But hey, at least the battery size sounds nice!
It’s ironic, but the only member of the upcoming Pixel 10 family widely expected to improve on its predecessor in a notable way with a key new component in tow might prove to be the most disappointing device of the bunch after all.
That’s because the added telephoto lens will indeed come at a cost, as rumored more than two months ago, with said cost however being greater than initially anticipated. That’s at least according to a new Android Headlines report, which also goes into quite a bit of detail (some of which was already known and some only suspected) on other key specifications and features.
If this was the mid-range Pixel 10a, I’d certainly be impressed. But no matter how you look at it, Google is definitely taking a risk by purportedly putting the same 48MP main snapper on the back of the Pixel 9a and «vanilla» Pixel 10 and by downgrading the Pixel 9’s 48MP ultra-wide-angle camera to only 12 megapixels.
Obviously, megapixel counts are not everything when it comes to the real-world performance of a smartphone camera, but the Pixel 10’s 48MP primary imaging sensor is actually said to be «borrowed» straight from the Pixel 9a mid-ranger, so clearly, a quality downgrade is to be expected compared to the Pixel 9’s superior 50MP main rear-facing cam.
