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[GOOGLE PIXEL 3A FIRST IMPRESSIONS]
The new Google Pixel 3a was announced today at Google I/O 2019, and I think it’s a turning point for smartphones in the U.S. See, while my fellow phone geeks know what a Pixel is and why it’s important … the majority of regular folks don’t. Because it doesn’t matter how great it is to have guaranteed software updates, or a camera that kicks out the most striking photos - if the phone is only sold on one carrier, at the same price as iPhones and Galaxy smartphones with much more eye-catching design, people aren’t going to buy the thing. When I was building this video, the seven-month-old Pixel 3 was on sale for 200 dollars off … but even so, it started at $599.
With the Pixel 3a, Google is changing the game. The camera is nearly identical to that of the Pixel 3, right down to the sensor. The software is the same too, including the squeeze-shortcut for Google Assistant and the guaranteed three years of updates. The phone comes in two sizes just like before. But instead of being available only on Verizon or Google Fi, the Pixel 3a will hit the shelves of almost every US carrier ... and it will start at $399. That’s just over half the price of the cheapest Samsung Galaxy S10, over a hundred dollars cheaper than the OnePlus 6T. If it delivers on its promises, the Pixel 3a will become the new go-to for Android users on a budget. Check out the Pixel 3a hands-on from Google I/O 2019!
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MrMobile's Pixel 3a Hands-On / Pixel 3a First Impressions video was produced following 20 hours with a Google Pixel 3a review device provided by Google at Google I/O 2019. Preproduction device running pre-release software.
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[@TheMrMobile]

Hey 360p squad; thanks for showing up early! This video JUST finished uploading so please be patient while KZbin processes to 4K.

[@cristianfederico2411]

Whats upppppp!!!!!!

[@huzaifaqader2273]

Squad available

[@DeltaTeam013]

I'll just watch the video twice lol

[@axllebeer]

No time. Must watch now!

[@wildthing9975]

Awesome

[@JerryRigEverything]

👏 Headphone Jack! 👏

[@valitocardoso4643]

Your favourite! Wait for your bend test😂

[@adrianchristopherx]

👊

[@batmanforever0]

Get ready to break it like a biscuit.

[@123whatsYOURname]

No Gorilla Glass? 🤪 I'll wait for your durability test

[@asaamv]

Please bring a review sir

[@zachpower2774]

Throwbacks to what the Nexus line used to be. Affordable, stock, good. Stoked to see Google heading in that direction

[@Juanguar]

@@rrainerss i think these happened due to bad manufacturing from LG and huawei (not sure about huawei) LG used bad solder for the SOC which over time loosened up therefore leading to the boot loop ( i've experienced this myself on the 5x )

[@Juanguar]

RRainerss yeah I actually forgot about overheating

[@Petrrii]

@epic gamer Google has the best camera+software

[@allnighterist]

Nope. Nexus line up had flagship processors with midrange price.

[@hemicuda699]

Nexus phones had top tier processors..this inst a nexus replacement, this is a midrange phone that cricket wireless gives away "free"

[@phillipmorales8213]

Headphone jack? More durable plastic back? Okay I'm down

[@comradeakaov408]

Down syndrome?

[@rotimika]

Who said plastic as durable this phone sounds like it will break a lot easier

[@danodden9783]

@@rotimika It won't crack, and I may be wrong, but wouldn't plastic cushion drops better because it's softer? The only downside durability wise would be scratches.

[@ChandrakanthReddySoodiReddy]

@@danodden9783 It doesn't have gorilla glass in the front.

[@onyxdomainDOTcom]

@@rotimika the most durable phone ever was from a few years ago, one of the Motorola Droids and it was entirely plastic

[@coreysmith733]

The Nexus line was about the balance of price and specs. Google should have never abandoned that concept.

[@diegofernandes6054]

I still have my nexus 6p, and the camera is the main reason I keep in my pocket

[@ProfJililidinHisin]

@weinerschnitzelboy i thinks they put bug on old phone to run slow just to push people buying a new phone, my old sony phone also act like that after a couple of years. The phone also restart when battery below 50%

[@cyberliferrr]

This is the return of the Nexus line

[@gandaruvu]

Carl Thorman it’s not. Nexus is about top of the line specs, low price. Increase the price for $100, put SD800 series chip, keep the plastic exterior, then you can call it the return of nexus

[@DogeFrom2014]

​@@gandaruvu SD670 is not good enough of a chip? Its performance is not far from a SD835.

[@shonen84]

Looks like the HTC engineers that brought us the One M7 have done it again. Great product, hope they will it sell it internationally as well.

[@genericnpc08]

Love that phone, I still have the M7 as back up! Too bad we can't change the battery or I'll still be using that phone.

[@Tyler_ThaTruth]

I wouldn't say they changing the game with the price but going back to there roots which I did not see coming, glad to see they not trying to beat apple by being apple

[@mvalido1126]

Tyler Barron yes, but even the nexus phones of yesteryear had top shelf processors and wireless charging. I’m a little disappointed, would have like to see at least a SD 700 serious SoC instead of the antiquated SD 670.

[@nikolaj97]

@@mvalido1126 Yeah, isnt it just better to get pixel 2 instead of 3a?

[@EduardoPardoFigueroaC]

Yess, Samsung did that with the s10e, they tried to copy Apple's strategy but Google didn’t, they changed the game. I’m so glad about that. It’s like the return of the Nexus line ❤️

[@AlphaKala]

@@EduardoPardoFigueroaC dude, google's pixel lineup copied everything from iPhones. Now they revert the headphone jack lowering the quality of the phone (not camera) and the performance, just because they didn't sold bad, even worse than bad. I hope those 3a don't have the issues which 3 and 3xl had. I'm not a fan of google anymore but I hope they succeed with it.

[@jamesm568]

Google did good. Apple will always be the king and Google lurking in the shadows of Apple when it comes to Google made smartphones.

[@faktCheck]

adding a sd card would have made it a perfect mid-range phone.

[@johnsonlee3616]

64GB of TOTAL (not even user useable) memory with no sd card slot? Deal breaker in my opinion

[@zxrif5004]

@@johnsonlee3616 I still haven't used up all the storage on my pixel 2xl with 64 gbs so 🤷

[@keithdouglas8707]

@homebrew my large music collection would say otherwise.

[@carsonj4031]

@@keithdouglas8707 the majority of people stream their music now.

[@alliejr]

Who is still offering SD card options in the age of sealed phones and water resistance (last 4-5 years)? Am I missing something or incorrectly marking time? I do agree 64GB is light but the standard photo handling behavior is to smartly move to cloud so likely not actually a problem unless you are the 1% who walk around with 10 seasons of 50 TV Shows on their phone (and perhaps the Venn diagram of Pixel customers and “that guy/girl” is a single circle come to think of it).

[@WedgeStratos]

To be fair, I expect that 670 proc to make that battery feel like a champ. I can end every day with my Sony XA2 at around 35-40% even with the heavy use of Twitter, Discord, Spotify, and Maps, but if I'm more chill? I can guarantee 2 days. The 600 series of Snapdragons are endurance champions.

[@jg14gerhard_bar]

meh the 730 is out too.

[@ELJefeReviews]

Friggin Michael making me want a midrange phone now! 😂 Awesome first look brother. I always appreciate your coverage from these events.

[@mihailazar2487]

@Cinnabar Volcano I mean HOLY SHIT I thought I was the only one who was sick and tired of Glass backs ... I mean you should have a nearly indestructible TANK of a phone *ESPECIALLY* if it cost $1k Instead, the more expensive they are, the more fragile THA FUCK Having used the LG G6 for 2 years now, I can totally say I wish they reassured the LG Gflex I mean just put an OLED rounded corner, notchless display on it ... Have the 2 cameras (standard and wide-angle) and a usable processor for this year, 4 Gigs of RAM and a removable battery I'm honestly sad than even HTC gave up on their FULL METAL TANKS I can only hope now that Nokia makes a mid-range truly worthy of their LEGENDARY brand Like literally just take the Nokia 7+, fatten it a bit (bigger battery), replace the plastic back with a FULL METAL UNIBODY, make the corners out of rubber and HOLY SHIT you'd actually have a BLODDY *NOKIA*

[@mihailazar2487]

@Cinnabar Volcano shame on OnePlus for betraying us on that part ... The Pixel 3a is sure to teach them a lesson

[@Kushpeshin]

OMG This is finally a true successor to the Nexus 5X.

[@MarkBerberoglu]

Right there with you in hoping that this truly can become the 'everypersons' Android device. I've grown tired of family and friends coming to me with issues on their budget Galaxy J devices to their flagship LG's, only to find them running tons of bloat and software that's ancient. As a regular Pixel user I am excited for what this new hardware push could do and already got my mother-in-law to order the 3a!

[@lelio5464]

It also has stereo speakers! (Top and bottom like s10)

[@TheMrMobile]

... Kiiiiinda. Up top, it fires through the earpiece, which is nice. But they've removed the other front-firing speaker below the display, and gone with the bottom-edge ports.

[@Mister_Jay_Tee]

@@TheMrMobile That's a step down but as long as it has left and right separation, it's a good thing.

[@grom5756]

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] I tend to dislike using the earpiece as second speaker. I like listening music and sooner or later the top speaker starts sounding bad. That was the case with my m8 and axon7. So louder, fuller sound from one speaker is gold for me. Oh, that's the case with my iPhone 7 plus also, never had an iPhone or iOS device for that matter and had to try it as I like to know about things from my own experience. What is your experience with stereo speakers Michael?

[@daelra]

I don't rate those bottom ended speakers with the extra bass, My old stereo front facing stereo HTC One M7 always sounded better than the front and bottom configuration of my HTC 10. Now I've got my Pixel 3, the difference between it and the HTC 10 is extremely noticeable. Sound sound way more 'alive' when it's coming equally from two different sources.When the speakers are mismatched, there's a sort of muddiness I can't really describe.

[@edgarvivar87]

And awfull bezels don't forget that

[@arunsridhar289]

Watching this on Nexus 5 thinking about buying the 3a

[@PLANTROON]

Same, but I actually use the wireless charging and don't see this phone bringing me anything other than the OLED screen. I don't care much about the camera, but I love OLEDs.

[@BrianBest]

Just wanted to say I saw your Kobayashi Maru reference and I appreciate it. ( still love the disclosure too btw)

[@brandonm4407]

It was funny because for the longest time I was so upset that I hadn’t seen Michael Fisher On pocketnow for a good long while but as I just discovered today he has his own KZbin channel and which is now going to be my primary channel all the greatest things pocketnow had to offer was with this one guy #Subscribed

[@jwproductions5070]

I have never been so early for the video to be in 360p 🤩

[@hexhelios]

JWproductions same! Oh god it’s horrible. Put it away!

[@ligenyodu2645]

Lol same

[@axllebeer]

I have. And am again 👍

[@evanie1659]

Fr 💀💀💀

[@kinocchio]

You have

[@sludgeypop]

Whoa, I'm definitely interested. Welcome back, headphone jack

[@DrMaverick777]

Electronic Abyss hate me if want but I HATTEE headphone jack and cords for me the cord gets caught on everything and just yank my earbuds or headphones out/off can’t be helped just happens I know stupid excuse but hey 🤷‍♂️ just like me blue tooth,

[@chicagoliightsx]

@@DrMaverick777No, no hate... 👀 juuust don't plug anything in then. Simple as that. I personally like having the choice to use the headphone jack _OR_ my bluetooth.💁 Sounds like you're mostly trying to convince yourself of something, tbh lol. Like if you got the right phone or not. I'm sure you did it that's your preference, as you'd never use the jack anyways. As for me, even as "old" as it is, I think I'll go with the 3a. That's more my price range atm, and it has what I'm looking for for where I am in life. Nothing less. Hope your phone still suits you well! 😃

[@loveiphones4550]

Who cares? 🙄🙄

[@vaibhavprakash4026]

Bought a new oneplus 6t yesterday for only $400 in a sale. Nice deal, right? Edit: for the 8gb/128gb variant

[@wyatt4778]

Niceeeee!

[@shadowstorm545]

Trust me oneplus in the best deal out there right now

[@vaibhavprakash4026]

Oxygen OS is way better than MIUI. MIUI is a deal breaker for me.

[@drizzyd3603]

Haha me too. Got mine last Friday

[@alexgallegos6777]

I bought an s9 plus for $320 dollars

[@billrussell1979]

The only thing is that US buyers probably don't care about price that much in these days of "buy 1, get 1 on us!" ads being heard everywhere. Its more about carrier availability and it sounds like that has improved.

[@DutchRedGaming]

The software looks so smooth (with 60fps enabled)

[@ΚλαϊντιΑ]

DutchRedGaming now thats what ios users experience veryday (;

[@pelleschwarzberg8848]

@@ΚλαϊντιΑ Yeah fucking right, if you have a 2 year old iPhone its slow af

[@dannywinget]

This video is pure Pro!

[@Jack655321]

Polycarbonate instead of glass is an upgrade in my book.

[@alexanderiliev9434]

Dude, I want to congratulate your editing and filming skills... Everything, from montage to color profiles, frame rate, it just felt lifelike. Like all of this happened right in front of my very eyes.

[@shakerCh]

As someone living outside the US, This device is still expensive. You can get the Galaxy S9 open box on ebay for the same price with much better design, IP rating and miles better SoC... I guess this is worth it if you buy under contract with a carrier BTW... the game has been changing since a company named Xiaomi hit the market.

[@incee_netinai]

Even if you're in the US it's a hard sell if you MUST have stock android when compared to a Pixel 2 with the XL for around 300 on Swappa.

[@varunrao1704]

I agree, here in Australia the regular pixel 3a is priced at 649(conversion rate should make it 569) and the xl model is 800(conversion rate is roughly 685). We can pick up an s9 now and its cheaper than the 'budget' xl. I think it's going to be tough for the flagship companies to find the sweet spot for high value, cheap phones.

[@shakerCh]

@@varunrao1704 exactly and it's a really thought sweet spot to find, given the excellent mid range phones coming out lately and the common decition between new mid range or old flagship. Dave 2D explained on his channel the "End game" for smartphones, I recommend that video.

[@pakigangsta5]

Shaker Chabarekh you’re comparing a new phone to a used that doesn’t work like taht

[@shakerCh]

@@pakigangsta5 Open box is technically new. you have a point but the quality difference is quite significant in almost every aspect

Nice review. The one thing I was hoping for is to have the ip rating. Since I 1st got this in my defunct Note 7, I can't use phones without it anymore. Call me weird, but sometimes I take my phone to the shower to watch videos just like this :)

[@justinaskins2156]

Well the headphone jack was basically the reason I didn't keep the Pixel 3, so this might be a game changer

[@notstarboard]

I've been using a Nexus 5 as my daily driver since it launched back in 2013 and the 3A is the phone I'm finally upgrading to. You absolutely nailed this video - it does feel like we're stepping back in time to the good old days. I also really hope there are no unforeseen issues with the phone because if not I can really see it shake up the US market. Apple and Samsung made their "budget" devices $750 this cycle. With a camera this good, a familiar brand name, and this price, I'm expecting the 3A to absolutely fly off the shelves.

[@RoboRope]

Welcome back Nexus, we missed you.

[@jazziered142]

I got my 3A today, I was playing with it, and it does remind me a lot of my Nexus 6p as in usability.

[@patcola7335]

Just bought the 3A today from T-Mobile so far it's a pretty good phone liking everything about it.kind of like the old Nokia Lumia with a polycarbonate body and excellent camera

[@mihailazar2487]

WELL WELL WELL after 3 YEARS ..... SOMEONE at Google's hardware department ACTUALLY MANAGED TO *THINK* with *THAT* part of the body crafted by evolution for THAT EXACT PURPOSE

[@CristiBucurescu]

Hello MrMobile. I trust you that you choose your words carefully, so can you please let me know why you said that the camera from 3A is "almost" identical to the one from the original Pixel? You said then that it has the same sensor and software. It's the lens?

[@haroonrafi250]

its probably due to the slightly weaker snapdragon 670 compared to the pixel 3's 845

[@joshlewis2279]

It doesn’t have the Pixel Visual Core that’s on the Pixel 3. This is why it’s slower to do things like Night Sight shots. Apps like Instagram and Snapchat use the PVC to take better pictures, so you lose out on that too, but if you’re taking pictures on the main camera app first then it won’t change the quality. Other than that it’s the same camera, so I think most people will see basically the same quality of photo, it’ll just be slower to process it. Not sure if the lens is any different, but I haven’t seen anything that suggests it is.

[@juryrexvillafuerte-flor4717]

Google, you've just hit the "G" spot ❤️ will be a huge hit for sure!

[@Hargan]

I'm on a Pixel 2XL contract. Have just over a year left. Depending on the Pixel 4, and other competitors, the 3 and 3a will be at the top of my watch list for next year. Fantastic camera and stock android? That's all I want

[@notkyloren]

I don't know why a lot of people are saying this phone is "the best value in 2019” and comparing it with phones like the OnePlus 6T or Samsung devices. If all you care about is updates and the camera quality, sure, maybe? But it has a Snapdragon 670, which is noticably slower than the Snapdragon 855, 845, and even 835. It's only got 4GB of RAM compared to the 6 and 8GB standard on most devices of the same price. And importantly, it only has 64GB of storage and no expansion. I don't know. I guess if you're a super causal user, it's a decent deal. But I feel like a lot of reviewers are overselling the phone by comparing it to flagships, simply because the camera is great and it gets updates quickly. The lower-tier hardware specs actually translate to day-to-day slower performance, and you can see this in other reviewers' videos, like The Verge's.

[@deyanand1955]

ProductFRED Completely agree with you. I don’t see it selling well at all. So much near to OP

[@prateek1703]

Apple has proved again and again that specs aren't everything when it comes to performance

[@deyanand1955]

Prateek Choudhary thats because they create the chips and the OS.

[@prateek1703]

@@deyanand1955 yes, google might not have as much control on hardware as apple has on theirs, but a single device can be optimized well enough by the software provider to make sure the performance is great. Also ram management of smaller companies like oneplus has always been terrible so lower ram isn't a good argument.

[@kamranhussain8810]

A lot of people don't even need the best chipset and won't be able to tell the difference. But the best camera? That will definitely be noticed. Many competitors have 6/8 gigs of RAM, sure. But they probably also have aggressive ram management so you won't even get to use it all properly. A 64GB only option does suck though

[@makasete30]

I always love the tune drop at 3:22. So cool.

[@TheIcarusSystem]

Everything JUST changed. Are you sure it's changing again?!

[@juanrios5107]

I work at best buy. And saw the boxes for the 3A and 3A XL and asked my manager if he knows about the phones and he said oh shit you aren't supposed to see that. And hid it under a curtain. Perfection.

[@Robotkiller14]

Do you know if we're getting an accommodation 😆

[@RichardServello]

And the 3aXL went back to the 2xl design....no fugly notch!

[@damnhockey]

Excellent video ! I like this phone, being an owner of a Pixel 2 XL, I like the compromises to keep the price down. It is frustrating seeing cellphones over $ 1,000.00 CAD. It should be interesting seeing what Google releases next year and what the Pixel 4 & 4 XL are.

[@Alex-ps9vw]

My god... Snapdragon 670 and 3000mah on a 400$ device? I bought a Xiaomi Mi9 with Snapdragon 855 for 360$ ...

[@dvo5808]

Alex Nannos xiaomi’s business model is based on very low profit margins which means they can afford to put in top specs in their phone and sell the phone for not much more than the cost of all the components. Edit: spelling

[@Alex-ps9vw]

@@dvo5808 I understand but I am a consumer looking for the best possible product on my desired price range so I don't understand why someone would spend 400$ on a midrange phone when you can easily find high end specs on the same budget and call it a good purchase!

[@dvo5808]

Alex Nannos completely understandable, another thing to consider is software support - you aren’t just paying for the hardware, you’re paying for the excellent camera and operating system software. Of course you can always install a ROM and customize your phone the way you want but a lot of people DON’T want to go through those extra steps and just want to use their phone out of the box.

[@Alex-ps9vw]

@@dvo5808 I assume just 1-2% of Android users install custom roms nowadays so i get your point. Camera and software updates are important but Mi9 for example scored a higher score than pixel on Dx0 if that matters (maybe its becase it has 3 cameras) and xiaomi phones even on 200$ have frequent OTA updates for at least 1-2 years so i think the gap became smaller now.

[@dvo5808]

Alex Nannos I think you’re right on this one, didn’t know the difference was so minimal now. Thanks for enlightening me, have a good one :)

[@gustavojauregui1875]

I'll just wait for the pixel 4 in October. I've had the Pixel 2 and it's been great!

[@jordyangkawidjaja745]

For $200 more you can get the pixel 3 For $400 more galaxy s10 For $800 more iphone xs max For $2500 more macbook pro For $30.000 more a car For $200.000 more a house 1st world problem here

[@Cantripping]

Or you could get a Mi 9 for 450-500. Much better deal. OLED, 855, 8GB RAM, the whole shebang.

[@_MintArcade]

Thank you for being honest about whether the specs will hold up to Pixel 3, *given* how it has performed for mere a 8 month old phone.

[@nofrillsshaving4244]

I wonder if the Pixel-phones ever will be released in Sweden... Hey Google!!

[@Vmt16]

Asking the same here in Finland... I'd love to buy one.

[@SamarkandChan]

I think you can order them online? Not from the US, but other European countries that sell them.

[@nofrillsshaving4244]

@@SamarkandChan Yes, I think I can from UK, but still...

[@trrfokker]

@@nofrillsshaving4244 you can buy them from regular electronic stores and use a package forwarding company. I'm in NL and bought my pixel from mediamarkt Germany. You pay some extra on shipping, but hey, it's possible! :)

[@runnerup9786]

Really good to see Google resetting phone prices to this area with a great phone. Stock Android, updates, that camera...id seriously consider this over a full Pixel, especially when buying a sim only deal and a handset.

[@ysmaeldauz1367]

Hitting every carrier is really what they should have done for the the 3. I can't tell you how many times I would talk to friends or coworkers about changing but Verizon was in the way and getting out of contracts is a hassle for sum people.

[@kamellion77]

How can you not like such a crispy video from Mr. mobile. Still wayyyyy underrated.

[@dr.jaspreetsingh5182]

Love your work bro 🤗🤗...god bless u,keep it up 🥳🥳

[@ir4kk]

Just bought a Sandstone White 8gb/ 128GB SD835 OnePlus 5T for $391 off Amazon, Prime got it to me in literally 15hours...theres a headphone jack. amoled display. great camera. and I love the "stock android+" oxygen OS. also getting two days of battery no problem. use instagram and twitter alot. sending emails. moving files around google drive and sending to clients all day. besides the lack of a good tempered glass protector this was an amazing deal. I dont think ive missed out on the Pixel 3a even though i would appreciate the slightly smaller display and well....having a pixel.

[@kunneman]

1:10 Jaime Rivera looking slim today 😊

[@verrat3219]

Hello my name is jaime rivera and today we will be reviewing this phone with me jaime rivera. Alright guys ill see you in the next video, my name is jaime rivera

[@dodsonhaycattle]

Same launch price as the 32gb Nexus 5 but how many years later? My 2 XL is still running fine but that's very tempting

[@abdulsoleh7131]

Only 399! What a great price!

[@Vinnie296]

As always love ur quality of vids, sometimes even more than MKBHD might I say.

[@WAncouvOR]

This pixel is better then the flagship pixel. Lmao. Glad they brought the headphone jack back. Definitely buying this as my secondary device!

[@BrianCheng24]

Only because of the price.

[@previousslayer]

lol that username 😄

[@WAncouvOR]

@@BrianCheng24 yes, also because of updates and the headphone jack.

[@Dgirl22s]

I know they had the nexus line but I think this is also the result of having HTCs design team now who was known for this type of mid-range phone.

[@mifhadi]

Already 1080p, I guess I am not that early

[@LumiLunar]

Love to see that they going back to a Nexus like phone. I personally moved onto the Oneplus. I don't need "the best" camera but the Oneplus offers fast charging which I didn't know I needed until I had it.

[@Zayfod]

Hurrah for the headphone jack! I'll take a good quality plastic casing over sodding glass any day of the week. But if there's no expandable storage the absolute MINIMUM that should be installed is 128gb, by preference 256gb or 512gb.

[@ZMTX3]

Definitely interested! Will need to wait for the final review.

[@Ur_cristiano_778]

Great review as usual, but i still won't buy a pixel ( Ex nexus owner) doesn't appeal for me and many others. 1.If i want a near stock android experience i have many choices One plus 2.Appeal ( market value) 3. Think about it what good reasons would you have to buy a pixel what makes it stand out ?

[@blaisejustinejapsay8648]

I really like how you make your videos, its relaxing and so straightforward.

[@EmeraldLavigne]

I wish the Nexus line hadn't been discarded.

[@MP_145]

For full review can you focus on battery life, speed / app management with 4gb ram and maybe compare to key2? Know they are priced differently but interested to gauge if it's quicker, slower or on par with the BlackBerry 👌

[@ebubeawachie]

Wonderful video, watched on HQ... Normally my data cap means I only watch in 240 or 360p but watched in 1080p today. I've been missing out. Your videos look gorgeous on the Samsung Galaxy S8 display😭

[@dylans2090]

Are you using a new camera to film videos? Looks great!

[@lifemusic2029]

One Plus 6 with Snapdragon 845 is $399 No deal 🙅‍♂️ on Pixel 3a

[@AireJayy]

It's as if Google wanted to build a phone around their amazing Camera vs putting a mediocre camera and top tier(at the time) specs. This is coming from a long time OnePlus owner

[@zues121510]

Google has finally made a killer move with the pixel line after nearly 4 years, and it's great. I just hope that they maintain the 399 price point, unlike other "ultra-budget" flagship killer smartphone brands that increase their prices year after year due to a stifle in innovation. Also, this reminds me of the Samsung and Sony 'mini' and 'compact' line of smartphones, which I really liked.

[@sanki5913]

Google Pixel 3a: *exists* *Pocophone F1 wants to know your LOCATION*

[@YasssStitch]

This is OG throwback to Nexus 5, the pinnacle of value - price - performance. To this day, my favorite phone, ever (out of hundreds I've owned). Google was always ahead of it's time. I love how people are going nuts about wireless charging today saying it's the greatest thing ever. Those poor plebes don't know I had wireless charging on my $299 Nexus 4 LOOOONG 7 years ago (in human years, 1 tech year is at least 10 human). I've had it on Nexus 4, 5, 6 and even 7 - yes, the Nexus 7 tablet had it as well. And they all worked on the original Nexus 4 wireless sphere pad. I've owned Nexus One, Nexus S, The Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 2012, Nexus 7 2013, Nexus 6p - the only one I didn't was Nexus 5x, it didn't attract my attention and 6p was released alongside it. Anyway, who's with me that Pixel 3a is the Nexus 8 we've been waiting for?

[@harithtnt]

As always spot on the ups and downs. I'll be waiting for that full review but all in all good news for me cuz I love how affordable this phone is 😁

[@joz3428]

That's why I always like Micheal's videos than the others, he always says everything about a phone. I have seen a bunch of video's about the damn phone. But this the only video that informed me about the lack of micro sd slot. Which is "STILL" a big deal to others and me.

[@sarmadnaeem6590]

I think it's more of a return to the original *Moto X* rather than nexus... 💁🏻‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️

[@elimalinsky7069]

Or the fantastic Moto G, which was the absolutely best value at its time.

[@sarmadnaeem6590]

@@elimalinsky7069 Yeah that's my point... Nexus was a flagship, this isn't.

[@sdreeves42]

Moto g7 still the top budget phone. Only thing better about this is the camera. If regular people cared about that they would've already bought the pixel 3 over Samsung and apple. But I will say the midrange selection in carrier stores is terrible so these might do ok COMPARED TO OTHER MIDRANGE CARRIER OFFERINGS. Anybody that actually has several hundred dollars to buy a midrange phone can do much better than this for cheaper. Google should've only charged $200 for a plastic phone with huge bezels.

[@sarmadnaeem6590]

@@sdreeves42 I agree... A lot of the android one offerings from Moto, Xiaomi, Nokia already provide the same experience that the Pixel 3A would provide and have better designs and build quality. Cameras are fairly decent too... It is still overpriced, no doubt about it !

[@ClaudeCrevecoeur]

Finally Google !! Your device should be available on all carriers.

[@TechDove]

Now the lower tier market can have the camera magic. Good job google!

[@GARY-fromOntario]

I am UPGRADING from a OnePlus ONE and purchased a 3aXL. Appreciate this video!!

[@xmlthegreat]

Some new fancy camera work, MrMobile! What's the secret?

[@RishabhSharma-lq1id]

Sliders, Gimbals and stuff.

[@makasete30]

That’s Final Cut Pro for you.

Basically, years after discontinuing the Nexus line Google is trying again. They should never have discontinued it.

[@AutistCat]

No wireless charging? No no no no no you just killed me over here ;_;

[@Rakusan2]

Andri The only place where I have ever seen a wireless charger was in a friends new car. So I do not mind.

[@user-jg4ns7pn6c]

The biggest edge with this phone is that theres no other phone at that price range with that kinda camera perfomance. Google played well with this one the biggest turn down for a mid-range phone was camera and google played well in that aspect.

[@Techprep23]

4gb ram no micro SD card slot. Skin and features aside, Google's Track record of device issues since the Nexus 5. Even at 400 this is hard pass.

[@Snow1e]

K

[@danlugo4365]

What issue have there been? Genuine question, I've never had a Google brand phone and the 3 A XL seems pretty tempting

[@Techprep23]

@@danlugo4365 the pixel 3 and 3xl suffer from RAM management issues Google can't seem to optimize Android pie to run on 4gb of ram apps force close mutiwindow issues. Can't keep apps in the background so when you switch to one from the background it reloads like you just opened it for the first time Some Apps on the 3xl don't utiize the full screen Bluetooth issues especially in the car. Sometimes it loses it's connection or just shuts Bluetooth off on it's own Google phones have always had issues with Bluetooth. But every other OEM doesn't seem to have an issue. The second notch glitch some have had where the phone adds a second notch on the side of the display. One was bad enough. But the 3axl doesn't have a notched display. Honestly these designs of the 3a and 3axl are what the 3 and 3xl should have been with the snapdragon 845 and at least 6gb of RAM. For 400 dollars you are better off with an older Galaxy phone unless you take a metric fuck ton of pictures. You can't beat the pixel camera for 400 dollars with night site for low light pictures or what ever Google calls it The only thing hindering the 3A and 3aXL is the snapdragon 670. Should have been the SD710 and the 4gb of ram. Should have been 6gb.

[@supaahflyy]

Yikes. 4gb is enough unless you're expecting flagship specs of 6-8gb ram. Admittedly Google hasn't read the memo themselves but I'm sure even they will be increasing their flagships with more ram

[@Techprep23]

@@supaahflyy well when the 3 and 3XL came out at $800-$1000 4gb is abysmal and unacceptable. That's flagship price for mid-range specs ram wise when everyone else had 6 or 8gb ram for the same price. It's more acceptable in a 400 dollar phone but the history of poor ram management issues on the 3 and 3xl I wouldn't hold my breath the 3a and 3aXL will be any better

[@vikasahuja3512]

The just black looks sexy.. I wish S10+ had an all-black option like its predecessors. Really miss that all black look from the Galaxy S8!

[@DASyam-tb7qt]

The 64 gb memory with no sdcard instantly killed my hype.

[@DASyam-tb7qt]

@@KuteKatss I know, but due to the nature of my job, I rarely have a reliable Internet access. Over the years I'm so used to having an sdcard on my phone.

[@TuPhonez4Free]

Wow. I think you are right about this changing the game. Does the Google pixel 3a and xl have a FM radio app since the headphone jack is used as a antenna? 🤔

[@Alphaseen]

You were the fastest this one.

[@SilkyNoah]

Midrangers rock! Glad they are finally making a comeback in the US.

[@RohanKumar-th5dl]

But Nexus devices always had top of the line processors! I don't know think 670 at $399 is a great deal. It will still appeal the Pixel fans.

[@wallysan31]

Yeah Xiaomi puts out two lines of phones with better specs at a similar or even lower price.

[@dephan2275]

Nexus was a joke remember the bootloop shit

[@RohanKumar-th5dl]

@@dephan2275 which Nexus? I used Nexus 5, my brother used Nexus 4 and then 5x. We did not face such problems. In fact it only set a benchmark other phones aspired to reach, which OnePlus finally did.

[@JohnSmith-tm5xx]

Somehow reminded me of that old Top Gear episode, where they were discussing a car, which had this 'motto' - "it will change everything" and Jeremy Clarkson's reaction "I don't want to change EVERYTHING"

[@flickplays6733]

It's $575 for 3a in India. The Reason why OnePlus winning here.

[@cryc0s]

Bruh, with pixel os and great camera might better take the pixel3a lol.

[@ilhamrahman5244]

@@cryc0s only a better camera

[@Al3xChap1n]

Now you got me seriously thinking of getting a Pixel 3A...

[@aplusk3081]

Only 399? Pewdiepie would like to know your location

[@pv______6248]

Actually a budget phone I still can’t afford

[@jg14gerhard_bar]

save a dollar a day for a year.

[@PurpleRupees]

Concerned about the lower tier Snapdragon but otherwise looks like a killer deal.

[@Juuhazan_]

Performance shouldn't be THAT much worse. I mean, c'mon, even 6xx series Snapdragons are plenty enough for most people.

[@Marcus-gh8bh]

Theres something funky with the voiceover, did you record under a blanket again?

[@dsinghr]

It would be value for money had it come with snapdragon 845

[@JustxLiving909]

bannajirocks or any 8series

[@hrishikesh_shukla]

Affordable, stock android and good after sales support with the advantage of having a small screen, well well well its a win win. All the new flagships are just crossing the 6" screen size, manufacturers have started to forget that the human palm size is still the same over the years, there's no upgrade in this department.

[@raul0ca]

TFW Google Pixels cost less than Oneplus phones

[@incee_netinai]

Dankest timeline

[@castkeyboard]

@@incee_netinai only because of inferior specd

[@pakigangsta5]

Finally! One plus needs to drop prices not increase them

[@incee_netinai]

@@castkeyboard cheap thing cost less than not cheap thing? Do you know how you sound?

[@peoplesgame1]

Pixel 3a isn't water resistant,plastic built,weak soc

[@daelra]

I literally just bought a Pixel 3. I've been waiting months to see what the 3a would be and at what price. In the end, there's currently a great deal of £489 for the Pixel 3 in the UK (For reference, the Google Store Price is £739 for the 3 and £399 for the 3a) so that was a massive decider. So for £90 more, the Pixel 3 was the final winner. Happy to pay that extra for front facing speakers alone but the other differences helped too. That's not to saying the 3a won't do well. It's a great device and finally one company has worked out that £500+ smartphones just don't sell well these days. £500 is now my aiming point and I will buy the best that comes closest to that magic number. It could easily have been the 3a if Google themselves didn't pip them to the line.

[@tomn.9987]

I'd still take the galaxy S9 for just a tiny bit more. Nevertheless this looks like a fair deal.

[@yv9876]

I have the s9 and it works just fine... u will get better specs such as the 845 chip, and the phone lasts me a days worth of use (6h screen on time after a year of use...) it has ip rating in case accidents occur but u shouldn't intentionally submurge it... and the software is getting better especially with oneui... it's worth a buy If ur not gonna buy the s10 this year...

[@sergeigarcia186]

I don't blame you, the S9 is probably a better deal for those who don't care too much about the camera or the stock android experience (smoother performance & faster, more reliable updates).

[@nickkerr6068]

@@yv9876 What about 10e?

[@stevebrule4742]

I’m an IOS user but Google really nailed it on price with the 3A. In some ways I think people can expect very fast fluid processing even though the Pixel 3 stuttered. At $400 you can’t go wrong with a vanilla Android OS. I had hoped for an array of colors tho. Well done Google. Hopefully this phone runs buttery smooth. 👍