Google's pixel phones have established their brand to be the holy grail of photography particularly amongst it's android peers. It's success in photography is largely attributed to its robust software integration, for instance pixel 3 still delivers decent pictures in 2020. Google doesn't deliver the best of hardware although that's made up by seamless software implementation in pixel phones, still google has faced lots of backlash in recent times due to customers believing that at the same premium price other competition's product offer a lot more.The much anticipated google pixel 4a has been in the news since the beginning of the year, customers and onlookers are expecting the mid ranger to pack sufficient hardware power to stand competitions in 2020 especially with the release of iPhone SE 2, google is expected to release a strong statement in the budget area if they are to be seen as a power house of smartphone innovations.Prices have emerged from a recent Google Opinion Rewards survey. The upcoming Google Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 could be priced at US$349 and and US$699 respectively. While the Pixel 4a pricing makes it a good alternative to the iPhone SE 2020, it remains to be seen if the "Premium" Google Pixel 5 can withstand the continued onslaught of Android flagship killers or even the upcoming iPhone 12.The Google Pixel 5 may be cheaper than the current Pixel 4 by US$100 if a recent Google Opinion Rewards survey is anything to go by. The survey asked users what would their choice be if a Google Pixel phone and a Premium Google Pixel Phone were the only options available. The Google Pixel phone was indicated as having a price tag of US$349 (US$14.54 per month) implying that this could very well be the Pixel 4a that is slated to launch in the coming weeks. The Premium Google Pixel Phone, on the other hand, was shown to be priced at US$699 (US$29.13 per month) and this is very well likely to be the upcoming Pixel 5.
A Pixel 4a priced at US$349 could offer an excellent alternative to what is probably the best budget smartphone at this time, the US$399 Apple SE 2020.
Evidence from a XDA Senior Member cstark27 show that the Pixel 5 will be powered by the Snapdragon 765 comes. While analyzing the pre-installed EUICCGoogle APK in Android 11 Developer Preview 4, cstark27 discovered that the APK was updated with a reference to Google's upcoming devices as evidenced by the presence of a new line in the "modem_model_mappings_json" string pointing to a "g7250" modem. The reference to this g7250 modem implies that the SoC could be a Snapdragon 765, 765G, or the 768G as all three are pin and software compatible.
Android Police Editor-in-Chief David Ruddock also claimed on twitter that his sources confirmed that the Pixel 5 would indeed be powered by the Snapdragon 765 and that there would be no Google phone with a top-tier CPU this year.
With increasing evidence pointing to an upper mid-range SoC for the Pixel 5, is Google right in pricing the device at US$699? Yes or no.
Will other flagship with better hardware just bully this upcoming google devices? Time will tell.
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