Leaks about the purported Google Pixel 8a have started coming in, days after the Pixel 8 series has been officially unveiled globally, and in India. According to leaked unofficial renders, the Pixel 8a has been spotted with curved edges and dual camera setup at the back. The Pixel 8a is likely to come with the same raised horizontal camera bar that the latest flagship Pixel 8 line has. The Pixel 8a may get a curvier design which is a drastic departure from the Pixel 7a's boxy design.
According to famed leakster Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks on X, formerly Twitter), in collaboration with SmartPrix, the Pixel 8a may be getting design changes. The Google Pixel 8a is likely to come with a smaller and less wide design, but more curvier than its predecessor. There is a large camera bar at the back with dual rear sensors and the position of the LED flash is similar to what we have seen on the Pixel 8.
The unofficial renders also suggest that the device's dimensions will be 152.1 x 72.6 x 8.9mm compared to 150.5×70.8×8.8mm in Pixel 8, which makes it slightly larger. However, the Pixel 8a is said to sport a 6.1-inch screen. It is likely to be smaller than this year's Pixel 7a.
Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8 Price In India, Offers, More
The Google Pixel 8 has been recently launched in India at a starting price of Rs 75,999 while the bigger Pixel 8 Pro will set you back by Rs 1,06,999 for the 128GB storage model. The company has also opened the pre-order window. There is a bank offer worth Rs 8,000, which is applicable on the vanilla Pixel 8. The Pixel 8 Pro buyers can get a discount worth Rs 9,000. The smaller Pixel 8 comes in Hazel, Obsidian and Rose colour options while the Pixel 8 Pro is available in Bay, Obsidian, and Porcelain colour options. The Pixel 8 gets a new baby blue colour variant. Google is also bringing its smartwatch, the Pixel Watch 2, to India for the first time for Rs 39,900.
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Meanwhile, Pixel devices may not be among the highest-sold phones globally. Still, the brand has hit a significant milestone and sold 40 million handsets so far with 10 million Pixel phones being sold last year alone. As per Francisco Jeronimo, VP of IDC, the tech giant has shipped almost 37.9 million Pixel devices between 2016 and 2023. The numbers taken into account are from 2016 when Google started selling smartphones under the new brand name Pixel after doing away with the Nexus lineup.