Google Pixel 5a reviews by real users Google Pixel 5a 5G
- 6.34"AMOLEDFHD+19.5:9
- 183 g73.7 mm154.9 mm7.6 mm
- SnapD. 765 Octa-Core 6 GB RAM 128 GB
- 379.500 v9
- 4680 mAh 18 W
- 1 12 Mpx ƒ/1.7 2 16 Mpx ƒ/2.2 SELF 8 Mpx · ƒ/2.0
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
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Design & Materials
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Performance & Hardware
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Camera
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Connectivity
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Battery
- 0%Less than half day
- 9%Less than a day
- 27%One day
- 45%More than one day
- 18%Two days or more
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Software
- 55%It comes with a clean operating system
- 36%It has preinstalled apps but they don't bother me
- 9%It has preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall
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- 9%Never
- 0%Once a year
- 27%Every six months
- 64%Every two months or less
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- I hate this phone (planned obsolescence)
This phone is the reason I switched to OnePlus. Pixel phones are overpriced trash at this point. After the stupid "camera updates" from earlier this year (2024), first it completely broke the front- and back-facing cameras, then the very next update finally restored my ability to open the camera app without it crashing immediately, but the forced AI rendering (that is impossible to disable) absolutely destroyed anything good that actually remained about the cameras.
I had this phone for less than 2 years before the whole thing bricked one day while I was browsing Reddit. I never used it for anything but web browsing, Reddit, the camera (lol), texting, calls, and some random shopping/payment apps. The 4a had the same problems but at least the camera was better.Pros- UI
- Size
Cons- Camera
- Updates
- Battery
- Customer Support
- AI
- 4.8
- Screen7.5
- Performance7.0
- Camera2.5
- Connectivity8.6
- Battery7.0
View answers - Good midranger with great cameras and several downsides.
Pros:
- Reliable Camera quality both day and night. It never disappoints.
- The sound is loud, albeit little to no bass.
- Great Battery, at least 24 hours of use with 9+ hours of Battery SOT on Wifi, and 12 hours of use with 6 hours of SOT over 4G/LTE.
Cons:
- Slow charging speed: Over 2 hours.
- performance mediocre, not for gaming. Valid until 2024.
- Screen is only 60hz which is a real bummer.
- Build quality is subpar, feels cheap.
- Buttons size are nearly unfound and cummbersome to find/distinguich, which is a major demirit.
- Screen glass easy to scratch, glass protector is a must since day 1.Pros- Cameras
- Sound
- Battery
Cons- 60Hz screen
- Slugish charging speed
- Build not premium
- No telephoto lens
- 6.9
- Screen6.5
- Performance6.0
- Camera6.5
- Connectivity8.6
- Battery9.0
View answers - AutoIt's a Pixel, if you like them you have to accept its shortcomings
It is a comfortable mobile, beautiful in my taste, the bad thing for me is the construction material (aluminum alloy), as soon as it heats up it automatically turns off the mobile data (after 40 minutes of video calling in 4G), it barely reaches 39 ° turned them off. Another thing is the processing of the selfie photos, a facelift is applied that takes away detail. On the other hand, in terms of battery, it is one of the best in Pixel.
View original review- 7.1
- Screen6.3
- Performance9.3
- Camera6.2
- Connectivity6.6
- Battery7.0
View answers - AutoPixel died after a year
In principle, everything suited me in the phone, despite the fact that I bought it at an inflated price, due to the lack of official deliveries to my country. But this phone lived with me for exactly a year. It just turned off and won't turn on. For a month there were "alarm calls", when I was driving on the navigator, the phone simply turned off, and it was possible to turn it on only after 3 hours. After some time, this situation repeated itself and was already able to turn it on after 6 hours. Well, now he's completely dead. I don’t know if I got married or something else. Before that, I already had a Pixel 3a and had problems with it too, I used it for about 2 years. And now I do not know whether to buy the next one. What is the point of releasing a smartphone with support for the latest version of androyd for 3 years if it lives only a year or two ?! And it was also annoying in the phone that when typing, he skipped spaces. Maybe the reason was in the glued protective glass, although I used the high sensitivity function. All in all, I would not recommend this unit.
Pros- Camera
- Battery
- Headphone output
Cons- Camera software
- Screen brightness
- Screen Hertz
View original review- 4
- Screen5.7
- Performance5.0
- Camera8.6
- Connectivity5.0
- Battery9.0
View answers - AutoFairly good
The battery lasts a long time and the headphone jack is appreciated, which almost no terminal has. It works quite smoothly, and being Google there are updates to the new Android. I miss the notification led that I have always had so far, and no matter how hard I try, I cannot remove the sound of the camera shutter when taking a photo.
Pros- Battery
- Headphone jack
Cons- Led notifications
- Shutter sound
View original review- 9.5
- Screen9.0
- Performance9.3
- Camera9.7
- Connectivity10
- Battery10
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