Google Pixel 8a - Unlocked Android Phone with Google AI, Advanced Pixel Camera and 24-Hour Battery - Obsidian - 128 GB

These are great phones, I have had several Pixel phones, but t the ey all have terrible batteries

This is the second Pixel phone I bought from Amazon this year, and neither of them was as advertised.This Pixel 8a connected to wifi and started the setup process of transferring apps and data from my wife's Pixel 4a. A text message sent to the 4a during the setup *completely* blew up the transfer process. NOTHING I did with the 8a could restart or resume the migration from the old phone. Less than 10% of the data had been moved to the new phone.I spent nearly 4 hours between 2 calls to my carrier trying to get the phone working properly. We finally got it to connect to the towers, and receive emails and text messages. But it totally refused to reconnect to Wi-Fi, no matter what was tried. It remembered the Wi-Fi credentials, but never reconnected. At that point, I checked for a system software update, so I thought that might solve the Wi-Fi issue. I pressed "go", hoping that downloading 139 MB using data would be worth it. HA! Wrong. After 90 minutes, *NOTHING* had downloaded, at which time I factory reset the phone and started the return.It was a colossal waste of my weekend time.In March of this year, I bought a new Pixel 8 here. The product page said *NOTHING* about refurbished. The phone arrived in packaging clearly marked 'Refurbished'. I did not even try to inservice that one. It went back to Amazon the following day, and I waited weeks to get the refund.I will *never* buy another phone here again.YMMV, but mine is 0. 0 MPG

Everything about this Google pixel is amazing, from the interface, to the camera, the battery life and the list goes on for what this phone can do. It's easy to use. I'd say the only down side would be that it gets a little hot depending on what you're using or if something makes it heat up. However, that doesn't cause the battery to drain faster.

My husband broke his phone and needed a quick replacement for work. This arrived fast, was easy to set up and use. The battery life lasts for a long time, apps work smoothly and the loading speed is fast, sound is great.

As advertised. Seems good.

I had a Google Pixel 4a that was starting to crap out and I usually buy technology on Black Friday, but it wasn't going to make it. So I tried Prime Day for the first time, and this was one of the deals. Very similar to my old phone, very slightly bigger, but I love that it holds a charge for the whole day. I found the transfer amazingly simple. Just had to take a picture of a QR code, and put the phones next to each other and everything moved over. Magic! Don't know if it was because it was Google to Google or the phones have just gotten that much better.

Purchased July 2024. The good news is that the tensor processor with 8MB RAM is plenty snappy to handle every workload I threw at it. Long lasting battery and the screen is crisp and clear. Would be a nice phone for the price, but...I have had nothing but problems with Bluetooth devices and the Pixel 8a. Constantly get device unexpectedly disconnected error, have to re-connect and re-pair devices all day. Phone freezes when transferring a BT call from the car to the phone. Took it to UbreakIfix per google support for warranty repair. Replaced the main board, and guess what - the new main board has the same defect. No real surprise I guess. So now I'm 20 hours into trying to get this junk fixed; it's really difficult now since the serial number and imei have changed.Now its an exercise in futility since I already bought a new phone, but I'm curious how bad the google support experience can be - pretty bad so far.I asked for a refund but no bueno.In case you wonder: The Motorola phone before 8a connects and remains connected to all the same BT devices. The Samsung phone after 8a connects and remains connected to all the same BT devices. The Pixel 8a main board, and replacement main board are defective.Before you buy search for network and Bluetooth problems with Pixel 8a.Alas, one star for a defective phone that could have been a great deal. At least I can narrow my phone choices by one manufacturer the next time I shop.

My husband likes his new phone after I helped him adjust a few things. Was his 70th BD gift. It's a lot faster than his old Motorola. I have a Google Pixel too. All the swiping at first was hard until I adjusted it too. Battery life is good, Screen good, plenty bright. Picture good. Easy to use after learning about it. Charges fast. With rubbery case east to hold.

Upgraded from a Pixel 3a because it was finally starting to fail and crash. It's new, it's fast, but in just about every other way it's worse than the 3a was, which is absurd for a phone released in 2024.A short quick hit list of big things that are worse than the 3a:-runs hot; anything that takes some processing power will make this phone almost uncomfortably warm.-fingerprint sensor. It's no longer on the back, making unlocks awkward, and it's much less responsive. The sensor on the front is unreasonably bright when it's active. I have to redo my print weekly. The PIN unlock is also poorly designed, with unnecessary key presses to get through. The old swipe was so much better. This is a big one, because it makes unlocking take more attention and any use of your phone more annoying. Maybe it'll get me to use it less at least.-charges EXTREMELY slowly, regardless of the charger. Like an hour to go 15%? Hilarious.-the touch screen has some randomly weird responsiveness and sensitivity? This could be a software thing I guess, but, for example, the X button to cancel directions in Maps just simply won't work for me.-the Bluetooth is slower to connect; to pair with my car it typically fails at least twice.The good? The camera is great, and it's minimal on bloatware. Overall I just can't believe it's worse than my phone from 2019. I chose it over some better deals on some older pixel models because of the long-term updates, but with how poorly the charging and heat are when it's brand new I'll be amazed if it lasts that long. This will be my last Pixel.

very straightforward with the review here, the phone can do alot for how small it is. If you are going to worry about anything on this phone its the battery life and processor, its not ideal for long play on mobile games but this thing can last about 24 hours doing anything social media or web browsing. I recently switched to visible wireless network and it does have some issues switching between 5G and LTE alot but other than that the phone works with most major networks