Google Pixel 8a hands-on review
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- Pumpino
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- 19 May 2024
RaviSS, 19 May 2024I agree. People here love to hate on Pixel phones without e... moreI have the 6a and the 8. I never had issues with the 6a and it's been a great phone. I use it as my work phone. I recently got the 8 on sale, and it's easily the best phone I've owned. It's definitely worth the upgrade from the 6a.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 May 2024
Tensor G3 is one of those chips where the performance is so bad it impacts day to day use.
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- kB5
- 19 May 2024
The Underdog, 19 May 2024They really aren't. They'd be embarrassing on a p... moreI'd stay away from most iPhone before the iPhone 12. The only exceptions I can make are iPhone 11.
Any iPhone before 6s is just old.
iPhone 7/8 have massive bezels; A10 and A11 chips are aging.
iPhone XR has a decent A12, only a single camera and abysmal 820p LCD.
X, XS and XS Max have OLED panels but is aging rapidly. iPhone XS is turning 6 this year.
iPhone 11 does have that terrible display but does have A13 and dual cameras.
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- 19 May 2024
cyber, 19 May 2024its a half baked phone,its chip is 2 years behind competiti... moreWhy so salty though?
Has the phone personally insulted you in some way?
Go enjoy your samsungs and iphones, simple specs are all that is to a phone these days.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 May 2024
Gsmarena, it would have been interesting to see whether the algorithms for the image quality at 2x zoom have been improved in comparison with the 7a.
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- ithehappy
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- 19 May 2024
Once one uses a pixel camera, there is no going back. As unfortunate as it is, it's the truth. Otherwise, in every other aspect, the phone is pure and utter garbage. This particular device is ridiculously priced.
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- The Underdog
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- 19 May 2024
Anonymous, 19 May 2024What's with the writer's hangup with bezels? I go... moreThey really aren't. They'd be embarrassing on a phone from 5 years ago. They're iPhone 11 level bad. Unacceptable in 2024.
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- 19 May 2024
Anonymous, 19 May 2024What's with the writer's hangup with bezels? I go... moreThank you for telling me this. I'm thinking should I buy this phone and it was one of the thing why I regretted it.
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- RaviSS
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- 19 May 2024
SenatorArmstrong, 19 May 2024Those bezels and charging speeds are just horrifying bad by... morePixel 8a, with all its shortcomings, is an overall better phone than S23 FE.
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- 19 May 2024
Vic4BBM, 19 May 2024I am currently using Pixel 6a.
When I was researching abou... moreI agree. People here love to hate on Pixel phones without ever having used one. I am also an owner of Pixel 6a, and although it does get warm sometimes and sometimes I do wish for slightly faster charging, these are small prices to pay for the fantastic cameras and great software experience.
On the topic of 8a. I do agree that it is in no man's land at present. It doesnt offer much of an upgrade as compared to 7a, and there are a lot of compromises as compared to Pixel 8. Pixel 7a and 8 (with discounts) offer better value than 8a.
Personally, I am going to get the Pixel 8 this fall (once it gets even cheaper thanks to festive discounts and also due to commencement of local manufacturing). Pixel 6a will be handed over to my better half (whose pixel 4a is reaching its end of life).
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- Anonymous
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- 19 May 2024
just use a snapdragon chip ffs google
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- AngryLithuanian
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- 19 May 2024
"most logical sense is that this is a deliberate design decision to make the A-series model look visually cheaper to differentiate it from the more expensive Pixel 8"
100% this ☝️
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- Vic4BBM
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- 19 May 2024
I am currently using Pixel 6a.
When I was researching about 6a at the time of launch, there were many negative reviews, like - Fingerprint issues, Tensor heat issues, refresh rate things and all.
However, no where I found any negative thing about its Software. So I decided to buy one 2 month's from the launch.
And it's nearly 2 years now. I never had any issues with the finger print thing, No Tensor chip heating ( I am from India) or any problem with the refresh rate or anything else.
I prefer clean software and Pixel makes me happy.
But I cannot say same things about 8a. Maybe, one can wait for sometime and see if Google irons out the issues ( which it usually does, if not always).
But I am waiting for Pixel 9 or 10 , whenever TSMC fab chip will be used.
Till then Pixel 6a is absolutely working fine for me.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 May 2024
With largely the same camera performance, potentially a worse bezel design and slightly (?) better battery life with a slightly faster chipset that might not be all that noticeable anyway in daily use it's pretty clear to me that the 7a at a far cheaper price (and the 7 and potentially an 8 on sale) is a far better prospect even before this eventually goes on sale.
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- cyber
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- 19 May 2024
Wafer, 19 May 2024What a half baked review, where is the battery info?its a half baked phone,its chip is 2 years behind competition and for this price there is a s23,iphone 13-much better options as they are actual flagships
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- Anonymous
- kja
- 19 May 2024
What's with the writer's hangup with bezels? I got the 8A, the bezels are fine.
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- mageshinji
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- 19 May 2024
Wafer, 19 May 2024What a half baked review, where is the battery info?It's not the full review, it's a really long hands-on.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 May 2024
I have never seen bezels this big on a modern smartphone in years. Looks ridiculous. This forces you to get the regular Pixel 8. This is their plan.... Elephant footprints are smaller then these bezels.
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- Bravosixgoingdark
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- 19 May 2024
Could have put an actual bezel that fit the front camera in it like the pixel 4 and kept the sides and bottom small this looks horrible