GooglePixel 4a with 5G - Android Phone - New Unlocked Smartphone with Night Sight and Ultrawide Lens - Just Black

Just got this phone a few days ago, so still evaluating it but wanted to clarify one point that some users are having a different experience with-the 5G functionality with VZW. I've attached a photo showing that the 4A 5G that I received from Amazon DOES work with VZW's 5G band. Just wanted to get that point out here on the reviews, based on what I had read here I was ready to handle just a 4G connection, so I'm excited to see that 5G icon! So far, love this unit. I've always been a pixel fan, except for the pixel 4 and it's huge forehead and chin, seemed to go opposite of the smartphone trends. Say what you want about a plastic build, but I love it. It's so light. And what's is the big draw to a glass back build? Glass breaks people, plastic doesn't. And have fun paying for that glass replacement, since none of the phone insurance plans will cover it. And what do 99 % of us do with our glass sandwiches??? Slap a rubber or plastic case on it. I'd rather have the plastic build, yes with a case, but the weight is so much less since it isn't wrapped in glass. Big proponent of the pure google experience on the pixel series and no overlaid UI from the manufacturer. Battery life on this one is good. Started out at 830 this morning and at 1900 was at 45%. Plenty of screen time during the day. So no complaints there. Speakers are incredible. Any time you have to turn the volume down on a phone cause the sound effects are blowing you away on that game or movie, is a sign of a great set of speakers. Charge time is fine. Not as fast as some of the flagships, but I've been able to go from 25% to 68% in 20 minutes. That's good enough for me, and I'm rarely away from a plug or a battery pack, so charge time isn't a huge factor for me. The fingerprint reader is what we've come to expect on the pixel - Faster than lightning. The in screen readers on the flagships are just no where near as reliable or fast. I'll have to get used to the rear mount again, but that's not a problem for me. If you need face recognition or wireless charging then this isn't the device for you obviously. But I don't list that as a kick in the nuts to the pixel 4A 5G, it just doesn't have it, so if you need those options then look elsewhere. For my money, 459 for this phone is an awesome deal. This will be my daily driver for the near future, for sure.

Solid phone, got it to use with tmobile and it works good on the 5g band. Nice bright screen with no OLED burn in. No sd card which is kind of a bummer, lightweight smooth feeling plastic housing that looks good and a screen that's not too offensively big. Good battery for just general phone activities I usually end the day around 40-50% with medium to light usage. No trash bloat apps from carriers and my recommendation is to go into app info of all the apps you don't use and hit disable on them and enable remove animations in accessibility settings to make the phone feel super quick. It's a generally good phone and I just needed something smaller and after my previous phone was too big in my pocket. I don't game on my phone but I wouldn't expect 60fps from newer games on this. I use the headphone jack daily and there's no hissing or unwanted noise from the internal dac so it's good enough for Spotify or your mp3s. Fingerprint is fast and my only gripe is I hated the stock launcher it came with so I just use the Microsoft launcher from the play store. It's a phone and if youre just some guy or gal that needs something reliable Id say this is a good place to start. Cheap phones have gotten good especially if you are willing to shop a few years back. Id take this anyday over the newer entry level LG and Moto phones provided by Carriers. Of course all phones will eventually fail but for 170$ I can't complain when that time comes.

I use multiple phones, and I'm multi-platform, so if you ask me: Which are you, an android, iphone, mac, windows, or linux user?My answer is: yesBut I've never paid over $1000 for a phone. Ever. Never will. I like flagship phones though, and will buy a new-old-stock, or pristine used, 2 year old flagship model. This seemed to work for me quite well. I still have an iPhone 8 Plus that is awesome. Also part of the equation is security updates. Frequent, regular, like clockwork, security updates.With iPhone this is standard. With android phone makers, it's hit and miss, mostly miss. Samsung does update their flagship frequently... for a time. But Samsung wants $1200 for their flagship. No thanks.Pixel? I heard Google provides regular, systematic updates. Their phones don't cost $1000. Saw some good things said about the Pixel, thought I'd try the Pixel 4a 5G and see if I liked it. I do.I don't have complex needs. Other than good security, and frequent security updates, I also like good pictures and video. The phone is light, the battery lasts a long time, the screen is just a little bit smaller than my iPhone 8 Plus and far lighter.The iPhone 8 Plus was a flagship at one time, and you can tell. The build quality is phenomenol. It's also heavy, feels expensive, and the feature set and ecosphere quite complete. Almost heavy-ish. I love the phone, and it's my backup now. The Pixel 4a 5G is minimalist, light, leaves you "uninvolved" or slightly detached from the massive Google ecosphere, unless you go in and configure the various bits and pieces of it.I'm very pleased with my purchase. Refreshing alternative to Samsung. Don't get me wrong, Samsung flagship is a beast. But I never buy new $1000 plus phones. So the best that I could do is buy a used or NOS Samsung Note, which I did (a Note 9), and it was a terrible experience. Old android version, build quality was not too hot. If you ever look at buying a flagship phone that is 2 or 3 versons behind, Samsung can't cut it. Apple is much better in that scenario. But I'm glad that there's something that "fills the gap" between flagship phones, and just a nice, new, current, phone with frequent updates. Who better to get an android device from, then the people who make android?