In terms of design, it is easy to tell that the upcoming Pixel 4a will feature a considerably smaller chin as compared to the current Pixel 3a. This time around, Google has also chosen to employ a hole-punched display to house it’s selfie camera as well. This produces an overall higher screen-to-body ratio for the Pixel 4a which is certainly something most of us are keen to see.
Moving on to the flip side, there will be a squarish-camera module which shares a close resemblance to the one we saw on the Pixel 4. It will play host to a single 12 megapixels main shooter which supports Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS). This will be completed with an 8 megapixels selfie camera at the front.
The Pixel 4a will continue to utilize a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor in place of the company’s renowned “Face Unlock” feature for user authentication.
Similarly, there is also an obvious presence of a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top, as well as USB-C port and a pair of speaker grilles at the bottom. The Google Pixel 4a will be fueled by a 3,080mAh battery and will boot on the latest Android 10 OS out of the box.
There's no Google logo on the back of the phone, which is a pretty good indicator that what we're looking at is a pre-production unit. We can also see that the phone is currently equipped with the April security patch, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be released that month — it's a pre-production software build, after all.
If nothing goes wrong, the Pixel 4a is expected to break over within the next three months. It is likely to maintain a sub-$500 price tag similar to its predecessors.