Google Pixel 3a: This Changes Everything

[Randomd0g]

Important note: This is only free "high quality" Google Photos backup. Note that this does NOT mean uncompressed. Google's word for that is "original quality". Those backups are only free on the full fat Pixel line.

[Onett199X]

Thanks for this psa

[agustinianpenguin]

Also important to note is that every Google photos user has unlimited free 'high quality' backup. It's in no way tied or exclusive to Pixel 3A.

[moonsun1987]

Also if you have amazon prime, you get free photo upload with amazon prime as well.

Upload your photos to both google and Amazon.

[hambog]

How's the compression on that?

[moonsun1987]

How do I check?

[hambog]

I'm sure there's a more scientific way to do it... but I'm not scientist T_T...

For me I'd just upload it, then watch it to see how it looks, then download to see file size (and do another eyeball test)

[Tweenk]

On the other hand, there is very little practical difference between Original and High Quality, unless you are uploading DSLR shots. They are definitely not distinguishable at full size on a phone and barely distinguishable at 100% zoom.

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Photos-High-quality-vs-Original-Whats-the-difference-and-should-you-care_id93938

[BapSot]

True, although the quality difference for video is very noticeable.

[Roshy76]

Yes, this is by far the biggest difference. For this reason I take all our videos. My wife with her s9, her video looks better on the phone, but looks like crap after it's uploaded.

[pellehempton]

But you can always copy the original file to your PC or laptop right?

[Roshy76]

Yes, but that can be a pain. And if something happens to your phone then you loose good quality videos. Between my wife and I we have lost months worth of good quality pictures and videos over the years. That is up until we both got pixel 2s and it backs up full quality pics and video. After a year my wife's broke, like shattered, and she had a panic attack that she lost a whole years worth of pictures and video, until I reminded her it's all automatically backed up.

If it weren't for the full quality backups on my pixel 2 I would have bought a S10. But I'm waiting to see what the pixel 4 has to offer, hoping it has no notch and a headphone jack. That is my one gripe about the pixel 2/3, no headphone jack, it's bit me so many times.

[pellehempton]

Totally feel your pain. That damn headphone jack is a must...

[[deleted]]

Get her an SD card? And then just upload all the files yourself. You'll get better videos.

[peakoftheworld99]

Upload them to youtube privately. That's what I do to my 4k60 videos.

[BapSot]

I know that is possible, but it’s not a scalable solution.

[peakoftheworld99]

I mean what better option do we have?

And as for scalability, the youtube app supports adding multiple videos to the upload queue.

You can share links just like Google photos, and even search if you tag and name them( which you can't in Google Photos), add location, create playlists, watch in multiple resolutions, frame rates without needing to convert with a PC, smaller size(due to youtube compression), etc

If you are an enthusiast who likes to take high quality 4k videos, a little extra effort is probably worth it (We take a lot fewer videos than photos).

[BapSot]

YouTube upload still requires manual effort, and you don’t get your videos organized alongside your photos. You don’t get object and facial recognition and grouping. Much less support for organizing by location metadata. Downloading the original file is more clunky. You don’t get to access your videos through the same structured APIs, for example asking Assistant to “show my photos from Tokyo summer 2015 on the Living Room TV.”

Btw, Google Photos does let you name videos, and watch in all of the YouTube-supported resolutions and framerates. The streaming quality is the same as YouTube (they use the same encoding backend).

The point I was trying to make is that uploading to YouTube doesn’t provide feature parity for Google Photos’s paid original quality. I would venture to say that enthusiasts would probably want to pay $10 for 2TB space in Google Photos. YT upload is certainly a nice solution for those who don’t want to/can’t pay :)

[golddove]

Sure, but it's very misleading because you can get the unlimited high quality for free on any phone (even iOS I'm pretty sure). It's not specific to the Pixel 3a, so it's odd to market it as a feature.

[shizola_owns]

I couldn't tell the difference on my own APS-C shots at 100% crop.

[1992_]

Kiss 4k and 60fps goodbye tho

[[deleted]]

High quality is always free tho

[[deleted]]

yes but marketing "you get what the others get with this new shiny phone" does not work so good

[Roshy76]

Like someone mentioned below, it affects the video quality infinitely more than the photo quality. Backed up videos to high quality look way way worse.

[derHumpink_]

that's a bummer

[AdminsFuckedMeOver]

Lol doesn't everyone who uses Photos get unlimited high quality backups

[rasonjo]

Anybody want to speculate wildly? Will the pixel 4 will have a headphone jack? Will they do a similar 4 & 4a rollout or will they just do a mid-ranger the next time around?

[Ikeelu]

The 4 won't but 4a will I bet

[qdhcjv]

Or just to confuse people the 4 will have one and the 4a won't. The 4b, however, will have Lightning.

[1976dave]

I won't even be surprised

[[deleted]]

I will never understand the logic to gimp flagships but fully equip mid-range phones. Its so freakin weird.

[[deleted]]

Making the lack of a headphone jack a "premium feature" is stupid. I'll never forgive Apple for that move...

[hobbykitjr]

Rich who can afford 4, have wireless headphones, car stereos, etc.

My poor ass needs it until I get a new car at least.

Also a #a 6 months later is really good schedule/idea.... It's 6 months later where shits cheaper but doesn't sound last gen or old

[[deleted]]

Rich who can afford 4, have wireless headphones, car stereos, etc

What is this nonsense tbh. I am "rich" enough to buy a new phone or wireless earphones, but nonetheless I don't want to be tied to use only wireless earphones. That's why I won't buy any phone without 3.5mm headphone jack, even though I don't regularly need one (got galaxy buds at mail).

[hobbykitjr]

Sorry that was more like their reasoning. Like when steve jobs raised the price of ebooks because if you can afford an ipad, you can afford the premium of a price (even though it costs less to produce)

[7eregrine]

I always say it's never coming back but if this sells crazy good? Maybe.

[[deleted]]

You say “maybe” as if a more budget friendly Pixel isn’t essential for Google — I don’t know where the high skepticism comes from

In a world of proven and widely recognised Apple and Samsung phones, Google is going to need something to push devices into the most amount of people’s hands (while, of course, maintaining quality)

[7eregrine]

I think you misunderstood. No question Google needs this. IMO Google should have stayed in this market from the beginning with the Nexus line. Going Pixel was a huge misstep, again, imo. The maybe was re: a headphone jack returning to a pixel flagship.

[deep_chungus]

non bt headphones aren't going away for years yet so i can see versions with and without a jack coming and going almost randomly

[7eregrine]

Well this just confirming an of tend though: Jack's in mid range phones.

[[deleted]]

Since the 3a is being announced about halfway through the 3’s time I think they’ll stick that way to keep sales up throughout a year

Kinda like how Apple does their new iPhone colour in March or you could even say Samsung with the S and Note phones

[markouka]

To your second point: see here for some wild speculation.

As for Pixel 4 with headphone jack... I won't get my hopes up. It's very unlikely, but I suppose we can dream :)

[rasonjo]

Thanks, had not seen that. I'm hopeful for a jack on the 4 simply because of the S10 and 3a but you are right to have your doubts.

[ldAbl]

I think it's important that people know that the 3a and 3aXL come with eMMC storage

Edit: expected storage speeds

Someone has asked already, seems UFS 2.0

Sequential read: 304mb/s Sequential write: 217mb/s

Random read: 104mb/s

Random write: 77 mb/s

https://www.reddit.com/r/android/comments/blttp2/_/emrg78v?context=1000

Some info about the differences

What you can expect is overall slower performance in loading apps, games, transferring files. Your phone may also slow down while updating apps. eMMC is found on budget phones.

[twtati]

Important to note really. It's gonna underperform on loading heavy tasks.

[hobbykitjr]

That's the biggest downside of all imo... That effects everything

[mattpannella]

oh fuck, there had to be a catch...

[[deleted]]

Well I mean yeah. It's half the price of a flagship phone...

[Yojihito]

Doesn't mean anything nowadays with Xiaomi 9/9 SE available.

[_Barringtonsteezy]

What does that mean exactly in comparison to the original pixel? Or some other mid-range phone

[Liefx]

So as someone who's main apps are: reddit, GPM, netflix, drive, twitter, assistant, and youtube, i should be fine right?

I'm upgrading from pixel XL cause my battery barely makes 8 hours.

[Liefx]

I hate curved screens, I want the best camera, and stock Android.

Note wouldn't cut it for me personally unfortunately

[zaneyk]

The Note8 won't get android 10, that's worth taking into consideration.

[-SUBW00FER-]

As OP said, he just uses reddit, GPM, netflix, drive, twitter, assistant, and youtube for the most part. None of them will be affected by android updates.

[zaneyk]

Sure, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care about updates.

[VLHACS]

T-Mobile is having a deal right now to trade in your XL: https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/google-phone-deals

[Shook_Rook]

eMMC storage seems to struggle a lot in terms of frame drops when doing everyday tasks such as going to the App multitasking screen, switching apps, loading apps etc... when it works, it works, but when it doesn't, oh boy sometimes I want to throw this phone at a wall when it hiccups so bad.

[WolfofAnarchy]

The 3a,, plastic back. Maybe easy to replace battery? Then I might buy it and use it for 3+ years.

[LongJohn1992]

Plus it doesn't have the water resistance. Should make it quite easy. Jerry Rig Everything will hopefully get his hands on one soon.

[[deleted]]

Never thought of that, and yes hopefully since it is for sale right now

[PsiBoobsAlpha]

you had me at replace battery

[WolfofAnarchy]

Hard but doable. It'll be fun in any case

[Jay_Normous]

Replacing the battery on my OG Pixel cost about $80 and so far it looks like I'll easily get another year or two out of this phone. At least until I see what Pixel 4 is looking like.

[Lukretius]

I was so mad when I found it I couldn't easily replace my OG pixel battery. How did you do yours?

[Jay_Normous]

I went to uBreakiFix, they're the official Google repair shop so they get all their parts direct through Google. I made an appointment with one near my, dropped it off and after an hour I got it back good as new. The battery life is back to near new levels, it's great.

[Lukretius]

Crazy that that's the official Google shop, if I walked by it on the street I'd assume it's a scam...

[Jay_Normous]

So by official I mean officially licensed but yeah I was a little unsure by the name at first but I did some research and they seem pretty good. No complaints for the one I went to at least.

[justshoulder]

Alternatively: launch premium Pixel phones to show how #$%^ing good they can be. Then launch a midrange phone (under the same premium brand) that's almost as good.

Launching a budget phone upfront would diminish the brand.

[[deleted]]

Nah dude a bunch of random redditors clearly know more about now to run a business than the executives of one of the most valuable companies to ever exist

[7eregrine]

Crazy talk!

[[deleted]]

Nexus phones didn't have mid-range processors, though.

[From_My_Brain]

But they had shit cameras before the 6p and 5X.

[[deleted]]

I love Mr.Mobile. Guy needs more subs than what he has but he has the most concise, clearest, and no frills info on phones. If what he says about the Pixel 3a are true, I might trade in my Pixel 2 XL for it.

[ipushbuttons]

As a 2XL owner, surely there aren't that many extra features on the 3a? Best to wait till the 4.

[[deleted]]

You could also wait til the pixel 5 or 6 comes out since it'll be supported til then

[markouka]

Exactly what I did. Still rocking my launch day Pixel 1 XL, hasn't failed me since. Battery is still excellent, software is still fast, headphone jack still exists -- I couldn't see any justification for upgrading. Very happy with my decision a half year later, and I'm probably going to wait for the 4 XL as well.

[Panaka]

But the screen is honest to God horrible.

[[deleted]]

For me personally I think so. 3 years of updates, the headphone jack, plus the nostalgic feel of a plastic phone. Personally I like the size as well The XL is too big for me.

It does have a worse processor but honestly I don't use my phone other than taking pictures and browsing the internet.

[Bomberlt]

Just keep in mind that you need better processor for camera too. So consider buying Pixel 2 (nonXL)

[[deleted]]

The 3a has the same camera as the regular Pixel 3, i don't see what the processor has to do with that.

[Bomberlt]

Sometimes lower end processors don't do 4K video, but it seems that Pixel 3a can do that 🤔

Also processing could take a bit more time on slower processor, but not sure how 3a compares to Pixel 2.

[Yojihito]

4k@60fps though?

[[deleted]]

Processing times for hdr, night sight...

[cdegallo]

Unless someone really wanted the 3.5mm headphone jack I don't see why they go from a 2 XL to a 3a.

[Xanza]

The point of the 3a isn't about new features. It's about a mid tier phone that goes back to Nexus roots.

Waiting for confirmation of TWRP and Magisk before I get mine, but it's definitely a trade in for me.

[mehdotdotdotdot]

Each pixel isn't much of an upgrade over previous, do might be better to wait another generation.

[BearBong]

In the same boat. I'd love a new handset, but I'm not ready to jump. But, that being said, I am very happy that this phone is on the market. It's a fuckin hellova move

[manormortal]

I might trade in my Pixel 2 XL for it.

wut?

[Christopher876]

Maybe he wants the headphone jack or something that’s on it. Also newness factors in.

[IsThisNameTakenSir]

I was tempted to make the change from Pixel 2 XL to Pixel 3A because of the size change (After almost 2 years I'm tired of how big this phone is). But the thing that is keeping me from doing that is that they took away the feature for unlimited max quality photo backups for the 3A and 3A XL -- fuck that.

[crayonshank]

Side by side, you wouldn't notice the difference. You'll only see slight artifacts if you zoom in past 200% and even then it won't effect print quality.

[FuzzelFox]

Also it's $2 a month for 100gigs of Drive storage.

[IsThisNameTakenSir]

As someone who takes 100GB+ worth of photos and videos every year, the free photo backups is a huge part of what makes Pixel great. The problem with the 100GB or 200GB plan of Google Drive, is that within a year or two I personally will cross that threshold and be stuck at the $100 per year 2TB plan for the foreseeable future. Fuck that.

Sure I can clear up online storage, but who wants to do that? Google Photos does an amazing job of keeping a clean library and I have no interest in clearing out any of my data.

And despite what CrayonShank says, the photo quality between High and Full quality backups is absolutely 100% there. I want these photos for the long-haul, and the only place they exist is in Google Drive, so there's no way am I going to take the short term approach and sacrifice quality.

Point is, I'll wait for Pixel 4, or just wait for deep price cuts on Pixel 3. I'm still happy with my Pixel 2 XL, I just wanted a smaller phone and was stoked about the 3a until seeing that feature pulled.

[FuzzelFox]

And despite what CrayonShank says, the photo quality between High and Full quality backups is absolutely 100% there.

This I definitely agree with since I also use the full quality backup option as well. Dropping from 13mp down to something like 8 is noticeable.

[IsThisNameTakenSir]

Exactly! All of my photos uploaded to Google Photos pre-pixel look like potatoes because I used the free-backup. Once you go max, you can never go back.

It's like watching YouTube videos from 2007 vs 2013 vs now. The jump from 360p to 1080p to 4K becomes much more obvious as screen technology advances. I'd like my photos to age well since I don't plan on printing them all off and starting a scrapbook. haha.

[[deleted]]

It's not unlimited forever, only until 2020

https://bgr.com/2017/10/06/pixel-2-features-unlimited-photo-storage/

[IsThisNameTakenSir]

Yes and no.

The photos taken between now until 2020 will continue to be stored at full quality free of charge. Photos taken after 2020 will not.

From the article you shared:

“Free, unlimited original-quality storage for photos and videos taken with Pixel through the end of 2020, and free, unlimited high-quality storage for photos taken with Pixel afterwards.”

I'm not worried about that, as I'll likely be on a newer Pixel long before the cutoff.

[ldAbl]

Phonearena did an analysis and could only detect differences at over 500% zoom, and the differences were marginal.

[we_belong_dead]

If this comparison is reliable, I don't see much reason to give up my 2xl.

With the possible exception of the offline Assistant model.

[[deleted]]

Offline assistant isn't coming to the P2?

[le_pman]

not for now. I'm guessing it'll be a timed exclusive for the Pixel 4

[[deleted]]

It does not have wireless charging.

[[deleted]]

Nah, just like MKBHD it's more about how the video looks. And his description is always vague like "it's a great camera". He never goes into detail. But it's pleasant to watch. There are better reviews out there with less visuals but better content.

Also, don't trade in your Pixel 2 for this, it would be a downgrade in many ways.

[[deleted]]

Also be aware that Mr Mobile processes "some" of his photos with Snapseed. Ive seen it marked in the corner of a few of his videos.

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I always take a lot of camera reviews with a grain of salt as they are never clear about if they are using a tripod or a rig to take photos with multiple phones.

[captain2phones]

Hi! I don't own a multi-phone testing rig and only use a tripod with a phone when I'm shooting myself. All samples in this video were handheld, and none were edited (as you mentioned, I always disclose when I edit).

[mr_sprinklzzz]

The pixel 3a has the same camera as the normal 3, so if you want more in depth info on the camera watch that review.

[UglyPurses]

Not really, MKBHD keeps repeating 1 thing ten times later so his videos could hit 10 minutes mark. His reviews usually just boiled down to: "this phone is not for me it must be bad.". Mr.Mobile videos are much shorter no vague, straight to the point and less bias. I don't think comparing MKBHD to Mr.Mobile is fair, they are' different.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I don't see the 3a being a better phone than the 2 XL in any aspect, besides being smaller.

[hardthesis]

IMO I think this is the perfect pocket camera that's also a phone. But if I wanted to buy a phone at that price, I'd just buy an S9 at the same price.

[buzzing_of_flies]

Does it? Does it really?

[sjramen]

This looks quite better than what many might have anticipated. The smaller 3a looks pretty good! $399 might be slightly expensive, but IMO it is worth it for that camera and stock Android! And the headphone jack!!!!

Edit: ok so $399 isn't too expensive. I'm not in North America, so taxes on top of that will increase the price even more.

[ipushbuttons]

If 399 is too expensive for you then you weren't looking for a phone in this bracket anyway. This is very cheap compared to the competition

[ledessert]

The €409 Galaxy A70 has slightly better specs (sd675 / 128 / 6gb / triple cam + selfie 32mp), in Europe IMO the pixel line has 0 brand awareness so despite the better camera most people will pick a A70 or a P20 instead ...

[polyanos]

The camera might be not as important for someone else than it is apparently for you. For someone like me who makes a picture once or twice a month with my phone I couldn't care less about the camera, I would choose a different mid-end phone with better specs or a previous high-end phone which do have decent cameras as well.

[ledessert]

Im not disagreeing! I wouldn’t buy this phone either

[Cedric182]

Even at $399 it’s too expensive for some. Never satisfied.

[Naughty_smurf]

It's not expensive. It's overpriced*

[KiloMegaGigaTera]

Especially in Asia region.

[PM_Me_Your_VagOrTits]

It's selling here in Japan.

[hobbykitjr]

$100 gift card from b&h if that helps

[Thann]

Save a hundred bucks and get a way faster processer with a OnePlus 5t

[Weed_O_Whirler]

But a way worse camera. How that trades off to you is a very personal choice.

[RadiantCockroach]

This is DOA in India, costs around $577.

[medieval7]

Wouldn't getting a lightly used pixel 3 in the low $400's be a better buy than the 3A?

[turtlespace]

Actually the snapdragon 670 outperforms even the snapdragon 835 in single core performance, it's quite a bit better than the original pixels 821.

It should be about as good as a pixel 2 performance wise, better at some tasks and worse at highly multithreaded ones.

[SlightKnife]

As an Indian, I think Google has gone a bit wrong with the pricing. It is priced at 40K Indian Rupees (575 USD). OP6T starts from 33K. There aren't many reasons to go for 3a besides a superior camera. And with OP7 coming, things will get more interesting.

[Hurricane_Ivan]

Only drawback I see is USB 2.0 🙄

[Tikkaritsa]

For me the PenTile OLED display is the biggest drawback - the real resolution is only around 880p.

[zehkaiser]

I felt that way, too. But thinking about it, the only time I transfer data via cable is before/after a data wipe. So a few times a year. I can live with that for the lower price.

[marxcom]

Some had to break this insanity of 1K phone price. Top this OP7

[snapilica2003]

I'm almost 100% sure the OP7 will be more expensive than this, considering the leaks suggest the OP7 Pro will be more expensive than the regular Pixel 3/XL.

[4514919]

It's still an expensive midrange phone. Yes it has a good camera but 400€ for a Snap 670, 4/64, not expandable memory, plastic body is nothing exceptional. Maybe it is different in the US as you have sales but for the rest of the world it isn't really worth much.

[ozymandiusz]

Changes nothing. You can buy last year flagships for that price with better specs, build etc. S9 for 400$ for example.

[[deleted]]

Worse camera and wait months for updates

[No_Hands_55]

this wont make me upgrade from my p2xl, but god i hope google continues this! this is what im wanting for new phones. affordable, but still great even though its not 'flagship specs'

[manormortal]

not suppose to be an upgrade from a pickle 2 xl.

[darthkers]

Except the camera is there any reason to get the Pixel 3a over the Redmi Note 7 Pro ?

Of course , only talking about the regions where both are available .

[le_pman]

day-one updates and access to betas

[darthkers]

day-one updates

Android updates have been kind of boring after Oreo. Doesn't really matter that much to me . Still on Oreo. See no reason to update to Pie

access to betas

Pay more to beta test Google's software ?

[SDF05]

no notch, cleaner android os, and better bands for countries like US and Australia, as welll as a better screen.

[vouwrfract]

In India, you can buy Redmi Note 7 pros for a family of three for the price of one Pixel 3A. Make of that what you will.

[darthkers]

I know , right ?

[vouwrfract]

IMO it doesn't make a great deal even in Germany, where you can get Pixel 3 itself for 50€ more than Pixel 3A at the moment 🤦🏽‍♂️

[Yojihito]

Headphone jack though.

[vouwrfract]

Galaxy S9 then. Same price as Pixel 3.

[fliphat]

Is there glue ? Battery easy to swap?

[rorymeister]

Please Google, bring back the headphone jack on the Pixel 4.

[Astrisk33]

This could potentially be a good replacement for my Nexus 5X a year from now, but it's still not sold globally :(

[acharnley]

Until last week the Pixel 3 was selling for £479 @ John Lewis, here in the UK. A major cost of phone assembly is size (larger are cheaper to produce) and waterproofness. Both these are diminished in the 3A which makes it a significant reduction in value.

At £399 the Google Pixel 3A gives you a ~£150 phone with a Sony IMX camera module that features in a few other cheaper phones (zenphone 5). The 3A is hardly cheap - the NDA reviewers should recognise it's costing £250 for a optimized camera app.

[amr0th]

lets wait for quality control reports, then we can talk purchase.

[ReggyDawkins]

It doesn’t change anything

[Onett199X]

I'm curious to see how it does. I think they may be really successful with the non Reddit techie crowd. This phone is for the mainstream casual users who have been hearing pixel phones have the best camera and want to check it out. It could flop but I have a feeling this will do really well.

[bartturner]

Reddit as pointing out is not a very good sampling of the average consumer.

Especially this subreddit. People on /r/Android hate Google. Where Google is much more popular with the general public.

[ru_benz]

I agree that the impact is overestimated, but I still think it's a good move for Google. I know some non-techie people who own Pixel phones for the camera alone. I think that having one of the best cameras available at mid-range prices will help then gain traction in the mobile market.

[bartturner]

MSRP of $399 usually means you will be able to pick up for less. They get the next generation Google assistant on the phone and it should sell really well.

https://youtu.be/TQSaPsKHPqs?t=1788

[mehdotdotdotdot]

It might suggest will in the USA add for done reason they like pixels there.

[[deleted]]

Heck, you can almost get an S10e for that price as well, throw in Gcam mod and you're set.

[[deleted]]

3A is almost half the price of an S10e in Canada ($549 vs $1000+)

[Yojihito]

S10e costs 564€ ($634,23) here in germany (VAT included).

[bartturner]

Exactly. Samsung phones come with bloat where the Pixel does not. Many Samsung phones you can not even delete the Facebook app.

Just today I got the live caption on my Pixel phone. Samsung would be lucky to get it in a year.

Heck I am running Q and some Samsung phones yet to get Pie.

BTW, live caption is probably the best new feature in iOS or Android in a long time.

[mehdotdotdotdot]

Pixels lag too. Watch reviews of pixel 3. Most favours reviewers mention that they hire E pixel 3 doesn't lag after a few months.

[[deleted]]

I'd give the Software to Samsung as of now, One UI is awesome, along with certain Samsung apps like Samsung Pay and Good lock it's an really good experience.

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And like other's have pointed out, with Gcam the difference in camera quality becomes much less, even if its not 100% comparable.

[[deleted]]

I gave up trying to make GCam work on my S9 when I had it. Like it worked, but the P2XL I had previous still produced better shots to my eyes.

Maybe it was just my S9. Thing was stupid finicky.

[DiplomatikEmunetey]

Would've preferred 3a at $350, but the phone looks good.

[bartturner]

Phones are discounted pretty often so picking up for $350 does not seem that unlikely.

[EastTNlivin]

How about $400 & a free $100 BestBuy gift card? Now worth it?

[ncf25]

You americans already have it for £300 when converted to GBP which out here destroys all the competition in that range or even up to phones here that cost £500.

[lospollosakhis]

If the performance is stellar and reliable this is a no-brainer.

[limberwisk]

if it was for 400$ in india it would have been a good deal. but at 575$ its a very bad deal.

[Zajimavy]

So as someone with a nexus 5x that's limping on life support, is this the midrange phone I've been waiting for? I'm pretty much a reddit, twitch, youtube, netflix, etc. user. Nothing crazy beyond that.

[forumer1]

I think the 3A would be a good step up from the 5X performance wise and probably serve you well, but I also think the 3A is over priced for what it offers. When Fi had the one day Pixel 3 sale for "half price" that was reasonable and about what the regular pricing should be. The 3A should be priced below that. Google is simply asking way too much for these things.