Google Pixel 7a hands-on review
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- Anonymous
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- 11 May 2023
It is sad that we had so many innovations and improvements over the years but we are still at the state where a "flagship killer" priced phone from the maker who made the OS is unoptimized and stuttering.
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- Anonymous
- pcK
- 11 May 2023
Stoon, 11 May 2023indeed, samsung lost the partnership with qualcomm (to prod... moreReally? So there's no Kirin 9000 or the upcoming 9100 beating snap gen 2 on antutu?
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- Wongwatt
- dSV
- 11 May 2023
Honk, 11 May 2023wait, what? where did it say that?Just above the AnTuTu 9 results on the software page...
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- Honk
- keE
- 11 May 2023
In Canada, it doesn't really make that much sense. on Amazon, the Pixel 7a is $70 less compared to a brand new Pixel 7, and it's ~$40-50 cheaper if you're buying a Renewed Pixel 7. Even a Pixel 6 Pro is cheaper. I'm just confused.
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- Andres
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- 11 May 2023
Very weird and incorrect for the reviewer to say "This renders the more expensive Pixel 7 pointless." If anything, the 7A is more pointless because of its price. The Pixel 7 is regularly on sale for $540-550. For a few bucks more, you get better build quality and cameras. GSMArena needs to do more research for the main review.
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- RicL
- yaq
- 11 May 2023
I think this looks like a great phone for the price, especially with the free case and buds offer. I use a Samsung, but am considering switching to the Pixel. The size and cameras on the 7a suit my needs well and fits my budget better.
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- Korkad
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- 11 May 2023
Pixel 7a has worse screen to body ratio than the Pixel 6a, why? smh!
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- Anonymous
- keE
- 11 May 2023
MC Kev Rock, 11 May 2023My 4 year old LG G8 matches this phone in almost every cate... moreThe one difference is that your phone only gets Android 12/13 because people were able to steal LG engineering files, unlike Google who allows you to unlock your bootloader even if they die.
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 11 May 2023
MC Kev Rock, 11 May 2023My 4 year old LG G8 matches this phone in almost every cate... moreWhat we get when the mass market is filled with consumers that parrot what their favorite influencers or tech reviewers say.
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 11 May 2023
Anonymous, 11 May 2023Hahaha funny google putting the limitations of their device... moreMust be the effect of work from home engineers being always near a wall outlet.
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- AnonD-986504
- vI5
- 11 May 2023
I persoanlly feel that Pixel 7 is a much better buy compared to the 7a. Whenever it goes on sale it will come under the $500 mark and you can just get a flagship instead of a mid ranger. Also with this price hike, I believe Google will definitely raise the price of the Pixel series next year by $100 or more.
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- Stoon
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- 11 May 2023
user, 11 May 2023The display has bad PWM. Exynos (Tensor) with poor modem a... moreindeed, samsung lost the partnership with qualcomm (to produce SoC) and still they will produce that exynos next year ... they don't understand that exynos is a piece of S.T. samsung is really MAD (btw huawei learned the lesson and dropped the kirin SoC)
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- Lccy
- 0CB
- 11 May 2023
Are you sure that the main cam has a 26mm focal length? The exit reports a focal length of 5.43mm which multiplied by 4.5 is 24.4 or hwinfo reports 25.4.
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- Nkts
- 7k3
- 11 May 2023
I ordered Pixel 7a , but after reading the reviews I cancelled the order. I thought Google will learn from Pixel 6a issues but it didn't occur. My Nokia 7 plus is working without any issues even after 5 years of usage.
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- jerem06
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- 11 May 2023
jerem06, 11 May 2023I believe that you have not compared the technical sheets a... moreI believe that you have not compared the data sheets and that you have not read the 1st tests
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- user
- 3bk
- 11 May 2023
The display has bad PWM. Exynos (Tensor) with poor modem and power efficiency. Google has good software, but it feels like they don't learn from their mistakes. After some time, 7a will be sold for the same 300 USD because no one needs more expensive. The worst thing is that there are not many alternatives.
Google has all the opportunities to make decent and high-quality smartphones that could compete with Pro Apple, but they don't use them. :(
Partnership with Samsung is a fiasco.
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- Anonymous
- uuu
- 11 May 2023
Honk, 11 May 2023wait, what? where did it say that?They won't say. Pixel 6a users say everywhere.
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- jerem06
- 3g5
- 11 May 2023
Anonymous, 11 May 2023Gamers? LOL Bad screen with cutout, poor audio, slowe... moreI believe that you have not compared the technical sheets and that boys have not read the 1st tests
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- Anonymous
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- 11 May 2023
Hahaha funny google putting the limitations of their device? It's 2023 with 18watts? 7watts wireless? How long it will take this company to realize that we need more watts to charge up our device. Don't tell ur one of those guys carrying their power banks?
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- Stockfish
- 0wG
- 11 May 2023
ithehappy, 11 May 20234385 mAh battery. 6.1 inch display. Weighing 194 gms. C... moreI hope you are being sarcastic?