Google Pixel 4a with 5G - Android Phone - New Unlocked Smartphone with Night Sight and Ultrawide Lens - Clearly White

I bought the phone in early September and really liked it, awesome battery life and for me, had all of the features I needed. Just over 2 months since I started using the phone it died. Went to bed one night with a battery showing 80% and it the morning the phone was off, could not get it to turn back on. Contacted the seller and all I got from them was an email stating: hello, the 30 days return period expired. please check a different charger and cable. if issue persist, call google or 3rd party repairs. water damages are not covered. I did notice that if you purchase the same device today, from the same seller, the return window is open until January 31 2022. Real shame I had to buy the phone when I did. Trying to find support for a dead phone is useless on the Google website, just keep going around in circles and when you call them the message is Due to the Pandemic, we have a minimal support staff, please check our website for help then they hang-up. I wanted to buy an Android phone from an American company, guess not. Looks like Ill be sending more of my fixed income to china. Really bad time to be retired in America, really feel Ive been scammed.

Liked everything about this phone, better than my galaxy s21. Battery life is good, camera is excellent, and Google is easier to you than standard android

High end devices like the Note 20 Ultra are getting easier and easier to pass up. This is a great device, I had a Note 20u for a few months because I wanted to check out the telephoto lens. Very cool and something Id love to see added back to the Pixel line but in the end it isnt worth paying triple the price. Speed wise the 4a 5g is only slightly slower than my Note 20 and in practical terms I rarely if ever notice any slowdowns. Same with battery life, Im seeing similar battery life and I had to turn my Notes refresh rate down to 60 to get decent battery life. No bloatware? Nice plus as well. My biggest beef with my note was the price and the fact that I had nagging issues with Samsungs crapware / system software. Lastpass had continual issues due to the Notes aggressive battery management. I white listed it but there was some sub process getting shut down which allowed overlay and it would cause Lastpass to stop filling. Then I had problems with getting the stupid thing to connect with my Chromebook for unlocking / messaging. The pixel just works. You would be hard pressed to beat what you are getting for the money here. Im a heavy user, dont hesitate to buy this and pass on the overpriced premium devices. They are a waste of money.

I am amazed with the great and quick delivery of this phone! When I opened it, i am very pleased! It surpassed my expectations, the setup was quick and its a good phone with superb matte black design which I adored and the camera was perfect! I am happy with my purchase however i give it 4 stars since theres bo back button wherein we can go back to our previous tabs! But so far it passed my standards! Thankful since i got it for a good price! Better than paying 1,000 dollars for a smartphone! So if you are thinking to switch like me , dont hesitate to buy this! Its worth it!!

One positive of note: Nicely designed with high screen-to-size ratio. Am hoping the current bugs will get worked out to upgrade this rating.... Despite other reviews: My battery lasts about 13 hours, ugh!; thats less than my 3aXL. And have had zero luck connecting to my Bluetooth speakers or smartwatch, bummer. Cant yet tell if photos are better or worse overall but telephoto shots remain poor. Despite self-isolating and therefore telling the phone it should not password-lock at this address, it locks up every time I go to use it after any more than just a few minutes. Update: Smartwatch & remote speaker have linked up with phone and so that warrants upgrade from 3 to 4- rating. The other concerns remain. Google does continue to make sometimes small but worthy refinements with their new models. Side note: I use ADW launcher which works satisfactorily. Have yet to find an excellent weather app as a clear, bold multi-day weather banner above app icons on home screen.

I needed a replacement for my Samsung Galaxy s4 I bought in 2014. The Samsung phone still worked but with Android 5 most apps would not run on it. Also I was getting so many spam calls here in Las Vegas that it was driving me crazy. First priority I wanted a phone that would screen calls for me. None of the call blocker apps worked well enough for me and I did not want to pay extra charges for some premium app. When I heard that Google had a built in call screener, I decided I had to get a Pixel phone. Next I wanted a phone that would stay current with software updates as long as possible because I intend to keep it forever. Google guarantees three years worth of updates which is the longest I could find. So I had to get Pixel phone. Finally I wanted a phone with a big enough screen that i could read it easily as I am over 70 and my eyes arent what they used to be. This is why I picked the Pixel 4a with 5G instead of the Pixel 4a. I didnt care about waterproofing or wireless charging, etc. because the phone was going into a case with a glass cover for protection. I got my phone from Amazon in early December after waiting for Prime day and Black Friday and being disappointed that there were no discounts. If I had waited a bit longer i could have gotten $50 off, but thats life. Ive had the phone now for around three months and it works well. I LOVE the call screener, It comes with Android 11 and should be good at least through Android 14. The size is just right and it is much faster than my old S4 and runs all the apps I will ever use. I dont make many calls so one charge lasts almost 4 days. It charges completely from almost zero to 100% in about an hour and a half - much faster than my S4. The only weak point is that occasionally the fingerprint reader takes several tries to work. I signed up with T-Mobile on their $15/mo plan and the connections I get around Vegas are superb. Often I get a 5G connection and I have yet to have a dropped call. I rarely use data outside my home so 2GB/mo is plenty for my use. I rarely use the camera. I have heard it is great. But Ill probably never know. Bottom line is I am very happy with this phone. I expect to keep it for many, many years.

I swapped it out from a Pixel 2 xl last week. It is great for that replacment if you want on the android update train again. The phone is actually not as wide as the pixel2 xl and fits in the hand better than old model. You even get a larger screen than the pixel 2 xl 6 to 6.2 in. The whole punch camera is a bit odd but learing to like over the large bezels the Pixel 2 xl had. You even get a larger battery in this phone over old one,Li-Po 3885 mAh. It is packed with 128 gig storage!

I have the clearly white, and along with the clear OtterBox case it looks great. The speed is top notch and the battery lasts at least 24-36 hours. Vivid pics and quality videos. Only knock is no SD card. Other than that, its a top android phone

At first it was ok for the price. Pictures are amazing once you take them (well get to that). The 5G depends on what carrier you have. For me I have T-Mobile and half the time if it says 5G and full bars, that basically means I have no service and cant connect to the internet. If I have 5G and its half or very little bars, that means I have good service. I know, its stupid and makes no sense. The OS is good overall but as usual, Google is stripping down or dumbing down all their services in some way or another. That means for the Pixels less options and less customization. So if theres a way you can revert back to Android a year ago, then do it. Otherwise its ok but inching closer to the Apple* mentality of heres 1 option, just take it. Now for the camera. Holy hell the delay when you hit the button and it actually taking the picture is absolutely abominable when you first start the camera app. If youre an iphone user, this is your ammunition. You can use this to make fun of Android, full stop. Its hilarious. If youre a photographer and need to capture stuff in the moment, stop reading this and buy something else. Its atrocious. I took a 2 minutes 4k video and it took 15 minutes to rotate the video 90 degrees. Yep. If youre willing to wait sometimes up to 5 seconds to take your picture then this is good haha. Everything else is typical android. Overall, just save your money and get the flagship pixel phones with a processor thats actually worth a damn like the Pixel 4, 4xl, etc. They made sure to put the 5G capability in the mediocre models and it sucks.

In my opinion this is the best pixel there is if you are overly concerned with wireless charging theres no point in paying so much more for a smaller screen just to have wireless charging to buy the pixel 5 thats the only difference between the 4A 5G and the five other than the pixel 5 having the metal body I dont plan on going swimming with my phone anytime soon so I dont see the need and paying all that extra money for that capability either just being real every single thing else about the two phones is the exact same except for the size the pixel 5 bis smaller.