The Pixel 7a is out and, as usual, comes in a variety of brand-new colors. Google has just updated everyone’s favorite series of low-cost smartphones, as was predicted. That also seems like a great deal!
Coming to replace the Pixel 6a is the Google Pixel 7a. It comes in three fresh colors: the baby blue-like Sea, the reddish Coral, and the well-known Charcoal and Snow. The Coral is only available via Google Store orders, so if you want one, avoid visiting your preferred shop. The good news is that if you get one from Google right now, you’ll also receive a limited-edition Pixel 7a case and a pair of Pixel Buds A-series headphones!
The Pixel 7a’s design is nothing out of the ordinary, apart from those lovely new colors. a Pixel 7-style clone with somewhat bigger bezels. Not too dramatic, please! In fact, the rear is more like a plastic composite than a metal and glass combination.
The front of the device also includes a 6.1-inch OLED screen with a refresh rate of 90 Hz. You may be wondering, “What corners were cut?” given that the phone costs $499. One of the reasons is that, unlike the “larger” Pixel 7 devices, it is covered by Gorilla Glass 3 rather than the newest Victus. We don’t yet know the actual maximum brightness that the Pixel 7a’s screen can achieve, although it falls short of that of the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro peak brightness. Even so, it does support HDR, so it should be able to become bright enough.
The Tensor G2 processor that drives the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro is also included in the Pixel 7a. Moreover, it has 8 GB of LPDDR5 Memory, the same as the Pixel 7. A 128 GB UFS 3.1 storage layer is also included. It definitely seems like a big deal, then.
We’ll test the Pixel 7a and compare it to its parents, but as of right now, it seems like there aren’t many benefits to choosing the ordinary Pixel 7 over the 7a. Unless you specifically want the variant with 256 GB of storage.
Different cameras are used!
The Pixel 7a also cameras are unique! It features an ultra-wide lens with a 13 MP sensor and a 64 MP primary camera. With a 12 MP ultra-wide camera, the Pixel 7 also includes a 50 MP primary camera.
We all know that the sensor’s pixels are not the only important factor. Don’t simply accept those figures at face value since there is much more that goes into capturing a decent picture. The Pixel 7a, for instance, depends on contrast pixels instead of laser detection autofocus, which may or may not change the camera experience.
Then, several users lauded the Pixel 6a camera from the previous year as being superior to the Pixel 6 in certain situations. Thus, we are eager to get our hands on the new one.
Pixel 7a: price
The Google Pixel 7a is offered in 17 countries worldwide, which is about the same number as the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The whole list is shown below.
- Canada $599
- Australia $749 (no coral)
- India ₹43,999 (no coral)
- Japan ￥62,700
- Singapore SGD 749 (no coral)
- Taiwan $14,990 (no coral)
- Denmark 3.999 kr.
- France 509 €
- Germany 509 €
- Ireland €509
- Italy 509 €
- Netherlands 509 €
- Norway kr 5 490
- Spain 509 €
- Sweden 5 690 kr
- UK £449 (£499 for Coral)
- United States $499
Interestingly, the Pixel 7a’s “Coral” variant, which is available only via the Google Store, is rather constrained. Australia, India, Singapore, and Taiwan will not be able to purchase it will be offered in all other nations on this list. Also, for some reason, it costs £50 more in the UK than other colors.
Google Pixel 7a specs
| Display | Full-screen 6.1-inch (155 mm) display, up to 90 Hz 20:9 aspect ratio FHD+ (1080×2400) OLED at 429 PPI Smooth Display (up to 90 Hz) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 cover glass Always-on display with At a Glance and Now Playing High brightness mode >1,000,000:1 contrast ratio HDR support Full 24-bit depth for 16 million colours |
| Dimensions and Weight | 152 height x 72.9 width x 9.0 depth (mm) 193.5 g |
| Battery and Charging | Over 24-hour battery life Up to 72-hour battery life with Extreme Battery Saver Minimum 4,300 mAh Typical 4,385 mAh Fast Charging Qi-certified Wireless charging |
| Memory and Storage | 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM 128 GB UFS 3.1 storage |
| Processors | Google Tensor G2 Titan M2 security coprocessor |
| Rear Camera | 64 MP Quad PD Quad Bayer wide camera 0.8 μm pixel width ƒ/1.89 aperture 80° field of view 1/1.73″ image sensor size Super Res Zoom up to 8x 13 MP ultrawide camera 1.12 μm pixel width ƒ/2.2 aperture 120° field of view Lens correction Auto-focus with dual pixel phase detection Optical and electronic image stabilisation Fast camera launcher |
| Front Camera | 13 MP 1.12 μm pixel width ƒ/2.2 aperture Fixed focus 95° ultrawide field of view |
| Camera Features | Photo Unblur Magic Eraser Night Sight Long Exposure Real Tone™ Face Unblur Panorama Manual white balancing Locked Folder Top Shot Portrait Mode Portrait Light Super Res Zoom Motion Auto-Focus Frequent Faces Dual exposure controls Live HDR+ |
| Video and Audio | Rear camera 4K video recording at 30 FPS, 60 FPS 1080p video recording at 30 FPS, 60 FPS Front Camera 4K video recording at 30 FPS 1080p video recording at 30 FPS Cinematic Pan Slow-motion video support up to 240 FPS 4K timelapse with stabilisation Astrophotography timelapse Optical image stabilisation Fused video stabilisation 4K Cinematic Pan video stabilisation 4K locked video stabilisation 1080p active video stabilisation Digital zoom up to 5x Video formats: HEVC (H.265) and AVC (H.264) Audio Stereo recording Speech enhancement Wind noise reduction |
| Connectivity and Location | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz, HE80, MIMO Bluetooth v5.3 + LE, BT Diversity NFC Google Cast GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC |
| Network | [5G Sub 6GHz] Model GHL1X GSM/EDGE: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSPA+/HSDPA: Bands 1,2,4,5,6,8,19 LTE: Bands B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/21/25/28/32/38/39/40/41/42/66 5G Sub-6: Bands n1/2/3/5/7/8/12/20/25/28/38/40/41/66/75/76/77/78/79 eSIM |
| Security and OS Updates | Five years of Pixel updates |
| Materials | Scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3 cover glass IP67 dust and water resistance Fingerprint-resistant coating 3D thermoformed composite back with tactile alloy frame and visor The aluminium in the housing is 100% recycled content The packaging uses 99% plastic-free materials |
| Security | End-to-end security designed by Google Multi-layer hardware security: Tensor security core, Titan M2 security chip and Trusty (trusted execution environment) Minimum five years of security updates Anti-phishing and anti-malware protection Automatic security checks and privacy controls with security and privacy settings Camera and mic toggles Private Compute Core Android System Intelligence Android Messages end-to-end encryption and Android backup encryption |
