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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Pixel 9a review: Google’s cut-price Android winner

Google Pixel 9a laying screen down on a wooden table showing its coloured back.
The Pixel 9a offers 95% of what makes Google’s high-end phones great but at a more wallet-friendly price. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Google’s latest cut-price Pixel offers the best bang for your buck in Android phones and is arguably better in many areas than some models costing twice the price.

The Pixel 9a starts at the same £499 (€549/$499/A$849) as last year’s equally good value model. That makes it £300 or so less than Google’s regular Pixel 9 and places it up against mid-rangers such as Nothing’s Phone 3a Pro and Samsung’s Galaxy A56.

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