A new Google Pixel 3a phone is displayed during the Google I/O conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, United States: Google bucked the soaring smartphone price trend May 7, unveiling a high-performance Pixel handset aimed at the middle of the market as part of a wide-ranging pitch to developers of its new hardware, software and privacy efforts.
The Pixel 3a phone, which includes many of the artificial intelligence features of its flagship devices, is priced from US$399 (RM1,655), executives said as Google opened its annual I/O developers conference near its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View.
