{"id":14427,"date":"2025-03-20T00:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14427"},"modified":"2025-03-20T00:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:20:48","slug":"googles-pixel-9a-is-499-and-undercuts-the-iphone-16e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14427","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Pixel 9a Is $499 and Undercuts the iPhone 16e"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Battery life has historically been a weak point on Google’s Pixel A-series phones, so Google has stuffed a 5,100-mAh cell into the Pixel 9a. That’s the biggest battery capacity we’ve seen on a Pixel yet, and Google claims 30-plus hours on a single charge. Also in tow is wireless charging, though it’s still the basic Qi variant and not the new and improved Qi2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the phone is the Tensor G4 processor, the very same that’s inside the flagship Pixel 9 Pro series<\/a>, with 8 GB of RAM. That should mean excellent performance, especially compared to what you’ll find on other sub-$500 Android phones<\/a>, not to mention 7 years of software support. This chip also drives many of the phone’s artificial intelligence features, and allows the Pixel 9a to take advantage of all the same AI camera tricks<\/a> introduced on the Pixel 9 smartphones in 2024.<\/p>\n

That includes Add Me, which lets the person taking the photo join in on the action by switching places with the subject. The software stitches two images so that both parties are in the same photo despite not standing next to each other at that precise moment. The Pixel 9a can also create a short astrophotography timelapse, and there’s even Macro Focus, which enables a macro mode via the main camera to take crisp photos of objects up close, like insects or plants. The camera system is driven by a revamped 48-megapixel primary camera joined by a 13-MP ultrawide, and a 13-MP selfie camera.<\/p>\n

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