Pixel 8a will turn into the most recent smartphone from Google to be assembled in India, the corporate confirmed on Tuesday. The handset debuted in India on Could 7 as a successor to the Pixel 7a, becoming a member of the Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional in Google’s newest smartphone portfolio. This growth comes after Google India introduced the identical day that manufacturing of the usual Pixel Eight has begun in India, fulfilling the promise it made on the Google for India occasion in October 2023.
Google Pixel 8a Made in India
At a media roundtable for the launch of the Pixel 9 collection, Google made the announcement concerning the Pixel 8a’s manufacturing in India. As per the corporate, its meeting within the nation will begin “quickly”. Nevertheless, it didn’t reveal any definitive timeline of when these ‘made in India’ units may hit the shop cabinets.
For the manufacturing of Pixel 8, Google’s world manufacturing arm Compal has reportedly partnered with India’s native digital manufacturing providers (EMS) firm Dixon Applied sciences. The corporate’s plans embrace an preliminary manufacturing capability of 100,000 items month-to-month, with roughly 25 p.c of them designated for export to world markets.
Though it might be made in India, it’s unclear if the manufacturing of Pixel 8a would end in a possible value reduce on the smartphone, which normally occurs as a result of decreased prices of native manufacturing. Notably, Google slashed costs of its whole older Pixel lineup after the introduction of the Pixel 9 collection.
Google Pixel 8a Worth in India
After the worth revision, Google Pixel 8a value in India begins at Rs. 49,999 for the 128GB variant. It’s out there in two storage choices: 128GB and 256GB. The upper storage configuration mannequin prices Rs. 56,999. Though the brand new costs have been introduced, Google says they are going to go dwell within the coming weeks on Flipkart, which is the corporate’s solely authorised on-line vendor in India.
The Google Pixel 8a is on the market for buy in 4 colourways: Aloe, Bay, Obsidian, and Porcelain.
