Google Pixel Buds A coming to more countries, but why isn't the Pixel 5a?

Google Pixel Buds A coming to more than countries, merely why isn't the Pixel 5a?

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The Google Pixel Buds A were first launched back in early June, offering great sound for the low toll of $99 — but only in the U.South. and Canada. Other regions have had to expect for one reason or another.

But Google is expanding the availability of the Pixel Buds A, with the official support page confirming they would come to the U.One thousand., Europe, and other regions for £99/€99. That's great, simply now I'd similar the search behemothic to do the same with the Google Pixel 5a.

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Google just announced the new low-price accept on the Pixel 5, and on paper it looks like a fantastic telephone. It'due south got a 6.43-inch OLED brandish, a dual camera array with 12.2MP (f/1.7) and 16MP (f/2.2) ultrawide lenses, a iv,680 mAh bombardment life, 18W fast charging, 5G, and a solid ix hours and 45 minutes of bombardment per our testing; all for $449.

As someone rocking a OnePlus 7 Pro that's well by its best, and a screen that'southward got some noticeable burn in place, the Pixel 5a is the kind of phone I'd be looking for. I don't care for the latest (and virtually expensive) hardware, but I do want a larger telephone with decent hardware. Unfortunately the Pixel 5a is exclusive to the U.Southward. and Nihon, and I don't live in either land.

In our Pixel 5a review nosotros speculated that the limited availability of the telephone may be due to the ongoing global chip shortage. There were rumors that the shortage had led to the Pixel 5a being cancelled. While that clearly didn't happen, a poor supply of components could easily be the reason behind the telephone's non-real broad-spread international availability.

Then again Google has something of a history where delayed releases are concerned. Not just with the Pixel Buds A, which are getting an international release almost three months later they went on sale in North America. It happened with the Pixel 4a as well, which arrived in the U.S. on August 20, but didn't go on sale in Europe until Oct 3.

Only that'due south not to say Google will exist doing the same matter this yr. The company was pretty direct about how Europe would be getting the Pixel 4a much later than the U.S. from the starting time, whereas there's been zero word about the Pixel 5a.

After all the Pixel 4a was an outlier, with both the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 launching in the U.Thousand. and Europe inside a few weeks of the U.S. release.

It's a tragedy, really. Buying a phone is an expensive chore nowadays, with flagship prices creeping upwardly over the past few years. At that place are plenty of low-cost devices out there, only I was looking forward to the possibility of getting 1 that had a clean version of Android. Not to mention the fact Pixels get all the best new features and updates right abroad.

Here's merely hoping that the Google Pixel 6 isn't quite as expensive as I fear it might be. Or, at the very least, that I won't have to cough up the money for a Pixel 6 Pro to enjoy a Pixel experience on a bigger screen.

Just hey, at least I tin now buy some Pixel Buds A if I really desire them.

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