Pixel 6a review

SaiyanGoku

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
After about 4 months of usage, this is my review of Pixel 6a.

Positives:
  • Camera: Picture quality is probably the best I've seen on a phone, sometimes even better than phones priced 2-3 times higher. It can take good consecutive shots too due to good shutter speed.
  • Performance: No lags or stutters, good enough for multi tasking (which I don't care about on a phone). Similar or marginally better than Poco X3 Pro. Moto G82 has some random stutters at 60 Hz (works fine at 120Hz).
  • Audio quality: Good, both on the ear piece and via the USB-C port using a dongle.
  • Form factor: Size is compact and it feels nice for one hand usage.

Negatives:
  • Audio: No 3.5 mm jack.
  • Battery: Coming from G82 and X3 Pro, it is just awful. I was used to not charging the phone for 3 or even 4 days. Now, I need to do it every 2 days. From 10-12 hours of SoT to 4-5 hours (6 if I'm lucky) on 6a.
  • Charger: Not included. I am using Xiaomi's 33W charger and it works fine but slow.
  • Fingerprint reader: Slower than both X3 Pro and G82. Its accurate maybe 70-80% of the time.
Notice that I didn't mention 60Hz screen. That's because it is irrelevant for me on a phone.

Overall, considering you can get it around 20-25k, its a great phone if your primary usage is photography. I would upload some pics I've taken but later,
 
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omega44-xt

omega44-xt

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Strange that you don't observe the difference between 60Hz & 120Hz. On my S20FE, when power saving mode kicks in, the display is set to 60Hz & I can see it being slow many times (not most times for sure, but still).
 
pkkumarcool

pkkumarcool

Game & anime Lover
Did you play any games on the pixel 6a? Also does tapatalk lags on high usage?

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Stormbringer

Stormbringer

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SaiyanGoku said:
Strangely I don't. Maybe because I'm mostly consuming social media and static content on the 6a.

About 2 days on medium usage (4-5 hours of SoT).
Google should've just used a Qualcomm SoC and 5000 mAh or higher battery at the risk of making the phone thicker.
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Is there substantial drain overnight ?

Google is going with Samsung only because they let them customize it. Qualcomm won't. For them Google would be a competitor.
 
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

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SaiyanGoku said:
Strangely I don't. Maybe because I'm mostly consuming social media and static content on the 6a.

About 2 days on medium usage (4-5 hours of SoT).
Google should've just used a Qualcomm SoC and 5000 mAh or higher battery at the risk of making the phone thicker.
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S778 would have been great on it honestly instead of Exynos. Yet they still used Exynos on 7a.
 
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