Remember how the Pixel 3a leaked in full and was even reviewed by a resourceful Ukrainian blog back when everyone still expected Google to sell the mid-range device under the Pixel 3 Lite name? Well, it’s taken a little bit longer for the first legit-looking photographs of the unreleased Pixel 4a to make their way online, but shortly after that happened, a Spanish vlogger somehow managed to get his hands on an actual working prototype that he then took for a quick spin on video to answer all our burning questions.

Modern design, more memory, and a number of conservative specs

The OLED display resolution will apparently be bumped up slightly from 2220 x 1080 to 2340 x 1080 pixels as a result of the same bezel-reducing move, and because this is a budget-friendly phone we’re looking at here, the refresh rate will not go over the 60 Hz mark.

Unfortunately, there’s no upgrade in sight for the 64GB storage space of the Pixel 3a, but that’s probably going to help Google keep the price point nice and low. Another major contributing factor to that might be the single 12MP rear-facing shooter and 8MP front-facing camera of the Pixel 4a, which are unchanged at first glance from what the Pixel 3a offers in the imaging department.

Then again, Google has a history of squeezing the best possible real-world capabilities out of unimpressive-sounding camera hardware, and we fully expect that to be the case here too. Hopefully, the same will go for the battery life this time around, as the Pixel 4a packs a decent but far from mind-blowing 3,080mAh cell.