Google's budget-priced camera phone is here! Everything we know so far about the Pixel 4a
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Following months of speculation, Google has finally launced the Pixel 4a later today. Google itself has been teasing the arrival of its latest budget camera phone and and now we have the specification and pricing of the stripped down version of the Pixel 4.
The key feature is the price... at $349 / £349 / AU$599 it is at the bottom end of estimates for the latest in the Pixel phone line-up. There will not be a 4a XL model, for the moment at least – but a 5G version of the Pixel 4a will be launched later this year, priced at $499 in the US.
Here are the key details about the Pixel 4a:
• It will cost $349 / £349 / AU$599 - so will undercut the cost of the iPhone SE 2020, and the recently announced OnePlus Nord. It goes on sale 20 August in the US, 10 September in Australia and 1 October in the UK, but can be pre-ordered now (see below).
• The rear camera will have a modest 12 megapixel resolution, with a 77-degree wide lens with a maximum aperture of f/1.7
• The rear camera will feature dual-pixel phase detection autofocus with optical image stabilization
Chris George has worked on Digital Camera World since its launch in 2017. He has been writing about photography, mobile phones, video making and technology for over 30 years – and has edited numerous magazines including PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Digital Camera, Video Camera, and Professional Photography.
His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long before the advent of autofocus and memory cards. Today he uses a Nikon D800, a Fujifilm X-T1, a Sony A7, and his iPhone 15 Pro Max.
He has written about technology for countless publications and websites including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Dorling Kindersley, What Cellphone, T3 and Techradar.
