SpecEagle review · Google

Pixel 3a review: The first budget Pixel — flagship camera at $399.

Item: Pixel 3a
Rating: 68
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2019·$399

Overall

68/100

Class rank

#3 of 3

Tier

Mid

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

The Pixel that proved budget could shoot like flagship.

Pixel 3a put Google's flagship camera in a $399 body with a headphone jack. The template for every Pixel a-series since.

01Display

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2019.

TypeOLED, 60 Hz

Size5.6 inches

Resolution2,220 × 1,080 px

02Camera

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2019.

Main12.2 MP, f/1.8, OIS

Selfie8 MP

FeaturesNight Sight, HDR+

03Performance

56/100

56/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for mid phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 670 (10 nm)

RAM4 GB

Storage64 GB

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid phones of 2019.

Capacity3,000 mAh

Wired18 W

05Build

66/100

66/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for mid phones of 2019.

06Value

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2019.

What works

Flagship Pixel camera at $399.
Night Sight + HDR+.
Headphone jack.
Light 147 g.

What doesn't

SD670 is slow.
Plastic build.
No water resistance.
Support ended.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 3-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .