{"id":18503,"date":"2025-04-15T06:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/pixel-9a-review-googles-cut-price-android-winner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:37:22","slug":"pixel-9a-review-googles-cut-price-android-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/pixel-9a-review-googles-cut-price-android-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel 9a review: Google\u2019s cut-price Android winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Class-leading camera, top-tier chip, very long battery life, AI and quality software dominate mid-range rivals<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s latest cut-price Pixel offers the best bang for your buck in Android phones and is arguably better in many areas than some models costing twice the price.<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel 9a starts at the same \u00a3499 (\u20ac549\/$499\/A$849) as last year\u2019s equally good value model. That makes it \u00a3300 or so less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/sep\/19\/google-pixel-9-review-a-good-phone-overshadowed-by-great-ones\">Google\u2019s regular Pixel 9<\/a> and places it up against mid-rangers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/17\/nothing-phone-3a-pro-review-real-zoom-camera-battery-life-android\/\">Nothing\u2019s Phone 3a Pro<\/a> and Samsung\u2019s Galaxy A56.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen:<\/strong> 6.3in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (422ppi)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processor:<\/strong> Google Tensor G4<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM:<\/strong> 8GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 128 or 256GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating system:<\/strong> Android 15<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camera:<\/strong> 48MP + 13MP ultrawide, 13MP selfie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> 5G, Sim\/eSim, wifi 6E, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and GNSS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> IP68 (1m for 30 minutes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 157.7 x 73.3 x 8.9mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 185.9g<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/15\/pixel-9a-review-google-cut-price-android-winner\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a997a6398cba06c36e84b71cac6fd90c4b5dd2ef\/333_633_6342_3805\/master\/6342.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ba4bd1870335c39f9ab8c8fee863bb18\" title=\"Pixel 9a review: Google\u2019s cut-price Android winner\" \/>Class-leading camera, top-tier chip, very long battery life, AI and quality software dominate mid-range rivals<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s latest cut-price Pixel offers the best bang for your buck in Android phones and is arguably better in many areas than some models costing twice the price.<br \/>\nThe Pixel 9a starts at the same \u00a3499 (\u20ac549\/$499\/A$849) as last year\u2019s equally good value model. That makes it \u00a3300 or so less than Google\u2019s regular Pixel 9 and places it up against mid-rangers such as Nothing\u2019s Phone 3a Pro and Samsung\u2019s Galaxy A56.<br \/>\nScreen: 6.3in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (422ppi)<br \/>\nProcessor: Google Tensor G4<br \/>\nRAM: 8GB<br \/>\nStorage: 128 or 256GB<br \/>\nOperating system: Android 15<br \/>\nCamera: 48MP + 13MP ultrawide, 13MP selfie<br \/>\nConnectivity: 5G, Sim\/eSim, wifi 6E, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and GNSS<br \/>\nWater resistance: IP68 (1m for 30 minutes)<br \/>\nDimensions: 157.7 x 73.3 x 8.9mm<br \/>\nWeight: 185.9g Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class-leading camera, top-tier chip, very long battery life, AI and quality software dominate mid-range rivals Google\u2019s latest cut-price Pixel offers the best bang for your buck in Android phones and is arguably better in many areas than some models costing twice the price. The Pixel 9a starts at the same \u00a3499 (\u20ac549\/$499\/A$849) as last year\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/pixel-9a-review-googles-cut-price-android-winner\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pixel 9a review: Google\u2019s cut-price Android winner<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18503"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}