The Pixel 10a was launched yesterday, but I wouldn’t recommend buying one. While I tuned in for the launch as a long-time Pixel owner, I was rather unimpressed with the end result.
Don’t get me wrong — the Pixel 10a is a great phone overall. It’s among the best phones in its price range, offering super software experience, a great camera, plenty of power, and a promise of seven years of updates.
The problem is that it doesn’t really offer a lot more than its predecessor, so if you’re in the market for a new mid-range phone, last year’s model is the better buy.
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Pixel 9a for the win
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Side by side, there isn’t that much separating the Pixel 9a and the newer Pixel 10a. They both sport the same chipset, come in the same memory configurations, and have identical cameras. The display is more or less identical on both, with the difference being that the Pixel 10a’s is 11% brighter.
They also both sport an IP68 rating, an optical fingerprint scanner, a plastic back, a 5,100mAh battery, and seven years of software support. So from a performance perspective, there isn’t much separating the two, although the two phones are not completely the same overall.
The Pixel 10a supports faster charging (30W vs 23W) as well as wireless charging (10W vs 7.5W). The already mentioned brighter display is protected by the newer Gorilla Glass 7i, which is said to be more resistant to drops, and the phone supports satellite SOS, which comes in handy in an emergency when you don’t have access to a Wi-Fi or cellular network.
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