Pixel 4a 5g Review: The best cheap smartphone you can buy now

Pixel 4a 5g Review: The best cheap smartphone you can buy now

Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5g just released from Google (Google).Although it is called pixel 4a 5g, the performance is close to pixel 5, but the series is "Pixel 4a", 6.I guess "Pixel 5 Lite" equipped with an organic EL screen with a large 2 -inch may be fine.

Aside from that, Pixel 4a 5g is the ideal 500 -dollar music (65,000 yen including tax in Japan) as a result of narrowing really important functions and components.We will deliver a review of GIZMODO Sam Rutherford.


Pixel 4a 5g

What is this?5G compatible, low -cost smartphone of Google

Price: 65,000 yen ($ 500 in the United States)

Favorite place: A rich OLED screen, a simple design, a convenient fingerprint authentication sensor, and a headphone terminal.Double storage capacity from last year's model.

Pixel 4a 5gレビュー:今買える最高の廉価版スマホ

Unfortunately: There is only one color.Wireless charge is not possible, not waterproof specifications.

The black plastic pixel 4A 5G is a very simple device that can be said to be the only feature of the white power button, and only "Just Black".Like Pixel 5, you can only choose black and black without "Sorta Sage".If you think logically, most people will end up with a case, so the color of the main unit doesn't really matter (let's think).

The body is surrounded by a thin black bezel, there is a 8MP cellific camera hole, there is an earphone jack terminal at the top of the main unit, and there is a USB-C port at the bottom.There is a square camera module on the back, equipped with a fingerprint authentication sensor.Although there is no novelty, it has all the basic functions.That is important.

Pixel 4a 5g has a big difference from Pixel 4a.

The first is the size of the screen.Pixel 4a is 5.8 inches, but 2340 x 1080 6.The 2 -inch OLED (organic EL) screen is nice for those who want to enjoy movies and games on a larger screen.In addition, the OLED screen with more than 700 knits is very vivid and beautiful.I think pixel 4a 5G is not too big, but well balanced with ease of use.

The second is that it is equipped with a higher speed Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G.It is the same as the processor mounted on pixel 5.As the product name suggests, even if you are living in 5G compatible and 5g non -compatible areas so far, you can get the benefit as soon as 5G is compatible.Also, Snapdragon 765G had excellent cospa and did not solidify or delay.The storage capacity has doubled to 128GB, the latest smartphone baseline (although the iPhone 12 is still 64GB ...).

Pixel 4a 5g has a larger 3,800 mAh battery, but the battery life is almost the same as Pixel 4a.One charge lasted 13 hours and 57 minutes, and Pixel 4a lasted 13 hours and 55 minutes.I don't want to say that the battery life is short, but I was a little disappointed.

Third, the back camera has two.12.It is equipped with a 2 -megapixel main camera and a 16 -megapixel ultra -wide -angle lens.The telephoto lens used in Pixel 4 is gone, and it is equipped with an ultra -wide -angle lens instead (and Google has improved the digital zoom that can be used with software).The camera performance of Pixel 4a 5g is the same as Pixel 5, and there is no loss compared to other low -cost smartphones.

When I tested Pixel 4a 5g comparing the camera performance of Motorola One, Pixel 4a 5g won both situations in both bright and dark environments.The color is bright, the dynamic range is excellent, the petals and pumpkin textures are sharp, and even when shooting in the dark, Moto One has lost a little color, but pixel 4a 5G expresses the color moderately.increase.

What Pixel 4a 5g is missing from pixel 5 is mainly wireless charging and waterproof performance of IP68.It is a nice function if there is both, but it is not a decisive hit.Also, pixel 4a 5G is not an aluminum frame used in pixel 5, but it is sturdy enough, and pixel 5 coats the aluminum surface with a special "violet" plastic, so it is noticeable.You may not feel the difference.

Pixel 4a 5g has the highest performance in the smartphone obtained in this price range.OLED screen on a large screen (most of the smartphones in this price range are LCDs), 5G full support, good performance, and not the camera performance.

In addition, convenient software (Japanese support yet), such as OS update guarantee, Call Screener, Duplex, and Pixel Recorder, can also be used as a support unique to Pixel.Although it looks rugged with a black choice, Pixel 4A 5G is a good -looking smartphone for a cheap and reliable smartphone.