Google Pixel 4a review
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- Anonymous
- 6js
- 16 Aug 2020
I own an lg g7.Is it worth to switch to the pixel 4a?
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- Aleni
- sS}
- 16 Aug 2020
Google should’ve made the phone to 160gram because of a minimum 4000Mah battery and bump up the price to $399.
- Alex 94
- Srh
- 16 Aug 2020
vbrntn, 15 Aug 2020Ohhh, sorry but your phone's camera is garbage compare... moreHah, relax dude. I'm not fanboy, and, even that I am, it's not your problem. Note 9 pro will sell in 10 million pieces, and your software 4a cr..ap in 100k. It's obviously who win like always.
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- Aleni
- sS}
- 16 Aug 2020
The worthy Nexus 5 successor!
- Alex 94
- Srh
- 16 Aug 2020
evilboy, 15 Aug 2020well google services wont stay on chiness phones for long b... moreNice one.
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- Anonymous
- LkB
- 16 Aug 2020
Fearghast, 15 Aug 2020What a weak battery life for this type of SOC and size of t... moreThe small screen?
S10e, iphone 11 pro and xperia 5 all have more screen.
All them also with less than 3400mAh.
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- Anonymous
- LkB
- 16 Aug 2020
Dometalican, 15 Aug 2020Considering Google should be advertising the Pixel line as ... moreNo SD7xx supports QHD 90Hz.
Pixel 5 and 4a 5G both use 765 or 765G.
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- Max Chovanski
- 3SL
- 15 Aug 2020
Dometalican, 15 Aug 2020Considering Google should be advertising the Pixel line as ... moreWhy should it have had an even bigger battery? It's battery is already best-in-class, easily beating the likes of iPhone SE and 1+ Nord.
It also has a class-leading camera which easily matches and even outperforms almost all Android flagships, as well as silky-smooth software, making it perfect for people who use their phones to do loads of photography and intensive browsing. Sure, an ultra-wide camera would have been nice, but it would bump up the cost, while the camera is already far ahead of the competition, anyway, meaning the marginal benefit of having that extra lens would be quite small marketing-wise. And a telephoto lens isn't necessary given its zoom is already better than a good majority of phones in the price range (including main rivals 1+ Nord and iPhone SE).
I don't really understand your concerns. I think Pixel 4a is a fantastic option for many people, performing well all across the board and having stand-out features (like flagship-beating camera and clean, smart software) not offered by any other phone in the price range. Don't let this review misguide you. They probably had a faulty unit, anyway.
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- Max Chovanski
- 3SL
- 15 Aug 2020
Fearghast, 15 Aug 2020What a weak battery life for this type of SOC and size of t... moreThe reviewers are the problem. Every other battery test has shown that Pixel 4a's battery is superior to 1+ Nord's, which they demarcate as "excellent".
They may have simply gotten a faulty unit, as they are the only ones who have had any issues with selfie cam focus (which is not even seen to be an issue in their photo samples).
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- Dometalican
- 7BB
- 15 Aug 2020
Considering Google should be advertising the Pixel line as clean Android phones with zero bloat and enough hardware to satisfy the basic needs of basic folks, this isn't bad. Should it have gotten at least a 3,500mAH battery? Sure. Should it have added at least an ultrawide OR telephoto lens? Yes. But at least it's OLED, stereo speakers, headphone jack, and 6GB RAM/128GB ROM for $350. It's not bad at all for someone who doesn't use their phones except for phone calls, texting, and basic browsing.
I can only hope the 5 goes with SnapDragon 768G, 2K@90Hz display, 4,500mAH battery MINIMUM, and retains the headphone jack. I want to root for Pixel but they have to give just the right amount of hardware to sell me.
- Fearghast
- 3D9
- 15 Aug 2020
What a weak battery life for this type of SOC and size of the battery ... other manufacturers can do almost twice as that ... what is wrong in this equation?
What can strain battery so hard? Not the SOC, not the small, relatively low res amoled ...
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- Nick
- gIV
- 15 Aug 2020
We want the headphone 🎧 sound quality test back!!!!!!
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- Asvaberg
- pcy
- 15 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 15 Aug 2020128 GB is enough for two sane persons, people like you, if ... moreNo. 256GB without expandable is what I would call "plenty of storage".
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- Anonymous
- f{n
- 15 Aug 2020
Hopkins, 15 Aug 2020"We tested 803 nits of maximum brightness when set to ... more128gb
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- Anonymous
- gBV
- 15 Aug 2020
Pixel3xl247, 15 Aug 2020Damn my pixel 3xl takes about 2-3 seconds Try Night Sight in extreme low light conditions and use a stopwatch and count the time after you pressed the shutter button. You'll see that Night Sight takes nearly 7 seconds. I don't think that the Pixel 3 Night Sight behaves differently. In better light conditions or light conditions with highlights it won't take that long, but it's often frustrating when it suddenly takes nearly 7 seconds and you even get a slightly blurry image and have to take the photo again, which again takes nearly 7 seconds. Google made a huge mistake that the Pixel 4 doesn't have HDR+ enhanced, which is a fast Night Sight mode, when you use exposure compensation.
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- Anonymous
- gBV
- 15 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 15 Aug 2020Blurry photos are no surprise. OIS is enough is you need ... moreNo, when it comes to the OIS of the Pixel 3a, you will often get at least slightly blurry images at 1/3s or 1/2s, unless you don't want to breathe for 7 seconds. Night Sight often chooses 1/2s to 1.0s per frame (handheld , after update to Android 10). HDR+ enhanced, which the Pixel 4 doesn't have, merges 1/5s exposures and this leads to sharp photos all the time.
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- Majolini28222
- Ss{
- 15 Aug 2020
Pixel3xl247, 15 Aug 2020This is a lie to the naked eye no one can tell the differen... moreI can tell the difference - Android sucks! It's buggy, laggy, crashy, stuttery, slow. iOS is LIGHT YEARS AHEAD! Yes, it's not open to change your fonts and so on . . yet nobody is really bothered about stuff that won't make your phone better. Speed and stability - the two pillars of iOS that Google just don't get.
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- ithehappy
- X%D
- 15 Aug 2020
Pal9, 15 Aug 2020Pixel 2 is way better as compared to Pixel 4a due to Squeez... moreSqueeze assistant, Better GPU, IP rating, GG5 (in 2017) vs GG3 in 2020, Visual Core etc. The 835 maybe flagship but in CPU tests only the 730 actually outperforms it.
The only gains of the 4a over the P2 are better camera along with video recording, more software updates (3 years vs 3 months), Android 11 should be better optimised on the 4a etc on the 730. The battery life of the 4a is pretty disappointing.
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- Waleed
- 6PA
- 15 Aug 2020
No wireless charging too.