Apparently Google Goof seems to confirm the "Pixel 3a" for new phones

Just like last month, when the Google website (seemingly accidental) canceled without fanfare the news of the upcoming Nest Hub Max, screenshots of the website briefly show a link to the page Pixel 3a. According to the Verge, references to Nest Hub Max also made a brief reappearance before the page correction:

While Google has already deleted the page displaying the "new" phone, the damage (if you can call an extra hype for a "damage" product leaked completely) seems to have been caused. In reality, 9to5Google indicates that the website also posted references to the previously disclosed Nest Hub Max, as well as a Nest Hub, before it was disassembled. (In our case, thank you for going clever Edge Aadithya G. who gave us the Google Store URL.)

The Pixel 3a link, as well as the link to a page where customers could compare different editions of the Pixel phone line, both resulted in dead pages. The only news that resulted was therefore the confirmation of the name of Pixel 3a – which is neither particularly interesting nor really topical, but follows a frankly absurd number of leaks that have seen virtually every facets of the Pixel 3 line be exposed to the public. well before the official announcement dates.

More details on line 3a appeared via other leaks, including one also on Friday. A few months ago, a video of what appeared to be a pre-production "Pixel 3 Lite" appeared on YouTube, detailing all the specifications of the unpublished phone. As 9to5Google wrote yesterday, the Play Developer Console has also recently added device profiles for "bonito" and "sargo", which appear to be phones labeled Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL respectively:

Both have 3840 MB of RAM (or 4 GB), while bonito is listed as having a 1080 x 2160 screen at 400 dpi. Sargo presents a slightly larger screen of 1080 x 2220 with a screen density of 440.

With this resolution and DPI, Sargo is the 5.6-inch Pixel 3a we had access last month. Other specifications that we were able to confirm include an OLED display with Snapdragon 670, 4GB RAM, a 12 megapixel rear camera and a 3000 mAh battery.

According to Engadget, other rumors suggest that the Pixel 3a XL could go from a Snapdragon 670 chip to a Snapdragon 710 chip.

The multitude of leaks around the standard Pixel 3 line was such that some people started to generate conspiracy theories. It was a kind of red herring designed to distract from what the real phone would look like. But maybe Google is just not very good, or does not really care to maintain the traditional meaning of the mystique of the new material. Does anyone care so much about this at a time when the iterative, rather than revolutionary, improvements of smartphones are now the norm, anyway?

As a very satisfied owner of a 3 XL pixel (based largely on the glowing reviews from my Gizmodo colleagues, but also of a $ 300 rebate for carriers, it was hard to justify the # 9; buy these cheaper versions of Pixel The line does not really interest me. However, given the rumors that they could be announced as early as the Google I / O conference in May, they might deserve to be visited by low-budget buyers. Alternatively, the Verge seems to have a very good deal right now for Pixel 3 and Refurbished Pixel 3 XL phones, if you're ready to roll the dice.

[The Verge/9to5Google]