Google Pixel 9a It was launched on Wednesday as the latest device in the company’s accessible series. The phone is below the main models of the Pixel 9 line, sacrificing some of the premium features for an affordable price. According to one report, Google has confirmed that one of the compensations is the modem used in the 9a pixel. The phone uses an older model compared to the modem found in other Pixel 9 models.
Older modem on google pixel 9a
Google confirmed to the Android authority that the new Pixel 9a uses Samsung’s Exynos 5300 modem. Meanwhile, Pixel 9 line programming is equipped with the latest Exynos 5400 modem, which supports higher peak downlink speeds and satellite connectivity, courtesy of the 3GPP 17 release pattern, and improves battery life.
Although the 9A pixel is fed by the same G4 SOC Tensor as first -rate models, it varies when it comes to connectivity, the report suggests. This development was the first reported In October, by the same publication and also claimed that the Pixel 9a modem would use the Integrated Package (IPOP in the package), as opposed to the FAPLP (Fan-Out panel level package) package of the Pixel 9 models of the main models.
Notably, the Exynos 5300 is the same modem introduced by the Mountain View -based technology giant with its Pixel 7 series in October 2022. premiered as an update on the Pixel 6’s Shannon A5123 5G modem, which was widely criticized for suffering from common problems, such as calls of calls and slow speeds of 5g.
However, Exynos 5300 was not without their own problems. At the time, users reported facing high battery consumption and network breaks. Since then, Google has corrected problems with the latest Pixel 9 series and the Exynos 5400 chip, which supports a peak download speed of 14.79 Gbps, as well as offering satellite connectivity. This made Samsung’s modem a serious Snapdragon X75 5G competitor used in the Samsung Galaxy S24 series.