Google Pixel 8a Price & Specifications Leaked: To be Powered By Tensor G3 chip. All Details Her (2024)

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What are the specifications of Google Pixel 8a have leaked online? ›

Display and Performance

According to the leak, the Pixel 8a will boast a 6.1-inch FHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Powered by the Google Tensor G3 chipset and Titan M2 security chip, it will offer 8GB LPDDR5x RAM paired with either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

Pricing and Availability

Instead, the company announced on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The entry-level Pixel 8a, equipped with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, is priced at $499. The 256GB model is available for those requiring more storage at $559.

Google Tensor: The brains behind Pixel phones. Designed by Google, the chip helps artificial intelligence understand you, take better pictures, and so much more. Tensor G3 brings Google's most advanced AI and machine learning to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

Despite advancements in on-device AI processing, Google's Tensor chips have traditionally been reported to lag behind other flagship chipsets when it comes to performance. This year, the chipset receives substantial microlevel upgrades that bring it closer to the competition, at least on paper.

Authentic Google devices are engineered and manufactured with high-quality materials, and they're always quality-tested before they leave our factory. Since counterfeit or fake devices are not built or tested to these standards, they might perform poorly or malfunction.

The Pixel 8 / Pro is rated IP68, using the Ingress Protection rating system. The dust rating is 6 (highest level of protection), and the water resistance rating is 8 (water-resistant up to 1.5 meters for up to 30 minutes). Despite this classification, your device is not impervious to water damage in any situation.

Yes, the Google Pixel 8a, like its predecessor, supports Qi wireless charging. You can expect charging speeds up to 7.5W with a fast wireless charger.

Your Pixel 8a, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro comes with 7 years of OS and security updates, and may also include new and upgraded features with Feature Drops. Pixel 6 and later phones, including Fold, will get updates for at least 5 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US.

However, there's no denying, the Pixel 8 series is also very expensive. In India, the Pixel 8 starts at Rs 74,999 for the base model. This is significantly more than the price of many other flagship smartphones in India, such as the OnePlus 11 and Samsung Galaxy S23.

The Tensor G3 chipset powers Google's top of the line mobile handsets, the Pixel 8 family. Manufactured in a package-on-package (PoP) configuration, the Tensor G3 bottom package is paired with a Micron LPDDR5 top package. The bottom package is produced by Samsung using panel-level fanout and die embedding technologies.

Is the Tensor G3 better than Snapdragon? ›

In Geekbench 6 multi-core, the Snapdragon chip is roughly 68% faster than the Tensor G3.

Protect your data – There's a separate core on the Google Tensor chip that's set apart from the application processor, so sensitive tasks and controls run in an isolated environment, making them even more resilient to attacks.

Although the Google Tensor has double as many X1 cores as the other Android SoCs, the fact that the Cortex-A76 cores underperform by such a larger degree the middle cores of the competition, means that the total sum of MT performance of the chip is lesser than that of the competition.

One of the issues that has popped up with the Google Tensor chipset is the component's propensity to overheat.

Your Pixel 8a, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro comes with 7 years of OS and security updates, and may also include new and upgraded features with Feature Drops. Pixel 6 and later phones, including Fold, will get updates for at least 5 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US.

With VPN by Google One¹ and other protections, Google Pixel phones are the most secure and private phones we've made. Every day, our smartphones send and receive a lot of sensitive information: passwords, private messages, health information, bank details, location, and more.

Welcome to the Google Pixel community. The Pixel 7 has an IP68 rating for water and dust resistance. This means that it can withstand immersion in up to 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes.