With the release of the August Android update, the original Pixel 4a received what should have been its final update. Google had scheduled August 2023 to be the end and hasn’t sent an update to the phone since. We thought for sure that the Pixel 4a was done, especially with Android 14 here and...
The Pixel 4a just got an Android 13 update despite being scheduled to be EOL in August 2023 👀
The “a” models have been the smallest in a given Pixel lineup since the Pixel 6 series, so I’m wondering how small they can get with the Pixel 8a if they want to continue this trend given that the Pixel 8 (150.5 x 70.8 x 8.9 mm³) is already smaller than the Pixel 7a (152 x 72.9 x 9 mm³).
I’m holding out to see what the 8a is like.
The “a” models have been the smallest in a given Pixel lineup since the Pixel 6 series, so I’m wondering how small they can get with the Pixel 8a if they want to continue this trend given that the Pixel 8 (150.5 x 70.8 x 8.9 mm³) is already smaller than the Pixel 7a (152 x 72.9 x 9 mm³).
Has nothing to do with being small, has to do with making them cheap. Being small is a side effect.