![]() ![]() For some reason.īut the Times isn’t alone in praising the obvious: Phones with cheaper parts cost less.ĬNET exclaims that the Pixel 3a is “the cheap phone Google always needed.” CNET apparently wasn’t aware of the Nexus 6P/5X, but Engadget remembers, noting that the Pixel 3a is a “triumphant return to affordable phones” for Google I guess they just forgot that Google’s previous affordable phones were high-end devices, not stripper models. ![]() The only thing that has changed since, really, is that Google just started charging as much as successful premium handset makers like Apple and Samsung. It was called the Nexus 6P (and Nexus 5X) and it offered flagships specifications at reasonable prices. ![]() They could have bought that phone from you. “We’re seeing the fatigue with some of the flagship pricing of smartphones going up and up and up, and people thinking, ‘You know, five years ago I could buy the best possible phone for half this price,’” Google’s Brian Rakowski told the publication. The New York Times, for example, cites how its readers are “frustrated with today’s smartphone prices, which are approaching the cost of a decent used car.” And Google has found the solution: Replace high-end innards with less expensive parts, chop off some key features, and call it a success. The reviewers who gained early access to these devices, and are familiar with the shortcomings of their more expensive siblings, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, are falling for Google’s marketing. Here are a few thoughts ahead of its arrival.įirst and most obviously, I’m a bit taken aback by the positive press that this phone and the Pixel 3a have gotten. I’ve ordered a Google Pixel 3a XL to compare it to the much more expensive Pixel 3 XL. ![]()
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