The Google Pixel 7a is a great little phone, especially considering the $499 price. Sacrifices have been made to achieve that price tag, but during my time with the phone most of them aren’t exactly deal breakers. But one particular thing, or rather the lack of it, puts me off ever buying a Pixel 7a.
The Pixel 7a has a dual-lens camera, which means it doesn’t have a telephoto lens or an optical zoom — just like the regular Pixel 7 and the iPhone 14. Currently, I am using a Pixel 6 Pro as my daily phone, and one of the reasons I chose it over the Pixel 6 was the fact that it had the telephoto zoom. But as I used the Pixel 7a, it got me wondering whether that telephoto lens was really necessary.
