Afif - Pixel 7A review

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The Pixel line of phones has been one of my favourite Android phones to have. My last Pixel phone was the Pixel 4A 5G, and then I moved on to other Android phones like Samsung, Nothing, and then Sony. However, I was the owner of this Pixel 7A phone for less than a month. Find out why below.

The Pixel 7A features a small (by today’s standard) 6.1-inch screen and is powered by a Google Tensor chip. The default memory size is 128GB, and it features an under-the-display biometric scanner. The wireless charging feature is also another nice feature to have because the previous Pixel “a” series phone doesn’t have that. There is nothing much to review about this Pixel phone, though, because it’s basically the same as every other Pixel phone in the market. The newer ones will have slightly different hardware touch-ups and a few software upgrades here and there, but that’s about it. You buy a Pixel phone mostly because of the near-stock Android experience, quick software updates, and great camera.

I’m not a big fan of the Pixel camera bump design, but I get used to it over time. The dealbreaker for me, however, is the size. I should have known that 6.1" would be rather small for my second phone because I always prefer bigger ones for media consumption.

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That’s why I sold the Pixel just shy of a month after buying it. Ironically, my current phone (before the Samsung A35) is another 6.1" phone, but at least it’s a Sony.