Google’s Pixel 7a could value $50 greater than its predecessor

The rumored function upgrades for the Google Pixel 7a could immediate a value enhance. A 9to5Google retail supply claims the upcoming mid-range cellphone will value $499, or $50 greater than the Pixel 6a. That is not surprising given doable upgrades that embody a 90Hz show, a 64MP essential digital camera and wi-fi charging, however this can be a far cry from the $350 of the Pixel 4a.

Google is reportedly compensating for the hike by holding the Pixel 6a on sale at a cheaper price. You should still get a finances cellphone, even when it is simply final 12 months’s mannequin. There is not any phrase on Google extending software program replace help for the 6a, so we nonetheless would not rely on Android model upgrades previous July 2025.

You might not have to attend as lengthy for the Pixel 7a as you probably did for its ancestor. The identical supply says the brand new cellphone will likely be out there in retail shops on Might eleventh. Entrance Web page Tech‘s Jon Prosser says the 7a can be out there for fast buy on Might tenth, however 9to5 believes it will not attain any prospects till the next day. That is nonetheless higher than for the 6a, which did not ship till two months after its launch occasion.

If the report is correct, the $499 value for the Pixel 7a will not thrill followers who’ve witnessed ballooning costs elsewhere within the tech world. Nonetheless, Google has incentives to hold on with this technique. CEO Sundar Pichai lately declared that the Pixel 6a, 7 and seven Professional signify the “best-selling era” of telephones in Google’s historical past. Whereas that is not a shock given beforehand modest gross sales (Counterpoint Analysis estimates Google had six p.c of the North American market within the fourth quarter), it suggests Google is content material to construct on its present method.

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