Google Pixel 9a needs to be more like the Nothing Phone 3a — here’s how

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Googlelook likeit’s getting rid of the camera bar on the Pixel 9a.

I should have seen this coming, really.

The Google Pixel camera bar in happier times

It now seems inevitable that the horizontal bar is destined to shrink into nothing.

Instead, the cameras just rose out of the backs of Samsung’s old phones every so slightly.

The lenses are still vertical but now they’re confined to an oval array.

The Google Pixel camera bar in happier times

There’s a practical element to the design of the latest Nothing Phones, too.

But design is still important.

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