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TECHNOLOGY
REVIEW
ROUNDUP:
Pixel 3a Wins Kudos for
Cameras, Battery Life,
Assistant
G
oogle’s Pixel 3a smartphone,
launched Tuesday at Google’s
2019 I/O developer conference in
Mountain View, California, has wowed
reviewers with the quality of its photos
and other features, as well as its low
price.
“Half the price of a high-end phone,”
wrote Jeffrey Van Camp for Wired.
“Looks, works and feels like plenty
premium. Cameras rock, and Night
Sight produces the best night shots I’ve
seen. Doesn’t slip, slide, or break quite
as easily as phones with a glass back.
Fast charging.”
The Pixel 3a “is the best phone in that
price range, and it’s actually competi-
tive with more expensive phones in one
very important way: the Pixel 3a has a
great camera,” wrote Dieter Bohn for
The Verge.
“In 15 years of reviewing phones, I am
not sure if I’ve ever been able to write
the following sentence: A $400 phone
has a camera that’s among the best you
can get on any smartphone. The rest of
the Pixel 3a may not blow you away, but
it ain’t bad either,” he added.
The 3a’s camera takes about two sec-
onds to fully launch from the lock-
screen, and it takes longer to save im-
ages, Bohn noted. On the other hand, it
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