GooglePixel 4a with 5G - Android Phone - New Unlocked Smartphone with Night Sight and Ultrawide Lens - Just Black

Solid phone, got it to use with tmobile and it works good on the 5g band. Nice bright screen with no OLED burn in. No sd card which is kind of a bummer, lightweight smooth feeling plastic housing that looks good and a screen that's not too offensively big. Good battery for just general phone activities I usually end the day around 40-50% with medium to light usage. No trash bloat apps from carriers and my recommendation is to go into app info of all the apps you don't use and hit disable on them and enable remove animations in accessibility settings to make the phone feel super quick. It's a generally good phone and I just needed something smaller and after my previous phone was too big in my pocket. I don't game on my phone but I wouldn't expect 60fps from newer games on this. I use the headphone jack daily and there's no hissing or unwanted noise from the internal dac so it's good enough for Spotify or your mp3s. Fingerprint is fast and my only gripe is I hated the stock launcher it came with so I just use the Microsoft launcher from the play store. It's a phone and if youre just some guy or gal that needs something reliable Id say this is a good place to start. Cheap phones have gotten good especially if you are willing to shop a few years back. Id take this anyday over the newer entry level LG and Moto phones provided by Carriers. Of course all phones will eventually fail but for 170$ I can't complain when that time comes.

Just got this phone a few days ago, so still evaluating it but wanted to clarify one point that some users are having a different experience with-the 5G functionality with VZW. I've attached a photo showing that the 4A 5G that I received from Amazon DOES work with VZW's 5G band. Just wanted to get that point out here on the reviews, based on what I had read here I was ready to handle just a 4G connection, so I'm excited to see that 5G icon! So far, love this unit. I've always been a pixel fan, except for the pixel 4 and it's huge forehead and chin, seemed to go opposite of the smartphone trends. Say what you want about a plastic build, but I love it. It's so light. And what's is the big draw to a glass back build? Glass breaks people, plastic doesn't. And have fun paying for that glass replacement, since none of the phone insurance plans will cover it. And what do 99 % of us do with our glass sandwiches??? Slap a rubber or plastic case on it. I'd rather have the plastic build, yes with a case, but the weight is so much less since it isn't wrapped in glass. Big proponent of the pure google experience on the pixel series and no overlaid UI from the manufacturer. Battery life on this one is good. Started out at 830 this morning and at 1900 was at 45%. Plenty of screen time during the day. So no complaints there. Speakers are incredible. Any time you have to turn the volume down on a phone cause the sound effects are blowing you away on that game or movie, is a sign of a great set of speakers. Charge time is fine. Not as fast as some of the flagships, but I've been able to go from 25% to 68% in 20 minutes. That's good enough for me, and I'm rarely away from a plug or a battery pack, so charge time isn't a huge factor for me. The fingerprint reader is what we've come to expect on the pixel - Faster than lightning. The in screen readers on the flagships are just no where near as reliable or fast. I'll have to get used to the rear mount again, but that's not a problem for me. If you need face recognition or wireless charging then this isn't the device for you obviously. But I don't list that as a kick in the nuts to the pixel 4A 5G, it just doesn't have it, so if you need those options then look elsewhere. For my money, 459 for this phone is an awesome deal. This will be my daily driver for the near future, for sure.

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 aren't what they used to be. This is why I picked the Pixel 4a with 5G instead of the Pixel 4a.I didn't 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 that's life.I've 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 don't 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 I'll probably never know.Bottom line is I am very happy with this phone. I expect to keep it for many, many years.