Google unveils budget Pixel phone as virus pandemic curbs spending
Google has started selling a long-delayed budget
smartphone boasting the same high-quality camera and several other features
available in fancier Pixel models that cost hundreds of dollars more.
The
Pixel 4a unveiled Monday will be available Aug. 20 after months of delay caused
by supply problems triggered by the pandemic.
It will cost USD 349, a USD 50 discount from a cheap Pixel released last year.
It's also a major markdown from other higher-end models in the existing product
line-up that start at USD 799. The next versions of Google's top-of-the-line
Pixel phones will be released sometime this fall, Google said, without
revealing their their price.
The
budget-minded Pixel 4a is coming out four months after Apple released a
discount iPhone, the SE, priced at USD 399. The low price helped spur iPhone
sales at a time of soaring unemployment, as the economy plunged into a deep
recession that is causing millions of households to curb their spending so they
can pay rent and buy food.
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