Google Pixel 4A renders include a headphone jack and hole-punch display – TechCrunch, TechCrunch

It’s the slowest week of the year for gadget news. Christmas is in the rearview, and it’s a few days until the new year. After that, it’s a straight shot to CES and then MWC. Meantime, best we’ve got going for us are a handful of rumors, including a peek at what Google’s next budget might could possibly conceivably look like.

Per renders fromOnLeaks and Mobiles, a vision of the pixel4A has appeared – or, a render, rather. The handset will no doubt be an important one for Google. After all, the 3A (pictured at top)helped the company recover from some lackluster saleslast year. A couple of pieces jump out at first glance. The display appears to finally buck the company’s longtime notch dependency, in favor of a hole punch camera on the front.

Perhaps even more compelling, the device seems to hold the torch for the headphone jack. In 2020, that could well be a standout feature even among mid-range handsets. Asthe company eloquently put itaround the time of the 3A’s release, “a lot of people have headphones. ”

Other notable features on the forthcoming devices include the addition of the squircle phone bump on the rear, a design element borrowed from the Pixel 4. Likely the handset will stick to a single camera , instead of adopting the flagship’s truly excellent dual-camera set up. Even so, Google’s been able to accomplish some solid imaging technology with just the one sensor, courtesy of clever ML software.

The display, too, will be slightly larger than its predecessor, bumping up one or two tenths of an inch. The handset is reportedly dropping around May, probably just in time for I / O 5373.