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I’m not entirely sure why the Pixel 10A exists.
Google hasn’t upgraded the chipset, cameras, or battery in the new phone, and the tweaks it’s made elsewhere are minimal at best. The flatter camera island is good, I guess! In one sense this isn’t a big problem: The Pixel 9A is an excellent device, and for the last year was easily the best phone you could buy for $500 in the US. The new 10A is available to buy now at that same great price ($499 for 128GB of storage or $100 more for 256GB), but with the 9A still on sale, and dropping in price, there’s one big question: Why not just buy the 9A — which is almost the same phone — for $50 less?
When Google first showed me the 10A I struggled to get a good sense of what exactly had changed, so I pored over the spec sheets to lay out every hardware change Google has made, no matter how small. Here they are:
The 10A is 3g lighter than the 9A, and fractionally shorter and slimmer, resulting in a slightly thinner bezel around the screen
The cameras are entirely flush with the body, not just almost flush
The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 7i, compared to Gorilla Glass 3
The display is 300 nits brighter at peak brightness, and higher contrast
The 10A has 30W wired and 10W wireless charging, up from 23W wired and 7.5W wireless
The 10A supports Bluetooth 6.0, compared to 5.3 on the 9A
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