If the latest leak about the Pixel 10a is true, it could be very difficult to explain why this device even exists.
Early this year, we heard about the codenames of all the Pixel 10 devices, including the Pixel 10a. Part of that leak was information that Google hadn’t decided whether to use the Tensor G4 chipset powering the Pixel 9 series, or the brand-new Tensor G5 on the Pixel 10a. A new leak suggests that Google has now made a decision, which will certainly disappoint many Pixel fans.
A Telegram post by Mystic Leaks has revealed part of the specs of a device with codename “stallion”, which we already know is the Pixel 10a. Those specs include a Tensor G4 chipset, a display with 2,000 nits brightness, and 128GB UFS 3.1 storage.
If that new leak is authentic, Google is planning to break from its traditional approach with its budget-friendly smartphones. Since the Pixel 6a, all of the company’s midrange devices have used the same Tensor chipset from the flagship series, though sometimes in a slightly slower version.
