Google Pixel 9a's main camera comes from a much more expensive device
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- Kulukjhh
- mAP
- 29 Oct 2024
Why smaller
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- Anonymous
- Ib8
- 24 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 24 Oct 2024Here comes the weirdo giving weird excuses, using unnoticea... moreIt's not unnoticeable. All these 9a rumors are about how noticable it is the camera bar isn't there. It's really reductive to think that more is always better. You want more mps? How many? 128? 256? 512? 1028? Nobody needs that. The whole thing was just a pissing contest between phone makers in the first place.
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- misses pixel 5
- Ib8
- 24 Oct 2024
I really disliked the camera bar. I don't care if the camera is less mp if the camera bar is gone. Nobody needs 64mp anyway. I don't need to see every pore on someone's face or every spec of dust. You can't even upload 64mp as most websites reduce it. I hope this is a return to the budget a-series.
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- FoxVol
- JbJ
- 24 Oct 2024
But what about that Pixel Fold and Pixel 9 Pro Fold - use the same module as the Pixel 7a and 8a - Sony IMX 787? They just did a reduction in the final picture resolution in the Fold and 9 Pro Fold, and they do the same in 9a. lol.
Also, Pixel 7a and 8a can't catch 64 MP full-resolution pictures. So...
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 24 Oct 2024
RaviSS, 23 Oct 2024Whoa...this is some spin... As others have correctly po... moreHere comes the weirdo giving weird excuses, using unnoticeable thickness reduction for justification of noticeable sensor size downgrade.
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- Anonymous
- 0fU
- 24 Oct 2024
Aan2007, 23 Oct 2024All I care about are dimensions, is it going back to Pixel ... moreRumor said it will be bigger than the 8a, which is too big. We need to go back to 4a or 5 size.
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- Docktor
- MZx
- 23 Oct 2024
You say:
48 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
is better than
64 MP (16 MP eff.), f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS ?
No way.
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- Anonymous
- 0Uc
- 23 Oct 2024
Slowly going back to the legend: IMX363.
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- Aan2007
- nxd
- 23 Oct 2024
All I care about are dimensions, is it going back to Pixel 4a or at least Pixel 8 dimensions or using new tablet dimensions?
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- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 23 Oct 2024
Fa14bi, 23 Oct 2024Nokia N8 (year 2010) : 1/1.83 Sensor Pixel 9a (late 2024... moreit all regressed! The N8 had Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash which still is the best flash on phones imo, at least judging from samples of the 808 Pureview.
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- Fa14bi
- mVv
- 23 Oct 2024
Nokia N8 (year 2010) : 1/1.83 Sensor
Pixel 9a (late 2024): smaller 1/2.0 Sensor
Good to see that nothing has improved over the past decade and a half.
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- Fa14bi
- mVv
- 23 Oct 2024
Wesker, 23 Oct 2024Might come from the fold but stil some mid-range hardware. I have found 48MP 1/2 Sensors inside 2020 Budget phones like the Moto G10 and E7+
Bot at F/1.7 and we got an E7+ for our Grandma at 89€ in 2021
a mid range camera sensor today is 1/1.52 and upper mid range 1/1.28
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- Anonymous
- pKL
- 23 Oct 2024
Downgrade in camera and modem chip and you'll pay more.
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- Anonymous
- CG1
- 23 Oct 2024
This is superb
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- Sammy0
- IY9
- 23 Oct 2024
The device it's coming from may be expensive, but the sensor itself is smaller than he one on the main camera of the 8a, so it's a downgrade. Having said that, the lens is slightly brighter (f1.7 vs f1.9 previously), which should compensate for the smaller sensor size to some extent.
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- ianmod
- X}{
- 23 Oct 2024
earworm, 23 Oct 2024Kinda wish they'd ditch the ultrawide for a telephoto.... morepixel 4 right? i like it better than pixel 5
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- Anonymous
- snU
- 23 Oct 2024
MySanket, 23 Oct 2024and one not made by a Chinese manufacturer, you shouldn... moreLoool
They're clearly biased
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- RaviSS
- XVS
- 23 Oct 2024
Whoa...this is some spin...
As others have correctly pointed out, the sensor is a definite downgrade. I had a feeling this was coming though, given the renders. A flat back (without a camera island) meant that you couldn't fit a large sensor. Pixel 8a main sensor has a focal length of 5.43mm whereas the corresponding number for Pixel 9 Pro Fold is 4.53mm. so you need 0.9mm lesser thickness to fit the sensor and would be able to fit in a 8.5-9mm thick body.
As far as the image quality is concerned, looking at the DXOMARK scores for Google Pixel Fold (1st gen) and Pixel 7a (same difference in sensors, both powered by Tensor G2), the scores are only slightly lower. Therefore, I think the camera performance of 9a will be similar to 8a since better computational photography due to better chipset should compensate for the downgrade in sensor.
But I really hope this means that Google is not looking to hike the price of 'A' series as they did with vanilla models. Otherwise this downgrade will be completely unjustified and the 'A' series would be in a worse position than it already is.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 23 Oct 2024
How's is better? It's a smaller sensor, what a downgrade! But that's the way of Google