Google has made a specialty of marketing smartphones with original designs that stand out from the crowd. A mark that is difficult to recognize on the brand’s future model.
A few months after rumors which already pointed in favor of a simplified design, a new leak drives home the point. It appears that the Pixel 9a, Google’s future mid-range smartphone, adopts a radically different design from its predecessors.
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According to the photos obtained by the informant Fenibook on X, the rumor was true. The Pixel 9a would abandon the camera barthis bar surrounds the back of the Pixels to integrate the different photo modules, for the benefit of a simple duo of sensors. A simplified design, much more versatile, which for some evokes the appearance of the iPhone 8 Plus.
Don’t be fooled by the strange logo on the back of the smartphone. This is a common method of concealment by manufacturers to prevent leaks. Missed, for Google, which is also used to seeing all the secrets of its devices revealed before their announcement.
The fact remains that this new arrangement of the photo sensors risks making people who hold in high esteem the aesthetic biases of a Google which, undeniably, offers very particular smartphones compared to the competition. If this design were to be confirmed, we would then be dealing with a much more conventional phone.
What do we know about the Pixel 9a?
Without much surprise, the Pixel 9a should take over from the Pixel 8a by pushing the artificial intelligence cursor ever further. Powered by Android 15, it will benefit from the same Tensor G4 chip as its big brothers the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro (our test to discover here) and therefore has nothing to be ashamed of in terms of performance.
It is also said that its 6.3-inch screen would benefit from the same high brightness as the Pixel 9 and that its refresh rate would oscillate (like the Pixel 8a), between 60 and 120 Hz. In photos, the 9a will probably inherit the same 48-megapixel main sensor as the other models launched this year by Google.
If the brand sticks to its usual schedule, the Pixel 9a should launch next spring. A period where it will have a lot to do to seduce in the face of a fourth generation iPhone SE which promises to be impressive.
