- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Name
- Craig
@gryphon1911 excellent stuff - who needs a dedicated camera anyways?
The new Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL phones have been announced.
In short, they're cheaper models using a lower processor and have plastic bodys instead of metal. They do, though, have the same cameras as the original pixels.
I'm torn on them... I was looking at the Pixel 3 line as a replacement for when my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge finally dies and a plastic body instead of metal doesn't both me much since I always use Otterbox cases but having a slower processor in there wouldn't make me happy.
Meet the Google Pixel 3A: A midrange phone with a flagship camera for $399
A plastic body, slower SoC, and other cuts get the Pixel down to a new low price.arstechnica.com
I honestly didn't even look at the specs of the front-facing camera, only the rear camera. As you point out, that could be an issue for others though so thanks for pointing that out.According to the GSM Arena the selfie camera on the Pixel 3a is significantly worse than the one on the Pixel 3. Maybe that matters to some.
I for one would prefer if it wasn't there at all, so I'm glad they didn't spend extra money on it
Very tempting piece of kit, it might make the perfect companion to my Sigma DP2 Merrill.
That's one thing holding me back from switching phone, I've really gotten used to getting 3-4 days of use per charge on my Lenovo P2.One feature that really makes the 3a stand out positively: the smaller phone has a larger battery than the premium 3XL! I watched the Pixel segment at I/O 2019, they stated a 30 hour maximum life between chargings. Heck, if I could get even 22 hours it would be a big win on the 3.
Once you do, you'll end up grumbling every time you need to plug a wire in. One of my sisters is rough on phones and, besides killing a few USB connectors on cords, figured out a way of killing the port on the phone itself to the point where plugging a cord into it to charge no longer worked. At some point I'll be switching all of the cars to be wireless as well, I'm just haven't been accepting of the cost of replacing the various holders yet.I have never charged anything wirelessly.