Pixel 7a review: The mid-range Pixel that nearly matched the flagship.
The mid-ranger that brought flagship cameras to $499.
The Pixel 7a delivered flagship chip and camera quality at a mid-range price, even adding wireless charging. The 90 Hz screen and slow charging are the main cost-savings.
01Display
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
02Camera
86/10086/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
03Performance
78/10078/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
05Build
84/10084/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
06Value
88/10088/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
- Flagship-grade camera processing at $499.
- Tensor G2 — same chip as the Pixel 7 flagship.
- Wireless charging, rare in this price class.
- Clean Pixel software.
- 90 Hz display where rivals offer 120 Hz.
- Older Gorilla Glass 3 front.
- 18 W charging is slow.
- 3-year OS window.
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-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .