Since its launch way back in 2016, many have been voicing their opinion that Google should release a budget Pixel phone. Well, those people might just be in luck. Just today, Russian tech blog Rozetked, the same site that leaked the Pixel 3 XL a few months ago, posted some hands-on pictures of an unreleased device, calling it the ‘Pixel 3 Lite.’
You’ll notice that it looks similar to the Pixel 3 and 3 XL but just with larger bezels and no dual, front-facing speakers or cameras. However, will you look at that… it’s got a headphone jack! Along the side, this white model has a neon yellow-accented power button. Also, in case you were wondering, the reason why it doesn’t have the “G” logo on the rear is that it’s a prototype device.
The phone—codenamed ‘Sargo’—has a 5.56-inch IPS display at a resolution of a resolution of 2220 x 1080 at 444 pixels per inch. However, here’s the bad news: Google has chosen the 8-core Snapdragon 670 for this device, which, historically, has only been used in phones intended for Asian markets. In other words, this so-called ‘Pixel 3 Lite’ might not even come to the US.
Other specs include 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage (no microSD card slot), a 12MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing camera (the same two cameras found in the Pixel 3), a plastic back, and a 2,915 mAh battery. Rozetked expects the ‘Pixel 3 Lite’ to cost around $400-500 and debut either at the end of this year or Q1 2019.
Source: Rozetked (Google Translate)
