Google Pixel 9a hands-on review

12 April 2025


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sumdumguy, 8 hours agoWhere's the battery endurance score? Pixel with the la... moreWait for the full review. This is only the hands on review.

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    • 8 hours ago

    Where's the battery endurance score? Pixel with the largest battery and they don't test this feature at all or what?

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      • 11 hours ago

      Ryan47, 16 Apr 2025iPhones are nothing special,it's well used and needs a... moreyes you're right apple phone battery sucked

        Looking forward to the battery test,the standard 9 did ok with a smaller battery and if this has the same screen and a larger battery and better heat management then surely it should improve on the already good pixel 9??Come on gsmarena where is the full review a lot of people are seriously considering buying this handset get a move on.Times are tight and people are moving towards mid range,flagships are not for the masses.

          Give me Gorilla Glass 3 and plastic backs any day. All this Victus glass just jacks up the price and is less scratch resistant than older glass (these newer glass' are more shatter resistant but worse when it comes to scratches).

            Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025I want aluminium backRhodium back for me please.

              Ryan47, 16 Apr 2025iPhones are nothing special,it's well used and needs a... morestill better than a pixel

                Invetor, 13 Apr 2025why would you want a Pixel 9a over an iPhone 13 pro max? 😐🙄iPhones are nothing special,it's well used and needs a battery change and will never get any better,and it's bulky and heavy and been dropped many times,it sometimes freezes and the signal isn't very good.

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                  Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025You know how small external drives are now? Regardless ther... moreStill very much bigger than an sdcard, and still too cumbersome.

                  No, it can play aaa phone games.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • m05
                    • 15 Apr 2025

                    Fullk review in june?

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 15 Apr 2025

                      Someguy, 15 Apr 2025Why would you want glass back? Plastic is superior.I want aluminium back

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 15 Apr 2025

                        Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025Too cumbersome carrying around extra stuff(cables, dongles,... moreYou know how small external drives are now? Regardless there is no reasonable use to require SD cards in the first place. Unless you're recording videos for multiple hours a day, while also away from a workstation it would be really hard to fill up this phone, even moreso that it can't even play AAA phone games. So why exactly do you need it?

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 15 Apr 2025

                          Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025Yes i think too. And the envirnment friendly does not ev m... moreI love glass backs. They feel the best, IMO. Plastic feels too cheap, and scratches easily.

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                            • 15 Apr 2025

                            Someguy, 15 Apr 2025Why would you want glass back? Plastic is superior.Yes i think too.
                            And the envirnment friendly does not ev makes sense
                            It was a smart marketing apple trick, looking 'high end' and make it fragile ( glueing motherboard on glass backdefinitely non repairable... Real experience )

                            But jackasssses will claim it's smart or for wireless or someting.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Cxp
                              • 15 Apr 2025

                              Googo should pay me to carry those oogly phone
                              , and triple sell my most private data

                              And, tenso'shyt... Last proc I'd ever have.

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                                • 15 Apr 2025

                                Nikojas, 12 Apr 2025Did they not allow you to publish a battery test because th... moreEveryone have a price. so does GSMArena

                                  "But no, they are the same 4mm thick on the sides as they were last year and instead of the bottom bezel being significantly thicker, it's only about half a millimeter thicker than the sides and the same thickness as the top bezel"

                                  I really like this part where you explain the bezel condition of the phone. For the niche audience that cares about bezel uniformity, this is a much-appreciated detail—not many reviewers mention this factor!

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 15 Apr 2025

                                    Anonymous, 14 Apr 2025Don't need SD card, just transfer to PC or external SSD Too cumbersome carrying around extra stuff(cables, dongles,adapters) that could be lost or is heavy like a laptop compared to a small even smaller than your thumb microsd card.

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                                      • Someguy
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                                      • 15 Apr 2025

                                      Why would you want glass back? Plastic is superior.

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                                        • Wes
                                        • dQd
                                        • 15 Apr 2025

                                        Where is the battery life test? Very strange for Gsmarena to not show this 🙁