The Pixel 9a has been introduced, and one in all its options particularly places many a flagship smartphone within the shade.
Google’s newest mid-range handset brings a brand new (and barely controversial) design language, in addition to Pixel 9-level efficiency to the occasion.
These aren’t the additions that caught our eye, nonetheless.
Pixel 9a brings excellent news for energy customers
Google has fitted the Pixel 9a with a 5100mAh battery.
It’s carried out so with out having to resort to the space-saving (however presumably costly) silicon carbon know-how, as seen within the OnePlus 13, which makes the Pixel 9a’s 186g weight all of the extra spectacular.
It additionally makes the Pixel 9a battery the biggest ever utilized in a Pixel gadget. Not solely is it a lot larger than the Pixel 8a’s 4492 mAh cell, nevertheless it’s additionally bigger than that of the Pixel 9 Professional Fold. In fact, that gadget’s 4650 mAh isn’t truly that large within the grand scheme of issues, however foldables aren’t precisely recognized for unimaginable battery life.
Extra impressively, the Pixel 9a’s 5100 mAh battery is greater than that of the super-sized Pixel 9 Professional XL, which is available in at 5060mAh. We’re solely speaking very barely much less however simply have a look at the dimensions of Google’s flagship cellphone as a complete and the large, sharp 6.8-inch QHD+ show it’s working.
We’ve had barely combined experiences with the Pixel 9 Professional XL’s stamina (starting from common in our full assessment to robust over longer-term utilization), however we’re anticipating the Pixel 9a to flat-out impress on this division.
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We don’t have to order our Pixel 9a battery comparisons to the Google secure, both.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely is mostly a high-spec cellphone, however its 5000mAh battery seems to be nearly quaint by comparability to Google’s 186g pocket dynamo.
Bringing the comparability right down to the Pixel 9a’s mid-range rivals, each the Nothing Cellphone (3a) Professional and the Samsung Galaxy A56 pack in a 5000mAh battery. That’s considered as fairly first rate for a sub-£500/$500 cellphone.
With Google’s Tensor G4 chip onboard – the identical processor as the remainder of the Pixel 9 household – we’re anticipating class-leading stamina from the Pixel 9a. Preserve an eye fixed out for our assessment over the approaching days, the place you may be positive we’ll put this side of the cellphone to the check.