Google’s three phones last year were pretty bland, and it seems the company is revisiting 2020 before its 2021 family drops.
In the midst of all the Google Pixel 6 hullabaloo, you’d be forgiven for forgetting all about the Pixel 5a, the anticipated affordable take on the Pixel 5 we were expecting to be launching soon. A source has leaked images of Pixel 5a components to Android Police; apparently, these are being shipped to phone repair shops in the US, likely so if people start breaking their Pixels straight away phone repairers are ready to help. These images show a phone that’s near-identical to the Google Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 from last year, with a square rear camera bump housing two lenses and a fingerprint scanner just below that. There’s still a 3.5mm headphone jack, and the volume rocker and fingerprint scanner are where they were on last year’s handset. Even Android Police states « the most noticeable difference is what seems to be a ribbed power button, » which attests to how little has changed on this new smartphone.
