GooglesmartphoneLast featured Aug 2020
Google Pixel 3a
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
Makes more sense than the Pixel 4 for most people, with similar software and camera for less and better battery life.
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- Price when I covered it
- 399 pounds or dollars
- Featured in
- 13 videos · 2018–2020
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Excellent camera
- Simple plastic design
- clean Google software
- decent OLED screen
- impressive camera
- Incredible standard photos
What I didn't
- plastic build
- about to be replaced by the Pixel 4a
- Weak video, zoom and ultra wide
- Battery life
- Storage
- slightly less good at everything than the flagship
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“that camera takes such good photos that even having used 1400 2020 flagships”
“not quite as good as their Google pixel three's front-facing ultra wide camera”
“even though the pixel 3a is less than half the price of the other two phones it keeps up remarkably”
“out of the three I'd say this is the best camera for taking front-facing photos”
“the pixel 3a is going to blow the iphone away at nighttime with its dedicated night sight feature”
“the detail isn't quite what we seen on the pixel 3”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
0:08Google Pixel 4a Unboxing - Ridiculous.Its camera still impressed him after he used it for a week, and it was easy to recommend.
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0:47Top 13 BEST Smartphones of 2020 (Mid Year).One of the nicest phones to use at its price with clean software and an impressive camera, but about to be replaced.
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12:42The Ultimate Google Android Comparison.Incredible standard photos and Night Sight, but unbalanced with weak video, zoom, ultra wide, battery and storage.
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4:27Top 20 BEST Smartphones of 2019.Makes more sense than the Pixel 4 for most people, with similar software and camera for less and better battery life.
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8:19OnePlus 7 Pro vs Samsung S10 Plus vs Huawei P30 Pro Camera Test ComparisonMentioned as having a better front-facing ultrawide camera for group photos than any of the three.
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0:00Google Pixel 3a vs Galaxy S10 Plus vs Huawei P30 Pro Camera ComparisonImpressive for its price, with flagship-level photos and a standout night mode, but video quality is only average.
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0:22Google Pixel 3a vs iPhone XRAffordable mid-range phone with a standout night camera, great clean software and a headphone jack, held back by big bezels and a slower chip.
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3:12
0:45Why DxOMark Smartphone Camera Scores are WrongUsed as an example of a phone whose DxOMark score of 101 ignores features like Top Shot and Night Sight.
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3:31The Samsung Galaxy S10 looks…Interesting...Used as a camera benchmark: he suggests the S10 with night mode could leapfrog it.
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0:00Pixel 3 Leaked Unboxing - Is Google Lying to us?Mentioned alongside the Pixel 3 XL as launching in October, with no separate judgement.
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4:57Top 10 UPCOMING Mobile Phones in 2018 🔥Expected to push low-light and portrait camera performance further, and a glimpse of where Google is taking Android.
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0:00If THIS is the Google Pixel 3...Excited about the leaked Pixel 3, especially a single rear camera that relies on Google's software, though he does not think it looks the slickest.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Value king
“slightly less good at everything but a lot cheaper and with a better battery life”
▶ 4:27 - Value king
“even though the pixel 3a is less than half the price of the other two phones it keeps up remarkably”
▶ 0:13 - Value king
“there's enough of a price difference here that these phones shouldn't really even be comparable and yet in a lot of ways they really are”
▶ 1:05 - Camera nerd
“the pixel 3a is going to blow the iphone away at nighttime with its dedicated night sight feature”
▶ 3:04
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