id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody" data-component="indepthReview"> Google is pivoting to a whole new pricing bracket. At its annual Google I/O conference Tuesday, huawei p smart z antutu benchmark the tech giant announced the Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL. Though they have last year's name, they're indeed new phones that serve as a more budget-friendly variant of the company's main flagships, the Pixel 3 ($813 at Walmart) and 3 XL.
Starting at $399 and $479 (£399 and £469 in the UK, AU$649 and AU$799 in Australia), the phones continue to represent Google's ultimate expression of its mobile operating system, Android, which is the most popular OS in the world. Though Google's latest flagships are struggling to sell against its Apple and Samsung competitors, which dominate the industry, Google hopes to shake up its pricing model and put more Pixels in people's hands. After all,
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The Pixel 3A XL has the same camera as the Pixel 3 phones, but Google stripped down a few of its key hardware specs. (For
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In general, the Pixel 3A XL doesn't have as much of the high-end hardware the original Pixel 3s have, but Google still whipped up a great phone. Compared to the "budget" options of its competitors like the
iPhone XR ($750 at Amazon) and the
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Otherwise, read on for the TL;DR main takeaways.
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