Fast Charging |
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| Wireless Charging | – | – | Yes | |
| Rear Cameras | ||||
| Main | 12.2MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF f/1.7 77° lens with OIS |
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| Telephoto | – | – | – | |
| Wide | – | 16MP 1.0µm
f/2.2 107° |
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| Extra | – | – | – | |
| Front Camera | 8MP 1.12µm f/2.0 84° lens; mounted focus |
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| I/O | USB-C 3.5mm headphone jack |
USB-C | ||
| Wireless (native) | 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.Zero LE + NFC |
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| Cellular | Snapdragon LTE Integrated X15 (LTE Category 12/5) |
Snapdragon 5G Integrated X52 (LTE Category 18/13) (5G NR Sub-6 + mmWave*) *excludes non-mmWave mannequin of 4a(5G) |
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| Other Features | Dual Speakers | Dual Speakers | Dual Speakers IP68 Rating |
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| Dual-SIM | 1x nanoSIM + eSIM | |||
| Launch Price | $349 / 349£ / 349€ |
$499 / £499 / €499 $599* (mmWave) |
$699* / £599 / €629 |
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Starting off with the center of the telephones, each the brand new 4a (5G) and the Pixel 5 are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G SoC. For the Pixel 5 this can be a quite apparent selection given Google’s new focused value vary for the cellphone, though extra on that later.
For the Pixel 4a (5G) this truly represents a quite bigger bump in specs in comparison with the Snapdragon 730G of the Pixel 4a, and the reasoning for the entire improve appears to have been 5G, and extra particularly, the Snapdragon 765G’s capacity to help mmWave connectivity.
Looking at Google’s pricing and completely different fashions that they’re releasing in several markets, it’s simply to see that mmWave connectivity has been a quite integral a part of why Google made a few of their element selections within the new Pixel units. In the US, each the 4a (5G) and 5 help 5G…
