The Google Pixel 7a just showed up on Amazon
But we don’t get much info
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We’re expecting to see aGoogle Pixel 7aarrive in the coming months, assumingGooglesticks to its usual schedule of putting out mid-range handsets in between flagships – and the phone just got mentioned onAmazon.
As reported byGSMArena, the retail site is letting users sign up for updates on the Google Pixel 7a announcement, which would suggest that the device is indeed on the way and could appear sooner rather than later.
We don’t get any information about the Pixel 7a or any images of it – and there’s no real indication that Amazon has got any advance details of the handset – but it seems unlikely that you would be able to sign up for updates on a phone that doesn’t exist.
Phone families
Something worth noting is that the Amazon site mentions a “family” of products – does that mean that more than one Pixel 7a device is on the way? We haven’t seen that for this phone range since theGoogle Pixel 3a XLback in 2019.
Rumors around the Pixel 7a have been pretty thin on the ground up to this point. Therehas been one mentionof a more compact, mid-range phone in the works at Google, but it’s not certain that the handset in question is actually the Pixel 7a.
We saw theGoogle Pixel 7and theGoogle Pixel 7 Proget their big reveal earlier this month, and all the indications are that aGoogle Pixel 8is going to arrive next year. The Google Pixel 7a would therefore fit neatly in the middle.
Analysis: getting the timing right
Assuming a Pixel 7a is indeed on the way, it’s going to be interesting to see what Google does in terms of timing. The past might give us some indication: theGoogle Pixel 5was announced in September 2020, and was followed by theGoogle Pixel 5ain the August of the following year.
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Then we got theGoogle Pixel 6in October 2021, and theGoogle Pixel 6ain May 2021 – the latter phone was actually unveiled at the Google IO 2022 event, so we should perhaps be expecting the Google Pixel 7a to show up atGoogle IO 2023.
Considering that the supply chain was so significantly disrupted by the global pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the Pixel 6a is perhaps a better indicator of timing rather than the Pixel 5a (which only launched in the US and Japan, don’t forget).
The Pixel 7 smartphones were shown off in full in October of this year, so perhaps May 2023 is the time when the Pixel 7a is most likely to show up. Google hasn’t announced any dates for IO 2023 yet, but there’s little doubt that it will happen – and we will of course be covering it in depth as usual.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
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