While expensive flagship phones are fun, we’ve got a lot of respect for a high-performance bargain. If our Google Pixel 6a review found the phone uninspired, it has enjoyed a second-life like almost no other phone. The successor Pixel 7a is likely weeks away, and if Google can nail the basics on day one, we won’t need a resurrection for this year’s Pixel a-series before we put it near the top of our best phones list.
So let’s cut to the chase: the Pixel 7a needs to be cheap. Recent rumors suggest that it could cost $499 in the US at launch, which would be a $50 increase over the Pixel 6a when that phone first went on sale in July 2022. The older phone now costs around $299, which is a one-third price cut over its original price.
