Software and camera wise nothing else beats the Pixel 8a in its price range, but everything else just isn't on par with those Chinese phones namely Redmi, realme, iQOO, etc. Too bad for US market for missing out on these!
I'm pretty sure Americans have enough money to just get the latest Iphone or Pixel. If they release those Chinese phones there they probably wouldn't sell that much.
Buy this during sales and discounts. A bit pricey for an A series device from Google. Next thing you'll know they'll discontinued the a lineup and have the Pixel 10 to replace the 9a legacy. Only time will tell.
For anyone living in USA and planning to buy this phone unlocked with no contract, just wait until Black Friday weekend. This phone will cost $100-150 dollars less. But keep an eye on the price after Halloween. The discounts might start earlier.
@Oldasianguy Those who can afford to wait, will wait. They might not need a new phone right away, but they don't want to settle for a budget phone either. For some people, $150 towards a phone purchase is a considerable amount of money. And you should also wait until that time of year to get a discount on your Edge+ 2024, unless you're waiting for a carrier discount/freebie with a contract which isn't guaranteed as we saw in the case of the Edge+ 2023 that is only available unlocked.
@Oldasianguy Not everyone is an early adopter. Some people can afford to wait because they don't need a new phone right away but also don't want to settle for a budget phone. By the way, your Edge+ 2024 will be on sale at that time too.
Good to see new faces leading the channel, maybe I am on the wrong one, but I remember a lady, who was very good. I have nostalgia from watching her tech reviews. Overall, good work keeping with traditions if this is the right channel I am talking about.
I knew someone was gonna comment on the charging before I even came to this video. You know GSMArena mean business when they have something to say about the bezels and the price, essentially the charging itself.
I have an iPhone 12, switching to pixel, the screen of the pixel is twice as bright, essential tbh bc these iPhones are not equipped to be used outside, always having to shade your screen outside to use your phone :/ don't get the 11
What manufacturer makes their smaller body phone with a smaller battery take longer to charge than its more advanced counterpart with a larger one - - -
Its actually a awesome mid range phone in comparison to other mid tier upper rangers . . . Chipset is more powerful than most in its class, the cameras would have to be the best in its class, and you get super clean stock android experience, overall its a snappy smooth performer. What you do miss out on in comparisons is the bigger screen and the faster charging. If a higher end performing camera and a snappy performer in a smaller form factor is what your looking for, it would be a perfect choice
Guys I'm thinking about getting a xiaomi 12t pro in a few months, but I'm worried because in about one year it already won't have software updates anymore, is that a big problem?
Thick bezels, Gorilla Glass 3, plastic back, 3-5 Hrs. SoT on 4G mobile network, OLED display. I can't believe Google is passing this phone off as a "Cheaper" option in 2024. The Galaxy A20 had plastic back, Gorilla Glass 3, and an OLED Display too.
Thicker bezels (even worst than A55), poor PWM dimming, high temps, slow charging, so so selfie without autofocus, average battery life, pretty bad modem, Gorilla Glass 3, really google? For 500 bucks?
@Oldasianguy its good people just nitpick even flagships have high temps and charging is more than enough, camera autofocus who cares, they dont look at what you get for $500 if you want all the features get a chinese phone but software will be dogshit
Pwm is pointless my s23ultra looks fine. Anyway it has a great display 2400nit, great camera for price. Flagship g3 good battery life comprises had to be made on the bezels
@Bilal.Hussain.Shaikh yes although it not a hot burning mess actually look at it on pixel 8 and 8 pro it only gets warm. It gets hot here because 8a is a small phone with likely very little cooling chamber
I have the 6... I'ma skip this bc I'm not down with the small screens google is pushing and it's the same weak pixel battery. Not worth even spending $400 on I need at least 6.5 or higher
Pretty good..but I'm already picking Poco F6 over this one..main reason because it doesn't sell in my country tho..i think I'm good for about 4 years to come..
But does the general colour of the screen still look off with whites in particular? It's like a yellow staining over everything? I've sworn I'll never buy another Pixel phone after my heartbreak over the look of Pixel 6 phones pee stained looking screen colours. Deal breaker for me in future. Makes photos of the snow looks like you wouldn't want to eat it.
slowest charging, Bezels of a size of a football field, poor battery performance, worst throttling in any flagship processor and 4.1 rating, have some shame GSMarena. it baffles me why reviewers keep giving pixels and base iphones a soft cushion despite major shortcomings.
Nice design IF WE WERE IN 2015 like for the same amount of price you have a oneplus nord that is way more powerful and beautiful. The only "good" thing is 7 years of updates if you wanna keep that shit 7 years.
@@Mr16Human i charge my phone before it gets to 20% and charge only until 85%. I use netflix and play gta san andreas as well. Gives me more than 6 hours of screentime
@evcjackson Suppose you're in an area with poor/ non existent wi fi connection ; your phone becomes useless . What do you do ? Micro sd card expansion is a simple piece of technology, but we've complicated it.
@@Davey97 yeah the specs of the iPhone SE 2025 is a mix of iphone 14 and 13 with one of the latest apple chips. The performance of that vs these android phones in Geekbench is like 50-60% faster single core and 100% multicore with great cameras and speed. Until then android is the only mid ranger.
@@impersonator4439Benchmarks doesn’t mean shit. Iphone is iphone so it means you can’t do anything with that much power but scrolling instagram and tiktok.
The Pixel 8a has an uglier and thicker bezels than most lower mid-range phones, battery life is about average and sluggish charging speed. And the price is too high for an upper midranger.
Another addition to one of the worst smartphones in existence😡😡. A poor cpu, budget-phone-like enourmus bezels, for 500 bucks. Welcome to the Waste-of-Money Territory 😂
