Survey shows people are very concerned by Pixel 9a’s connectivity downgrade

The Google Pixel 9a looks like one of the better mid-range phones of the year. It’s powered by a Tensor G4 chip which is mostly identical to the Pixel 9 series, but uses an older modem instead of the Pixel 9’s new Exynos Modem 5400. We covered this news a few days ago and asked readers whether they cared about this change. Over 4,400 votes were tallied, and here’s what you told us. Do you care that the Pixel 9a has an old modem? It turns out that almost 40% of surveyed readers (39.75%) said they do care that the Pixel 9a has an older modem, but that they’ll wait for reviews and testing first. Meanwhile, 36.61% of respondents said this was a dealbreaker for them. In other words, just over 75% of polled readers are concerned by the Pixel 9a’s choice of modem in the first place. The Pixel 9a’s Exynos Modem 5300 was also found in the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 range, and Pixel 8 family, including all the A-series phones. Unfortunately, cellular connectivity could vary wildly among these p ... Read full article.