HIGHLIGHTS
. Google could launch three new mid-range smartphones this year
. The Pixel 4a could have three different devices under the line-up
. The smartphones are expected to be launched later in June this year
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been treated with a few leaks and rumours about the upcoming mid-range Pixel offerings from Google. Up until now reports have suggested a single Pixel 4a for the market which would bring some of the most loved features of the Pixel 4, but in a package that considerably more affordable.
However, according to new reports in the media, the previous reports could just have been the tip of the iceberg as Google could soon launch as many as three Pixel range of mid-range smartphones in the coming months.
The information comes courtesy of XDADevelopers which found clues to this plan buried within the open-source code for Android. XDA’s Mishaal Rahman found codenames for possibly three new Pixel devices: sunfish, redfin, and bramble.
The report suggests that Sunfish is the candidate most likely to be the regular Pixel 4a and could come using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730 chipset, which can connect to 4G networks. The second in the list, Redfin, has been revealed to feature the slightly more powerful, Qualcomm Snapdragon 765. Apart from just affording the phone more power, it will also make the device 5G ready as the chipset comes with a built-in 5G modem.
The last phone in the list is bramble which again is said to feature the Snapdragon 765. However, it isn’t entirely clear as to how it would differ from Sunfish in other ways.
However, before one gets too excited, it would be prudent to know that these could simply just be names of models that Google is developing for internal testing. As such, these may just end up being protypes and Google launches one Pixel midrange device this year.
Earlier, renders of the Pixel 4a had appeared on the web showing a device with a flat display with the presence of no curves. The leak claimed that the display could be around 5.7 or 5.8-inches diagonally thereby not being a major upgrade in size over its predecessor. However, the renders also showed that phone’s display could be surrounded by much thinner bezels as compared to the 3a launched a year ago.
