When Google abandoned the Nexus range to enter its own terminals, within the Pixel range, the loyal Nexus users harshly criticized Google, for the price increase that had to be paid to be able to enjoy a version of Android without layers of customization. Although late, the answer was the Pixel 3a range.
A few days ago, we showed you A video of Google's next cheap Pixel, the Pixel 4a, the successor to the Pixel 3a that will keep the same price. If we want to make the leap to the Pixel 5, when it is launched on the market, the difference between both terminals will not be practically double, since Google seems to have changed the strategy.
The telephony market is changing and fewer and fewer high-end smartphones are being sold. The best-selling smartphone in the world during 2019 was the iPhone Xr, a smartphone that hit the market in 2018 for 800 euros. Google seems to want to get on the bandwagon and with the Pixel 5 it will not implement Qualcomm's latest processor, the 865, a processor that incorporates the 5G chip increases its price by approximately 100 euros.
Instead, you will opt for the Snapdragon 765G, a processor that also supports 5G networks, but it is not as expensive as the 865, a chip that we can find in the Galaxy S20 Ultra whose price exceeds 1.000 euros. If this rumor is finally confirmed, Pixel 5 will be less powerful than Pixel 4 which is currently for sale, but will offer support for 5G.
Many are the manufacturers who have expressed their discomfort for the high price of the Snapdragon 865, since it is forcing manufacturers to increase its price compared to the previous generation, just for being compatible with 5G networks.
The only solution Google would have found to be able to offer a terminal below 1.000 eurosIt would be to opt for the 765G, a chip that would also increase battery life, one of the problems that the Pixel range has always faced due to its low capacity.
The success in sales that the Pixel 3a has had, it is likely that it has been another of the reasons that Google has contemplated for change your strategy and focus on a great camera, decent battery life, and great software, leaving aside the bullshit it added last year with the Pixel 4, like the motion sensor.
