If they release a version with more storage (how often have I said that about Google?) that's actually quite an appealing phone. Reminds me a lot of the Galaxy s10e from the front (my favourite of the s10 series), and TBH plastic back, fingerprint scanner, headphone jack are all upgrades over the Pixel 4 as far as I'm concerned (as is not having an unbalanced forehead to fit a gimmick scanner). As I'm not a gamer I can't actually see any respect where the regular Pixel 4 would be better than me, except that I couldn't live with a downgrade to 64GB (I'm using about 80GB currently).

Of course my Pixel 2 is still working fine at the moment, but I always like to know what I'd replace it with if it failed or got broken. If there is a higher-capacity model this could well be it.

 

If there's no 4a XL, this is a fail. Small battery and screen, and non expandable storage are not enticing. Google is stubborn to a fault.

 

Personally any bigger would be a deal breaker.

Anyone who wants a 75mm-wide phone has a huge range of options to choose from. We don't need more manufacturers offering large phones and nothing else.

 

It doesn't make sense to not offer at least a 6.0 in. option with bigger battery, as with the 3a XL. If anything, get rid of the smaller version, because I believe sales for the XL were quite a bit higher.

 

I don't even know what 6.0" means any more - there are so many different screen shapes out there that the diagonal doesn't mean anything unless you also specify the aspect ratio (e.g. the Xperia 5 is a 6.1" screen, but that's because it's a very tall 21:9, while curved edges allow manufacturers to claim larger screen sizes without giving you as much extra area as the number implies). So I pretty much ignore that and look at the device dimensions. This one's expected to come in at just under 70mm width, which is tolerable. Every extra mm impacts usability, so personally I'll stick with the 5.8". Google's XL phones are of no interest whatsoever to me.

 

Ok. If, like the 3a, the options are a slightly smaller screen with smaller battery, or a slightly larger one with a much larger battery, I bet battery life wins out for the vast majority of people, and that's what Google should be catering to.

 

Also, LCD screen? YUCK. If it's truly just the 4a, and LCD om top of that, this is a massive fail.

 

Only 64GB and no SD. I'll definably be giving this phone a miss.

 

same price as the 3a, but with the small screen and and battery, and LCD screen (yuck!) no thanks

 

I've used LCDs and AMOLEDs, and don't get this "AMOLED good, LCD bad" stuff. I've seen good and bad examples of both, both have their pros and cons. For me that's not an issue - I'll judge on the individual screen (my current phone is OLED by the way, but that wasn't a factor in the choice).

Storage is my main concern, because Google have a long history of aiming low in this respect. But maybe if the rumoured 5g version is real they'll put more storage in that? At least the "starting from" in the price leak is promising, as that implies more than one model.