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Introduction
The Pixel 10a is the latest smartphone in Google’s affordable A-series. This year’s release is a bit strange, as it seems like the company has essentially re-released last year’s Pixel 9a under a different name.
Calling both phones “identical” would be a big mistake. Both phones have similar hardware right down to chipset, battery, display and cameras, and also basically have the same design. So what’s really new this year?
To be honest, not much. On the surface, the design has been beefed up a bit and now has a completely flat back. The front glass has been updated for the decade, and there are some new colors with matching cases. The rest are some software features borrowed from other Pixel 10 phones.
Google Pixel 10a specifications at a glance:
- Body: 153.9×73.0x9.0 mm, 183 g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass 7i), aluminum frame, plastic back; IP68 dust resistant and water resistant (submersible up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes).
- Display: 6.30″ P-OLED, HDR, 120Hz, 2000 nits (HBM), 3000 nits (peak), 1080×2424 px resolution, 20.2:9 aspect ratio, 422 ppi.
- Chipset: Google Tensor G4 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×3.1 GHz Cortex-X4 & 3×2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 & 4×1.9 GHz Cortex-A520); Mali-G715 MP7.
- Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
- OS/Software: Up to Android 16, 7 major Android upgrades.
- rear camera: wide (main): 48 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; ultra wide angle: 13 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 1/3.1″, 1.12μm.
- Front Camera: 13 MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1″, 1.12µm.
- video capture: rear camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, Gyro-EIS, OIS; front camera:4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 5100mAh; 30W wired, PD3.0, 50% in 30 minutes, 10W wireless, bypass charging.
- Connectivity: 5G; é SIM; Wi-Fi zone; BT 6.0; NFC.
- various: Fingerprint reader (under the display, optical); stereo speakers; Satellite SOS support.
Is that something worth spending money on? Hey, is this even something worth spending time reading? Well, there’s only one way to find out.
unbox
The Pixel 10a comes in very minimalist packaging that is made entirely of paper. Inside, the only things worth noting are the phone itself and a 2.0 spec USB-C to USB-C cable.
