Google Pixel 4a 128gb

Platform and performance

The jump up to 128 gigabytes for this one versus last year’s 64 gigabytes is definitely a really welcome upgrade. That is a lot of storage to have on a smaller, more mid-range phone. You can also store things on Google’s drives and all their stuff online. But you know, 128 gigs on here should be more than enough for most people. This has 6GB RAM.

The phone obviously has a relatively weaker chipset (Qualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon 730G) compared to a lot of flagships, but you’re running Google’s version of Android, which is very light, very fast. On top of that, you will be getting updates before a lot of other phones out there. You’re going to have a great experience with this phone. It’s going to feel much faster than other similar phones with the same chipset.

Design

A lot of people were kind of bashing the all-plastic unibody. Of course, you know, Google was cutting costs, making only one color only once size, uh, in the all-plastic body. I think that’s a good move on their part. And on top of that, not having any kind of glass back, high gloss, or really anything like that means that the phone is pretty durable. It’s very pocket friendly, hand-friendly, it’s small, but it also has a reasonably large screen to body ratio.

You’re talking about there’s an all-plastic design. The only thing that I would recommend, however, is you should be getting a screen protector for the front. It is a relatively soft screen. It is a flat screen. So the flat display means you can get a nice temporary protector. But regardless of the durability of this phone, is definitely very impressive. The fingerprint sensor on the back, is in a great location, very fast, very accurate.

Display

We knew the screen of Google Pixel 4a was not going to be of any incredible quality. Kind of expected that when we first saw this. So if you’re outside in broad daylight, it’s not the brightest screen. But weirdly enough, that’s actually a positive when you’re in a really low-light environment. If you look at it at night, it doesn’t hurt your eyes and it’s a nice dim setting. So it has a really good low, I just wish it got a little brighter in broad daylight.

Cameras

You have really good at the camera. Google Pixel 4a’s only 12 megapixels, but you’re taking great photos. Now I don’t want to get too off-topic with what phones should look like. I’m just saying right here, it is nice that you have just a really slim camera bump and they really good camera.

When you go in broad daylight, this camera is absolutely incredible. You will really love the white balance of it. It is a very natural-looking photo. And when you’re in very low light, it also does an excellent job when you’re in night mode.

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As far as the camera setup goes on the back, many are used to having three cameras on the flagship phone. Going down to one camera, you might think, i. going to be a big disappointment. But I think a lot of phones are eventually going, going to converge to having fewer, but better lenses. I think having a lot of lenses just kind of makes your phone bulkier and it is actually really nice to have a small, very slim camera bump.

User Experience

Getting into the actual user experience, we found that Google Pixel 4a is really fast. Google pixels have really great features that are even brought down to this price point. One of them is real-time transcription. It’s a really nice feature to have. On top of that, you have the now playing feature which identifies songs around you. Why not check out Google Pixel 5 smartphone which also has a similar experience?

Battery

And they’re using this phone for maybe four and a half, five hours of screen time every day. And having always-on display turned to on, I found that I’m still easily getting through an entire day, uh, with at least 20% when I’m going to bed. So really no problem getting through a day with this phone. I’m very happy with the battery life.