A new Pixel 8a leak points to a long overdue upgrade

We’ve already leaked some Google Pixel 8a specs by a trusted contributor, whereas obvious renders leaked late remaining 12 months. Now, it seems to be like additional purported specs have appeared on-line.

Leaker Yogesh Brar has posted Pixel 8a specs on X, and a few of these specs line up with our previous reporting. Corroborated specs embody the Tensor G3 chipset, a 6.1-inch FHD+ 120Hz OLED present, and the same 64MP+13MP rear digicam system as remaining 12 months’s telephone.

Additional notably, Brar gives that the telephone will pack a ~4,500mAh battery and 27W charging speeds too. He didn’t degree out wi-fi charging help, although, which was in the marketplace on remaining 12 months’s telephone.

The battery performance typically is a light improve over the present telephone’s 4,385mAh pack, nonetheless 27W wired charging typically is a big enchancment for the Pixel A sequence. In distinction, The Pixel 7a and Pixel 6a each have terribly gradual 18W wired speeds, and we discovered that it took merely over two hours to utterly value the 7a. Throughout the meantime, the 27W-toting Pixel 8 is maybe utterly charged in barely beneath 80 minutes in accordance with our own testing.

The tipster furthermore asserts that the mannequin new mid-range telephone will pack 128GB or 256GB of storage, a 13MP selfie digicam, and Android 14. Moreover, Brar claims that the system will launch in May for $500 to $550. The launch window wouldn’t be a shock as Google tends to launch its new A sequence telephones at Google I/O in May.