$400 Pixel 3a vs $800 Pixel 3! By AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke

Is Google Pixel changing the budget smartphone game. What's up guys been here from authentic and Google just announced their new Pixel 3a, we're not sure what the "a" actually stands for it might be affordable anyway. Moving on it's a much more budget-friendly phone with a price tag of just 400 bucks. Compare that to their flagship, pixel 3, which was just released about seven months ago. Its price at $800, literally double the price. So are you getting double the specs and features today? We're going to find out huge thanks to Google for sending me over the Pixel 3a, so there's about three main pillars to every phone camera features and specs I.

Think camera is often the most important thing. So, let's start with the camera, I went out and snapped some photos and videos just this week and was really impressed so far, often on a budget phone, it's the camera where they really cut corners to save money. Well, Google was smart, and they kept in a perfect camera, almost the exact same as their main pixel 3. All that AI processing produces some splendid results. Also make sure you stick around.

For my next video coming up very soon as I'm going to do a deep dive, a camera comparison test of the pixel 3 versus the new 3a, see how they stack up also I might compare to the 10r and other phones. Let me know your thoughts down in the comments now on the 3a. We can still record in 4k 30fps and some footage looks perfect, but then sometimes I notice, a bit of color shifting going on Plus that field of view narrowed down quite a bit which I don't love. Also in certain lighting conditions, the HDR wasn't doing a fantastic job, but this is all in comparison to my favorite video shooter, which is the iPhone 10s right. Now it's the best on the market, even MKB agreed, but it's sort of unfair due to the massive price difference now.

It can also shoot in slow motion both at 1080p, 120, fps or 720p up to 240 FPS. Here's what those look like the camera also features that magical Google night sight mode, which basically gives you really impressive details and colors in almost pitch-black darkness, and when I snapped a few samples here, I thought it did a great job. There's a nice time-lapse mode, that's new, and I might need to do a full camera. In-Depth testing here, try out stabilization and see how it performs with maybe hyperlapse movements. However, I love that they finally baked this mode right into the camera, plus they make it easy to set up a few different interval settings from one X up to 120 times.

Speed up this one was shot at five acts for about 15 minutes. Portrait mode is still here, and it works pretty dang good for a single lens budget to your phone. It does well, they still included that super resume which, for a single camera lens a digitally zoomed image. It looks perfect. Furthermore, it also includes Google's magical HDR mode, which again it does so much processing on these images.

Furthermore, it's incredible how much they can achieve out of this single rear camera on the front-facing camera, though there's no secondary ultra-wide lens. Like we see on the pixel three flagships, it's stills able to snap some really great-looking shots, there's unlimited, high-quality image, backup to Google photos. Overall on the camera we have to remember for an affordable tier phone. Google did a fantastic job all around, and it might be the best budget phone camera out right now. We can cover more on that later.

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram for all my behind the scenes and make sure you stick around for all my phone comparisons versus the 3a coming very soon. On that note of comparing versus other phones like the iPhone and Samsung, they try to budget-friendly mid-tier phones. But let's compare pricing. The pixel 3/8 is at $400. The iPhone 10 are is 750 bucks with an LCD screen I, don't even think it's 1080p Samsung Galaxy S 10 II.

It's a $750 base model price. So keeping all that in mind with pricing. The 3a is hitting a really sweet spot now, moving on to key features, I love that it still maintains almost all those sweet features that we find on that flagship. Pixel 3, like squeeze the sides for a Google Assistant shortcut, and if you forgot, we can do a ton with Google way over Curie and Alexis, like syntax, fine answers to any question: Google Maps, Navigation control, your smart home tech and so much more there's call screening to find out whose calling and why, with just a tab, we can watch real-time transcription of their responses and determine if it's worth your time to answer this is super fun and helpful. Flip the pixel over to activate mode with lots more digital, well beam.

Also, if you've ever held a pixel tree, it just feels so balanced and perfect comfortable to hold in hand I really like the size and shape. Now, speaking of, let's compare specs I've been using the 3a for almost a week now, and I've been really surprised and impressed that there's been no major hiccups or lags or anything. It feels just as fast, basically the same as the pixel 3 and other flagships. I use. Sure the difficult thing to determine now is long-term usage after one two or maybe even more years.

How is it going to hold up, especially for those mid and specs? Well-being a pixel? We can have some extra confidence that you're going to get the latest updates directly from Google, and they give a promise for up to three years. That's very sweet. Only time will tell if those internal specs will bog down over the years. So again, the Pixel 3a is actually very similar to the main pixel 3, with just a few key differences. The 3a has that slower Snapdragon 670, while the three has the 845.

It's still good enough, just not the best of the best out there, but this is an easy way to lower the price tag. They both have the same RAM at 4 gigabytes and they each have the same base. Storage, 64 gigs, though there's no option to expand upwards on the 3a instead of Gorilla Glass, they use something called a dragon trail glass. Only time will tell seeing how it holds up, but it feels perfect right now that OLED display is fantastic for a budget foam. It turns up bright vivid, colors, nice, white balance and accuracy.

Even the resolution is almost the exact same as the pixel 3 Full HD, plus at 441 PPI, now on a side note of the display sure there's a forehead and a chin at the top and bottom. But after using this phone for almost a week, I'd honestly consider this over a notch with zero cutouts into my screen. Having that front facing speaker firing right at me for semi, stereo, sound I know I'm, not alone, when I say the race towards a total bezel, a scream sure it looks nice, but there's plenty of shortcomings and trade-offs that we're leaving behind I appreciate phones like the pixel 3/8 that are still being made. There's no wireless charging, sadly, and no official ip68 water or dust resistance rating, but these are just those small, easy ways to save money and cut down the costs. Now, yes, there is a headphone jack and what is a joke? That is that that's now a feature on budget phones, the camera specs, are nearly the same on both they each have 12 megapixels on the rear, eight megapixels on the front, selfie cam, though again it doesn't have that secondary wide-angle lens funny enough.

The 3a has a slightly larger battery than the pixel 3 at 3000 William hours versus 2915, google says battery life can last up to 30 hours on a full charge and even though it doesn't have the wireless charging, it still supports fast charging. So a 15-minute charge can deliver seven hours of usage. Okay, so all in all this seriously might be the very best a budget phone you can buy this year in 2019. Now we still have half a year left, but so far I'd say Google knocked it out of the park with this Pixel 3a, especially for the camera performance battery life and display it's packed with features at the affordable price tag of just 399. If you want to check out more info, all the links will be down below.

Thank you guys. So much for watching, and I'll see you next time. You.

Source : AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke