The Google Pixel 4a launch may have been pushed back even further
Will you still want one in October?
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We were originally expecting to see theGoogle Pixel 4aappear in May, as part of theGoogle IO 2020event. Since that event got moved online and then canceled, the launch date forGoogle’s mid-ranger has beena bit of a mystery– and now we’re hearing that it might not show up until October.
News of the latest delay comes from serial tipsterJohn Prosser, who has been a reliable source of inside information in the past. He says an announcement about the phone will be made on July 13, but that it won’t go on sale until October.
That will put the phone firmly intoPixel 5territory in terms of timing, which hassomecommentatorswondering whether the Pixel 4a might indeed get renamed as the Pixel 5a – though we’re unlikely to know any of this for sure until the handsets appear.
Prosser actually goes on to say that the Pixel 5 launch might get pushed back too, although he admits himself that this is all subject to change. Finally, he suggests that the blue version of the Pixel 4a has been canned altogether, so the phone will only show up in a standard black color.
I waited all week to report this to see if it was an error in the system. But I’ve confirmed it multiple times at this point. Keeping a close eye on things and with the way things are going, it could be changed again. I’ll report back if there’s a change.June 13, 2020
The new predictions aren’t too different to the most recent rumors we’d been hearing from Prosser on Twitter: he’dalready claimedthat after a July 13 announcement, new Pixel 4a phones wouldn’t go on sale until August and October.
We can only speculate as to what is prompting Google to keep pushing these dates further and further back, but presumably it makes bad business sense to launch a handset in the middle of a global pandemic.
Not only are consumers less likely to have money to spend on a new phone at the moment, tech supply lines have been thrown into disarray as well. While software developers can work from home without too much disruption, it’s a different story when it comes to physical hardware.
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We’re hoping that the Google Pixel 4a does eventually see the light of day, as we’d been hearingpositive noisesabout it – and thePixel 3awas an excellent, affordable handset. As soon as we hear anything more, we’ll let you know.
ViaAndroid Central
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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