Customer Ratings & Reviews

Last April, I finally got my wife switched over to a Pixel 9A. It's a solid phone that punches above its price class. It has a decent battery life at 2 days of good usage, a bright screen, and the same Tensor G4 chip as its flagship siblings. It impressed me so much that I helped to upgrade 4 more family members to the Pixel 9A when the price dipped down for the holidays. My eldest is going to college and one of my phone considerations is that she has been running on a economical phone (Moto G Power) that is past its support period. I was about to upgrade her to a Pixel 9A which would have given her 7 years of software and security updates, when I saw the Pixel 10A was coming out. The Pixel 10A unfortunately is not a generational leap in terms of specifications. It's more of a incremental advancement. The processor is still the Tensor G4 chip. This is a solid chip that made its way into the Pixel 9 flagship phones as well as the Pixel 9A phones. RAM and storage options are the same 8GB/128GB or 8GB/256GB. The battery size is the same at 5,100mAH, however, the 10A now supports up to 10W wireless charging speed when paired with a Qi-certified Extended Power Profile charger. The Pixel 10A also squeezes out a little more battery duration under Extreme Battery Saver. The Pixel 10A does offer a increment in the cover glass from Gorilla Glass 3 to Gorilla Glass 7i which should bring more durability. Peak brightness of the screen does increase from 2700 nits to 3000 nits. At 2700 nits on the 9A, I found reading outdoors to be more than acceptable. With a few more nits thrown in, I'm sure outdoor performance will be even better. The biggest upgrade from the 9A to the 10A is the addition of Satellite SOS. The 10A runs an Exynos Modem 5300 which gives it access to satellite networks. This is useful to contact emergency services when you're outside of cell tower or WiFi signals. Which provides a little bit of peace of mind as a parent. The Pixel 10A camera hardware is no different than the 9A. However, when it comes to software, Google has added a few camera tools like Camera Coach, Macro Focus, and Auto Best Take. The Camera Coach has been helpful to me. It's an AI that helps you learn how to take better photos. When you have a photo ready to take, you hit the coach button in the upper right, it scans the scene and then tries to determine what you're taking a photo of and coaches you through several steps to make the photo even better. I've had a few of the Pixel phones in my history. They have been admired for their camera performance, but more recently, I've come back to them because their phones now carry 7 years of updates. Prior to the Pixel 9 series, I jumped to the Moto phones just because they were affordable unlocked phones. The problem with these Moto phones is that they only carry about 1 year of updates. So even if you live without updates every other year, you'd still be buying $600 of phones to last 6 years compared to squeaking by 7 years on a Pixel phone for about $100 less. I will admit, not all Pixel phones were rosy in my history (autofocus and fingerprint sensor issues). But Google has stepped up their game considerably so it has been easy to get several family members onto the Pixel Phone lineup when their phones have run past their software support period. For most of my friends, I wouldn't hesitate recommending a Pixel 10A. I would only have a slight pause if they were coming from a recent flagship phone or a Pixel 9A. Otherwise I think they would be happy with the modern features of the Pixel 10A.

I'm currently in the process of setting up the phone and the software walks you right through transferring the data from the old phone. Also established E-Sim for the first time. The quality and performance seems to be very good for the apps installed to this point.

Upgrade from Samsung A53 5G on Visible. Took advantage of promotions to get this at a great deal for a budget phone under $300 (Trade in promo $135 + $100 BBY Gift Card after purchase) . So far its been great, lots of new security features and options. I went with pixel because I like the option of loading custom ROMs without hastle.

It got lost in the mail and no re p lacement was available for me.