Editor's accept: The Pixel 5a could plow out to be a recycled Pixel 4a 5G, just if it comes at a similar toll, this shouldn't be an issue for its intended audience: those looking for the prowess of a Pixel smartphone camera in a mid-range package that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Google's Pixel 5a is slated to be released sometime this year, and the proficient news is the company has kept the overall recipe unchanged for what is substantially a mid-range smartphone for people looking to become a lot of value for much less money than what you'd accept to pay for a flagship Android phone.

Terminal year, Google's Pixel 4a announcement brought a lot of excitement every bit it was essentially a distilled Pixel four with a slower (but more energy-efficient) SoC that was priced at $350. Dissimilar its pricier brother -- the Pixel five, it sported a headphone jack, and with a 5G variant with a larger display priced at $500, information technology was considered by many to be a steal in an era when premium smartphones are pushing the $one,000 mark.

According to notorious leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer (OnLeaks), who got his hands on renders of the Pixel 5a, the new phone looks almost identical to the Pixel 4a. That said, it volition more closely resemble the dimensions of the larger Pixel 4a 5G, which has a half-dozen.2-inch display versus the 5.viii-inch console found on the Pixel 4a. The thin bezels and slightly larger mentum are the same, but Google has apparently opted for a flat screen with no curved sides.

The back of the Pixel 5a is notwithstanding plastic and retains the old-school fingerprint sensor, and the leaked renders indicate it will only come in black, just similar its predecessor. While similar in size to the Pixel 4a 5G, it will be slightly taller, narrower, and thicker at 156 x 73.2 x 8.8 mm (ix.4 mm for the camera bump).

In terms of internals, they're anyone's guess at this bespeak but we await them to exist similar to those of the Pixel five, except for the SoC which will likely be a Snapdragon 732G -- essentially an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 730G establish in the Pixel 4a. The camera module volition house an additional, ultrawide shooter, possibly the same as the 16-megapixel i found in the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel five.

Google seems to be playing information technology safe with the Pixel 5a, but it's hard to argue confronting a tried and tested recipe which has worked and so far and remains a solid choice for people looking to buy a mid-range telephone.

If annihilation, the real surprises could come up with the Pixel 6, but don't concord your breath for it.