Google Pixel 9a: Leak reveals camera details and hints at downgrades for thinner camera module

The Google Pixel 9a was first seen in high-resolution render images back in September, but apart from the screen diagonal of around 6.1 inches, the slightly larger casing in four colors and the Google Tensor G4 (which is already known from the Pixel 9), hardly any details about the Pixel 9a's features have been leaked so far. This is hardly surprising, as the launch is not expected until spring 2025.

Android Headlines has just obtained information from its sources about the camera features of the Google Pixel 9a. According to this, Google is said to be replacing the 64 MP main camera with a new 48 MP camera, which will use the same sensor as the main camera on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold. This would not only reduce the resolution, but the sensor would also be much smaller, because while the Pixel 8a was still equipped with a 1/1.73-inch sensor, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold uses a 1/2-inch sensor, so the difference to the 1/1.31-inch sensor of the regular Pixel 9 is literally huge.

This change could explain how Google has managed to install the camera almost flat in the body of the 8.5 millimeter thin mid-range smartphone. The 13 MP f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera is said be unchanged from the Pixel 8a, as is the 13 MP f/2.2 selfie camera. If this information proves correct, the surcharge from the Pixel 9a to the regular Pixel 9 should be worthwhile for camera enthusiasts in several respects, as the Pixel 9 not only has a main camera with a much larger sensor, but also a 48 MP f/1.7 ultra-wide-angle camera and an improved 10.5 MP front camera.