Google Pixel 9a launched: Price in India, why is its benchmark score lower than Pixel 9?
Google Pixel 9a is going to be launched globally today on 19th March. This phone will be launched worldwide on 19th and according to India, it will be launched on 20th March. No official launch date has been revealed by Google, but according to rumors and leaks, this phone is going to be launched today and in places like Germany and UAE, the Pixel 9a phone was already listed for sale. It was already listed on German retailer Technomarkt and UAE’s e-commerce platform and according to leaks, the sale of this phone will start from March 26!
Leaks about Google Pixel 9a:
Processor: Google Pixel 9a is the next phone in the A-Series which will come with the same Tensor G4 chipset. This chipset is fast and efficient but its benchmark score is low in comparison to Google Pixel 9 and Google Pixel 9 also has the same processor.
Display: This phone has a 6.3-inch FHD+ OLED display which is going to come with 120Hz refresh rate and 2700 nits peak brightness which will be 35% brighter than Pixel 8a.
Camera: This phone has a 48MP primary camera which comes with OIS support and a 13MP ultra-wide lens and the front camera of this phone is also 13MP. Along with this, this phone also has macro focus, which will easily capture even the smallest details. This phone also has AI features like Add me, Best Take and Magic Editor which will make your photo even better.
Battery: This phone has a 5100mAh battery which supports 23w wired and 7.5 wireless charger. You are going to get this phone with Android 15. 7 years of OS updates, security patches, and Pixel Drops will be available in the package
Look and Colors: Google Pixel 9a is coming in four different colors Iris (Blue), Obsidian (Black), Peony (Pink), and Porcelain (White) which look good. This phone looks normal but the bezels on the screen of this phone are very big and in terms of thickness, this phone is also leaving the iPhone behind
Expected price
The starting price of this phone is being told to be $449 and the 258GB variant can be priced at $500 because on the website of German retailer Technomarkt, the price of Pixel 9a was told to be €549 and in UAE the price of this phone was AED 2,350 and in India this phone will come between ₹50,000 to ₹52,000.

Extra features of Pixel 9a:
Gemini Nano: In this phone you get Gemini Nano in AI which is a good AI at this price
Circle to Search: If you want to search something from the screen, then you can search by just applying a circle.
Pixel Studio: There is an inbuilt feature to edit the image.
Some things in Pixel 9a that the user will not like are big bezels. This phone has very big bezels. Nowadays phones are having very less bezels and the thickness of the phone is also decreasing and Google is bringing thick phones in the same way and the low AnTuTu score is not liked by the users.