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Google Pixel 8a review: the mid-range to buy... in a few months!
After a week in the company of Google Pixel 8a I can say that it could have been the best Pixel 8 of this generation but that today, paradoxically, it is difficult to recommend. Just as happened with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 a ,
the price list of the economical version clashes with the price that is now perpetually on offer for the more expensive version. This means that today a Pixel 8 costs you the same or less than a Pixel 8a and therefore the smartphone
with a better technical data sheet and one to be recommended is still the former top of the range: Google Pixel 8 .I really consider this overlapping of two excellent smartphones a shame since by stepping on each other's toes they risk canceling each other out a bit. Is the solution to make the future Pixel 9 more expensive but full of features or to position the Pixel "a" Series lower at around €300-400? We will return to this debate in the final conclusions. Now let's focus on the Google Pixel 8a and why, price excluded, I consider it the Pixel 8 Series that I liked most of all. The price? €549 for the 8/128GB version but there are also ways to save such as a super evaluation of used equipment which however we will overlook in our final and overall opinion.INDEX
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION QUALITY
DISPLAY, FINGERPRINT AND FACE UNLOCK
SOFTWARE AND UPDATES
DATA SHEET
USAGE EXPERIENCE
PHOTO AND VIDEO
CONCLUSIONS
Aesthetically, Pixel 8a is the closest to what we would have liked to see on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro : opaque metal frame and back cover in also opaque plastic. Seeing and holding the new Google smartphone is a pleasure compared to the other two already tested months ago and it is absurd that to see this right mix between the other two smartphones we had to wait for the cheapest one of the three. The general lines are a little more rounded, which may suggest a pleasant grip but this is not the case: the Pixel 8a is slightly sharper between the frame and the back cover which have a very slight jag, a phenomenon not present on the Pixel 8.
Pixel 8a only has an IP67 certification and a weight of approximately 190g, slightly greater than Pixel 8. Although the Pixel 8A display is slightly smaller than the Actua Display seen on the 8, the general dimensions are comparable. Compared to the Pixel 7a, however, I was able to appreciate a pleasant use and a better grip , probably thanks to the more rounded design and better distributed weight. On the upper frame we notice a better arrangement of the antennas compared to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro while everything else remains almost identical.
What remains is the relatively little customization of the display with only two color presets present, a switch to go from 60Hz to 120Hz maximum and little else. To date, there is still no option to force apps to fullscreen. Applications like Prime Video, for example, will not cover the space above the selfie camera, making the visual experience very unsatisfying. Even €100 phones now have this feature and its integration has been requested for years, Google, let's do something! Compared to the Pixel 7A here I did not find any energy protection on the display which is always clearly visible and bright, one of the most beautiful in the mid-range. Support for HDR10+ and HEVC in third-party applications such as Netflix and KZitem is also good.
SOFTWARE AND UPDATES
Google Pixel 8A will be updated for 7 years between security patches, majors and feature drops. I consider the Pixels, years of updates aside, to be the best Android smartphones in the long run. To date, Google is the only company that, thanks to feature drops, is demonstrating excellent long-term support even on non-flagship smartphones as was the case with the Pixel 6A . Even the excellent work done on the Tensor G2 by Pixel Tablet, which we reviewed a few days ago, demonstrates how the products only get better over time. Pixel 8 and 8 Pro heat up less than when they were released and their battery life has improved.Having made all these necessary clarifications, Pixel 8A has also benefited from the work done on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro and arrives on the market with a Tensor G3 already significantly optimized and improved in consumption. Many software features have arrived such as Audio Emojis during calls, a sort of soundboard, and all those AI functions that we have already observed in the past as in the comparison with Samsung's AI . The Magic Editor, the software that allows you to edit images with generative AI, has also improved and now allows more immediate access. Features that have now become standard in other smartphones such as floating apps are still missing.
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