Google's Pixel 4a was slated to come in multiple colors, not just black.
What you need to know
was rumored to be arriving with both black and earlier this year. In the process of preparing the phone for launch, Google would later go on to scrap the color blue in what has been intuited to be a cost-saving exercise and ship the Pixel in one colour only, Just Black. This week, however, we get a peek of what the blue Pixel would have looked at, courtesy of .
As earlier reports shared, it would most likely have been called "Barely Blue" and would have taken the slot of the "other" color Google liked to ship its Pixels with (think ,, and Purplish).
Reviewing the , Android Central's Ara Wagoner commented:
It's a shame it comes in Just Black, but as Ara notes, colorful . Besides, if it helped keep the price down, some may consider it a worthy sacrifice.
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What you need to know
- New renders show off the Google Pixel 4a in what would have been known as Barely Blue.
- That color option was cancelled shortly before launch.
- The Pixel 4a is currently being sold in a single shade, very aptly named as Just Black.
was rumored to be arriving with both black and earlier this year. In the process of preparing the phone for launch, Google would later go on to scrap the color blue in what has been intuited to be a cost-saving exercise and ship the Pixel in one colour only, Just Black. This week, however, we get a peek of what the blue Pixel would have looked at, courtesy of .
As earlier reports shared, it would most likely have been called "Barely Blue" and would have taken the slot of the "other" color Google liked to ship its Pixels with (think ,, and Purplish).
Reviewing the , Android Central's Ara Wagoner commented:
It's a shame it comes in Just Black, but as Ara notes, colorful . Besides, if it helped keep the price down, some may consider it a worthy sacrifice.
Get More Pixel 4a
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