Google Pixel 4a - Detailed Unboxing (Indian Unit) By C4ETech

So finally, we've managed to get our hands on the Pixel 4a. It's been a while since it launched globally, but it's here in India now and in today's video, let's unbox it take a close look. So this is the box that the Pixel 4a comes in, and I actually spent quite a bit of time searching for a knife, but guess what there's a pull tab now, so you don't need a knife to unbox this. So going ahead, removing those seals and taking off the lid we agreed to buy the Pixel 4a google's latest mid-range phone, the only one they seem to be launching in India, because the pixel 5 the pixel 4 didn't come to India. The pixel 5 doesn't see, it doesn't seem like it's going to come to India, so this kind of makes it an interesting launch. The Pixel 4a, the only pixel for the year.

So let me set it aside for a minute. We then have a sum: ejector pin a kind of sort of quick start guide. We then have this travel adapter, which happens to be rated at 18 watts, that's followed by an USB type c to type c cable. That's because the adapter end is type c. We then finally have a type c to type a converter.

This is probably for data transfer, especially from iOS devices. So that's pretty much everything in the box. Let's now move on to the Pixel 4a and guys if you do end up liking. What you see in this video please subscribe and turn on notifications by hitting the bell icon so that you don't miss out on any more of my content so yeah. Let's now talk about the Pixel 4a, so pick this phone up and the first thing you notice is damn.

This is light at 143 grams. It's about 100 whole grams, lighter than something like the pix. I mean, I'm sorry the ROG phone three. So for anybody who values ease of single-handed usage, this one's a no-brainer, this is probably as good as it's going to get and guys this time there is no excel variant. This is the only variant they are offering.

In fact, the color only one color, only one ram option: one storage option, so it's 6 128 black color. This display size and that's it, so before we talk about internals, let's get through. What's on the outside, the back is plastic, but this is a matte finish, so the grip is good. It doesn't pick up fingerprints easily, but some smudges. At times, it does tend to pick up the camera array.

It's not so much as an array as a single camera and flash below that we have a physical fingerprint scanner. Pixel imprint does work really well here and that's very important, given that the 4a lacks face unlock. So this is the only biometric option on this phone turn things around when we are greeted by this 5.81 inch OLED panel there's no fancy refresh rates, it's 60 hertz, it's a full HD plus display, but it's a good quality display. I mean the colors are a little warm, I'm not a huge fan of that, but it is pretty sharp about 440 pixels per inch. So the text appears crisp.

It's also bright enough. It's certified HDR, and it happens to be covered by gorilla glass 3 for protection do note that there is no IP rating on this phone. That's another area. Google seems to have compromised on, but what is there is a headphone jack with more and more flagships, omitting, the headphone jack today. This is a mid-ranger, but hey it's a Google phone with a headphone jack.

So I'm happy about that. Along with this headphone jack up top, we also get the secondary noise-cancelling microphone, the power and volume keys. They are located to the right, the power key, it's of a different shade. This accent here is the only bit of flare that this phone gets. It's otherwise a pretty mundane, looking phone anyway to the left.

It's all left clean, except for this tray. This is a single sim tray, but this phone does support dual sims. The second one needs to be an e-sim though, and to the bottom, USB type-c and that's flanked by vents for the speakers now. The pixel 48 has a stereo speaker setup. So it's not just these speakers, but also the earpiece up top that you see it doubles as a speaker and the output is quite clean and loud right below this earpiece we have a punch, hole and in this punch hole is an 8 megapixel selfie camera with a f2 lens and selfies have traditionally been a huge strong point for pixel phones, and that continues here as well from the selfies that I took.

I really like what I'm saying the pixel software features they're all available. This includes night sight for selfies the option to add background blur to shots that you've already taken, and not just with the pixel camera, even with other cameras uh from many years back, you can still add the portrait effect to it, while on the topic of cameras, the rear camera, the single camera, that's a 12.2 megapixel sensor, which is paired with the f 1.7 optically stabilized lens, there's also dual pixel autofocus. So the autofocus is pretty fast. The pictures I shot, they came out very detailed, good colors, quite natural, the interface that itself feels quite quick to respond. I think this is probably the best camera in the segment like pixels, usually are so no surprises there.

I'd even go as far as saying this is flagship camera performance on a midrange. Furthermore, I just feel my initial impressions here. Furthermore, I really like this camera. Google software does make up for its hardware deficiency square quite a bit. For example, this is a picture that we shot with the rear camera and with software you can get this kind of zoom.

This is 2x 7x you can see. The shot is still quite good and, as you can see, without a dead sensor portraits it's a pixel, so it does great with that. Now. What it cannot compensate for is the lack of an ultraviolet, and, given that most phones in this segment do have an ultraviolet, even cheaper phones have ultraviolet uh, even from brands like Samsung. This feels like a glaring omission for me.

You know how I said: Google's software makes up for the hardware deficiencies- that's not just with cameras, it's also with the overall user experience. Now this is bar bone stock, android, android, 10, with usage. Everything feels quite snappy. You can launch apps and get things done using the assistant open camera. Take a selfie, open chrome go to quick info, so there is an amount of hands-free functionality here, there's absolutely no bloat, no pre-installed apps, except for the regular google ones.

So it's pretty bare bones and there are no ads, no weird push notifications. This is a stock as it gets the hardware underneath. I would probably just call it competent. This phone is powered by the snapdragon 730g and neither is it the fastest chip of its generation. Nor is it the latest chip available right now.

So it's an it's a one generation old mid-range chip, and it's paired with six gigs of ram and 128 gigs of storage, like I said the ram it's lpddr4x, so that's again: one generation old and the storage, it's UFS 2.1! So that's about two generations old the battery capacity is 3140 milliamperes, given we are seeing 4000 plus William hour batteries on phones these days, even on startup phones, even on ultra budget phones. This might seem like a glaring difference, but initial reports coming out from people who've been using this phone uh most people say the battery life is perfect. So again, google seems to have done some kind of tinkering. I will have more to say once I've actually spent some time with this phone. I will talk more about battery in detail in my full review.

So this is basically the Google Pixel 4a. So what's the damage? What is googled charging for this 30 000 rupees in India, and that kind of feels like a little on the higher side of things? Now? Yes, people can say: Google is just like hey, Samsung and apple, and it's got great brand value, but Google's brand values. For software, I mean NVIDIA came out with a chip on phones and that tank NVIDIA has got great brand value, but that's not with uh chips on a phone. Similarly, Google is not known for their hardware. Their brand value doesn't get associated with phones themselves, it's more with software, and you guys know how much apple and Samsung spend on marketing their phones.

How much of that brand value? They boost with this kind of ads and everything, so there is a difference now, I'm not going to say that a pixel phone needs to be priced as competitively as a one OnePlus phone or any other Chinese brand for that matter, because no, I still understand that it is a pixel and this is google's phone, so it's going to be priced a little higher, but guys here 's's what I feel right: the OnePlus, not it's priced at 399 dollars in the U. S. converts to about 373 in India, there's even a 335 dollar version for India. Now, on the other hand, the Pixel 4a it's priced at 350 dollars in the US and the Indian pricing that actually converts to 410- I'm not going to crib about it, because this is probably going to be the best camera experience you can get in this segment, but hey, let's call us paid as paid is a little on the pricier side of things, so anyone interested in a pixel 4 versus not camera comparison or a full comparison. If you are, let me know, via the comments below I'll, definitely make sure that I try to get that done, and I guess that's pretty much it for this quick little unboxing and hands-on.

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