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.
