Google - Pixel 4a with 5G - Just Black (Unlocked)

I love the Google Pixel line! I've had the 3 and 3XL. I contemplated getting the 5 but decided to hold out and just get the 6 next. Takes beautiful pictures, which is what I got it for. Battery lasts all day. Storage is great and the option to back things up to the cloud makes it feel unlimited to me! There are very minimal apps that it comes with, which I think is great.

I've owned this phone for a week now and it's exactly what I wanted. If your looking for performance, great camera and ease of use, then I'd recommend you get one for yourself. I love it so far Ps: I took that photo when it was pitch dark .

I was concerned about staying with the Pixel product. But I have had no problems and enjoying the new smartphone. My friend say to voice quality with a new phone is more superior than the old pixel. Just found out today that it has FaceTime similar to the iPhone.

Wonderful Camera. Good reception. Great phone. EXCEPT: I'm in the middle of my SECOND screen issue in less than 9 months. Pixel is always in the case, yet screen has had to be replaced twice. This is my 6th cell phone, and the only one I've EVER had a single screen issue with. I'm very nice to my phones. This one, however, appears to want to be put on a pedestal, and never be given a stern look, or it will break. Overall, disappointed. I expected so much more from a Pixel device.

I have switched the phone from Samsung to Pixel and this is the Best phone, love this phone specially for camera

a smartphone with iPhone 12 features and extremely affordable price

Love this phone. The camera is amazing the ui is simple and clean.

*** Summary *** For $500, you’re getting a superb mid-range phone with a thoughtful balance of hardware components coupled with excellent software directly from Google. The three cameras take top-level photos and videos, and the screen is big, bright, and crisp for an enjoyable multimedia and reading experience. With support for both 4G and 5G connectivity, as well as three years of software updates from Google, the phone is more future-proof than most competing devices. It’s a great bang-for-your-buck and a 5-star win! _____ *Pros: -The 6.2" OLED screen is great for videos and games. -All three cameras take good pictures and videos. -Google finally added a wide-lens camera on the back! -The phone is consistently responsive and performant. -The 128GB base storage is UFS 2.1 (i.e., fast). -With built-in 5G support, you won't get left behind later. -Has a 3.5mm audio jack. -The 3,800mAh battery offers great endurance. -Comes with 3 years of software support & Pixel-exclusive features. _____ *Neutral: -Still no micro-SD card support. -No wireless charging. -No water-resistance with an IP rating. -The camera cut-out leads to a thick top status bar empty space when watching videos. -The camera auto-focus is a bit slow and gets it wrong once in a while. -No other color choices besides black. _____ *Cons: -The slow-motion video at 720p looks bad. === Design, Build Quality, and Specs === The Pixel 4a 5G, like the Pixel 3a mid-range phone from last year, is a simply-looking and unassuming device. The Pixel 4a exudes a clean look, has soft and rounded corners and sides for a comfortable and ergonomic feel in-hand, and although it’s heavily plastic, the fit-and-finish is excellent with no blemishes. Everything from the port to the speaker cut-outs, alignment and texture of the buttons on the right side, the rear camera hump, the slightly recessed fingerprint reader on the back, and all of the seams between the front glass and the phone casing are meticulously even. Although it doesn’t feel “premium” in-hand due to no metal or hardened glass on the back, the plastic material is of higher-than-average quality and it’s dense, smooth, and offers some grip. If the Pixel 4a 5G were a >$800 almost-flagship level phone, I would expect and want more. But at the $500 level, the build materials and quality are more than just fine, especially if you’re just going to put a case on it after the initial unboxing adoration and feel-over sessions are over. :) I’m quite satisfied with the hardware I’m getting at this price point - a Snapdragon 765G SOC with 6GB of RAM (fast and responsive), 6.2” OLED screen (bright and big), 128GB UFS 2.1 storage (fast file transfers and loading times), 4G & 5G radios (future-proof), a fingerprint sensor (fast and consistent), and three excellent cameras (12.2MP main rear, 16MP ultra-wide rear, 8MP front). Do I wish the Pixel 4a 5G offered more? Sure, like wireless charging, an IP water-resistance rating, Wi-Fi 6, and a higher screen refresh rate like 90Hz or 120Hz. But those things would’ve added hundreds of dollars more to the cost and, frankly, they’re nice extras to have but not absolute necessities. Looking over the design, build quality, and hardware specs of the Pixel 4a 5G, I think Google performed an excellent balancing act when finalizing the phone for this price point. === Hardware & Software Performance === The performance and responsiveness levels of the Pixel 4a 5G are nothing to write home about but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was, especially when compared to my Pixel 3a and Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G. When the Pixel 4a 5G was put through some benchmarks against the Pixel 3a, it was 70% faster in Geekbench 5 single-core and 30% faster in multi-core. 3DMark Wildlife gave the Pixel 4a 5G a 55% win in both the total score and frame rates. PCMark 2.0 Work 2.0 gave only a slight edge to the Pixel 4a 5G (15%) but the PCMark Storage test saw a huge improvement of 49% (most likely due to UFS 2.1). These benchmark numbers, when translated into real-life usage, meant that the Pixel 4a 5G felt much more responsive, snappier, and faster than the Pixel 3a, and not too much slower than my Galaxy S20+ during normal usage (web browsing, watching videos, social media, texting, multi-tasking, etc). When playing graphic-intensive games, however, the Pixel 4a 5G got smoked by the Galaxy S20+, as expected. If you aren’t a hardcore smartphone gamer, then this is a non-issue. The phone came preloaded with the latest Android 11 operating system and it’s clean-looking, intuitive, and responsive. Compared to more feature-heavy OS’s like Samsung’s OneUI 2.5, there are fewer bells and whistles, which some may bemoan. For instance, I was frustrated that I couldn’t even create folders inside the app drawer or hide app icons. Thankfully, installing 3rd-party launchers is still an option so I swapped to Novalauncher after putting up with the default launcher for three days. Google may not offer many out-of-the-box customization options in general but it offers some Pixel-exclusive features that are quite nice, such as Automatic Call Screening, the most advanced version of Google Assistant AI, and the fancy Recorder app for voice transcriptions and note-taking. Besides the lack of customization options from the default launcher, there is nothing else I can fault about Android 11 on the Pixel 4a 5G. It’s fast, stable, and intuitive to use with no major bugs. === Connectivity === The main selling point of the Pixel 4a 5G over the Pixel 4a and other mid-range devices is that it has 5G connectivity. After testing out 5G over both Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks, I walked away both impressed and sort of underwhelmed. I was pleasantly surprised by the reliability and signal strength of 5G around me but I was disappointed that my speeds didn’t improve by much and felt like regular 4G LTE. 5G is still actively rolling out so I’m expecting things to get more exciting later. === Camera & Video Quality === Just as I expected, photos and videos taken from the Pixel 4a 5G were highly satisfactory and competent. The colors were accurate with good dynamic range, and Google’s AI wizardry captured the subject matter with great focus and detail. I turn on HDR mode at all times and Google’s algorithm did a fantastic job highlighting the differences in contrast while preserving natural colors and small details. Google has created a great camera system and I feel confident that most people will be 100% satisfied by its quality and consistency. My only gripes are that once in a while, the auto-focus loses track of my subject resulting in a blurry shot (for both photos and videos), and that low-light photo processing times feel a bit too long, resulting in missed opportunities. I’m hopeful that Google will release app updates to improve these areas. === Is it a good buy? === Yes! If you’re set on spending no more than $500 for a smartphone, then the Pixel 4a 5G is a very compelling choice with good value. You get a decent set of hardware that offers good performance and long battery life, excellent cameras, and the latest version of Android OS and Pixel exclusives straight from Google for three years guaranteed. With 128GB of fast internal storage, 5G connectivity, and a big and bright 6.2” screen, I think it’s both a sensible and worthy investment.