We’ve already heard that the Google Pixel 7a might be dearer than its predecessor within the US, and now it seems like a value hike can also be on the playing cards for the UK. Who stated the ‘a’ sequence handsets have been presupposed to be Google’s extra reasonably priced Pixels?

A brand new rumor, through dependable Pixel-leaker Roland Quandt (opens in new tab) on Twitter, claims the Pixel 7a will value £449, which might be a big step up from the Pixel 6a, which value £399 at launch (it nonetheless prices that on the Google retailer, though you’ll find it for much less elsewhere).

Pixel 7a 128GB value for the UK: 449 GBP.Might 3, 2023

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Google has sometimes pitched its Pixel A-Collection telephones as reasonably priced choices; nonetheless, whereas the Pixel 7a might be extra reasonably priced than the £599 Pixel 7 (if this rumor is correct), that value would nonetheless be stretching the definition of ‘reasonably priced’.

Within the US, the Pixel 7a is rumoured to see an identical value hike, from the $399 of the Pixel 6a to $449, simply shy of the $499 of the Pixel 7.

The Google Pixel 7a’s specs have been leaked extensively, and supposedly embrace a brand new metallic and glass physique, versus polycarbonate of the 6a and the others earlier than it, a 64MP predominant digicam – which might be the most important sensor we have seen in a Pixel cellphone to date – 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage, 20W ‘quick’ wired charging (alongside wi-fi charging), and 4 color choices.

 The top of reasonably priced? 

The Pixel A-Collection has lengthy stood for affordability, however which may be coming to an finish together with the road itself. Google might be contemplating both turning the A-Collection biennial or (as some have speculated) be ending the road fully.

Because the mainline Pixel turns into geared to being a worth model of the Professional Pixel quite than merely a smaller mannequin, and a brand new super-expensive Pixel Fold peeks over the horizon for these followers, it makes a number of sense that Google would work on consolidation.

It’s additionally price noting that – assuming these leaks are correct – whereas the Pixel 7a wouldn’t be the priciest Pixel, it could be the priciest low-cost Pixel we’ve ever seen. The Pixel 3a XL was £429, for instance, but it surely was a bigger and extra succesful mannequin of the £399 Pixel 3a, whereas the Pixel 4a 5G was an costly £499, but it surely was rumoured to initially be a Pixel 5 XL (which by no means materialized), to not point out the very fact it shares extra in frequent with the Pixel 5 than it did with the £329 Pixel 4a.

Google might have cause for elevating the worth flooring. Cheap units – deservedly or not – are sometimes perceived as ‘low-cost’. Google has been attempting to place its Pixel line as an iPhone competitor for years, and it’s simpler to take action in case your telephones aren’t seen as bargain-bin fashions.