Google Pixel 4a

Google Pixel 4a in Kenya

American phone maker Google announced the Google Pixel 4A smartphone in Kenya. The Pixel 4A is priced at 55,000 Kenya shillings for the 6GB + 128GB storage configuration. Interested customers can pick it up in either Just Black or Barely Blue color option. The device can be purchased from Phonesstore Kenya.

Google Pixel 4a price in Kenya & key features

Features

The Google Pixel 4a measures 144 x 69.4 x 8.2 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 143 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a 12.2 MP rear camera and an 8 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 5.81 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels IPS display with a pixel density of 444 PPI. It has a 2.0, Type-C 1.0 port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Pixel 4a. It is a dual SIM smartphone with support for 4G, Wi-Fi, and GPS too. Buy it today at Phones Store Kenya.

Launch

This phone, the Google Pixel 4A was released on 2020, August 20. This phone has a 144 x 69.4 x 8.2 mm dimension and weighs about 143 grams. It is also a Nano-SIM and/or eSIM smartphone. On the front is a hole punch display wherein the selfie camera lies. Its back panel has a triple-camera module on the right-hand side. As for the fingerprint scanner, it is rear-mounted.

The Pixel 4A comes in the color, Just Black, and Barely Blue. It makes use of the USB Type-C 3.1 and has a 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, and GPS with A-GPS,  A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As NFC, is very much present here.

Display

Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Google Pixel 4A has an impressive OLED, HDR display panel that measures 5.81 inches, 83.2 cm². This display has a decent 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and an equally high 443 PPI density. As for the selfie camera, it is inside that hole punch on the top right corner. This phone’s build is plastic with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, and plastic frame. Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection is present here.

Network

The Google Pixel 4A smartphone supports four network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, and LTE. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE  is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.

Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets. You may also want to see the Google Pixel 3 XL smartphone.

Platform

A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Google Pixel 4A runs on Android 10, upgradable to the Android 11 operating system. With Android 11, you can pin conversations so they always appear on top of other apps and screens. Bubbles keep the conversation going—while you stay focused on whatever else you’re doing. Access the chat anytime or anywhere. Also powering the Pixel 4A is an Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Gold & 6×1.8 GHz Kryo 470 Silver), Qualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon 730G (8 nm) chipset.

Under the hood, it also brings an Adreno 618 GPU. The Qualcomm Adreno 618 is a mobile graphics card for upper mid-range smartphones and tablets (mostly Android-based). It is included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and 730G SoCs and based on the Adreno 600 architecture (like the Adreno 630, which should be fully compatible with software). The Pixel 4A comes with 128GB (not expandable) with 6GB RAM. You may also want to check out the Google Pixel 4A 5G smartphone.

Cameras

There are two cameras on the Google Pixel 4A. They are made up of a main 12.2 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS. Its main feature is LED flash, Auto-HDR, panorama and it can shoot video up to 4K@30/60fps; gyro-EIS with the main camera, and 1080p@30fps also with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie, on Pixel 4A there is a single 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1.12µm shooter.

Battery

Now Google Pixel 4A has an okay Li-Po 3140 mAh, non-removable battery with fast charging of 18W, and USB Power Delivery 2.0. It is a lasting battery given its 3140 mAh capacity.

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