Google Pixel 4a passes durability test with flying colors

06 November 2020
Proving once again that plastic phones aren't poorly-made phones.

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  • RKubs
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  • 01 Nov 2021

Google Pixel 4a 5G is a great phone with a "Glass Jaw".
Cracked from an 18" fall with Google's own case. I loved the phone but refuse to put a third screen on it for $150. Somehow Google didn't cover any of the breakages. Kinda sucks

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    • ant
    • Pyj
    • 25 Jun 2021

    have had this phone for 5 months and cracked 3 screens from top to bottom. case bends in pocket, durability my arse

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      • Sandeep
      • 4X2
      • 01 Mar 2021

      Matt, 21 Jan 20214A (5G) fell out of my pocket yesterday whilst sitting down... moreExactly same with left to right crack on top

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        • Matt
        • sG}
        • 21 Jan 2021

        4A (5G) fell out of my pocket yesterday whilst sitting down and it was even in the proper pixel case, landed on a corner and cracked from bottom RHS all the way to top LHS.

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          • JakeW
          • jaA
          • 27 Dec 2020

          I have the phone for a few days and already a ton of micro scratches all over the screen! I've been babying this phone. This is ridiculous and the quality is horrible compared to the 2xl it replaced

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            • gsepi
            • g{x
            • 29 Nov 2020

            Just as I finished setting up my pixel 4a, I put it face down on my steel laptop case (never doing that again). Slid off like a melting ice cube and dropped 3 feet onto a tile floor - not a scratch.

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              • Neens
              • vtx
              • 13 Nov 2020

              RichSlob, 08 Nov 2020Durability? Screen cracked in two days... Plastic frame ben... moreDropped the phone today onto my desk from a height of about 600mm. No cracks in the screen but the phone is dead. Not happy

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                • socachiney
                • ri0
                • 10 Nov 2020

                sadly, same as everyone else. got 6 months out of my 3a before phone died

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                  • RichSlob
                  • IbE
                  • 08 Nov 2020

                  Durability? Screen cracked in two days... Plastic frame bends and cracks the screen immediately. I have owned several phones in my age, never cracking a screen. This was a great disappointment.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • kRx
                    • 08 Nov 2020

                    Durability is one thing however hardware is completely different. Rear camera already died in 10 days, returning to best buy. Overall impression of the pixel qualities are waning with each new phone.

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                      • Mfr
                      • RcS
                      • 08 Nov 2020

                      Durable sure. But I've been plagued with software and connectivity issues through 2 of these phones.

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                        • Colby
                        • ktV
                        • 07 Nov 2020

                        Findecanor, 07 Nov 2020The Pixel 4a I ordered two months ago has still not shipped... moreOrdered mine from Best Buy last week and came two days later to the house.

                          Findecanor, 07 Nov 2020The Pixel 4a I ordered two months ago has still not shipped... moreYiiiikes. Became obsolete before you even got it.

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                            • 4a owner
                            • 8vm
                            • 07 Nov 2020

                            Findecanor, 07 Nov 2020The Pixel 4a I ordered two months ago has still not shipped... moreI am replying to this comment on a pixel 4a I am not a reviewer. I ordered it 1hr after the pre release was opened. I got it a day before the official launch to my house. You just have to be early :P

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                              • Mark
                              • JaA
                              • 07 Nov 2020

                              Findecanor, 07 Nov 2020The Pixel 4a I ordered two months ago has still not shipped... moreI just bough my Pixel 4a from Argos, UK ... I don't know why your phone didn't arrive yet but the phone is ok... Difficult to find a case for it 🙄

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                                • Anonymous
                                • ntJ
                                • 07 Nov 2020

                                Overrated device of the year

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                                  • Logic
                                  • 3LZ
                                  • 07 Nov 2020

                                  sam, 07 Nov 2020Nokia 3310Nice... you got me there.

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                                    • Katie
                                    • k1S
                                    • 07 Nov 2020

                                    ...And yet just this morning, mine, which I've had approx 1 month, fell from the counter, approx 3 feet high, and the screen is shattered.

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                                      • Ash
                                      • pLb
                                      • 07 Nov 2020

                                      I got the 4a with the official Google fabric case and cheaper glass screen protector from Amazon. No issues so far, and I even dropped it onto a hard floor when shopping without a scratch.

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                                        • Ash
                                        • pLb
                                        • 07 Nov 2020

                                        Findecanor, 07 Nov 2020The Pixel 4a I ordered two months ago has still not shipped... moreHad mine since the UK release date, if you pre-ordered when they made it available should have turned up, unlucky if not