Google debuts cheaper Pixel phones after premium handsets flop


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 08 May 2019

A new Google Pixel 3a phone (C) is displayed during the Google I/O conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP)

Google unveiled cheaper Pixel smartphones on May 7 after the company’s line of premium handsets failed to sell in large numbers. 

Slower processors and cheaper materials helped Google price the Pixel 3a with a 5.6in screen at US$399 (RM1,655). The larger Pixel 3a XL has a 6in screen and costs US$479 (RM1,986). That’s roughly half the price of the company’s existing Pixel phones, before recent discounts. 

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RM 13.90/month

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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