Name: Pixel 6A review: Tensor takes center stage
Uploaded: 2022-05-26T16:50:09.000Z
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- What makes a Pixel phone, a Pixel phone?

Or that it gets software updates quickly?

Historically, it's been a little bit of all of the above,

If you need evidence, then look no further

a couple of years ago, having a Pixel phone

meant having one of the best smartphone cameras

The Pixel 6 and Pro use a new 50 megapixel sensor

But the 6A uses last year's 12 megapixel sensor.

Instead, Google is going all in on Tensor.

as the defining feature of a Pixel phone,

It's a hint at what Google's priorities are

the 6A is essentially a paired down version of the Pixel 6

and to a lesser degree, the flagship 6 Pro.

Compared to the Pixel 6, the 6A is a little smaller

with a 6.1-inch screen instead of 6.4 inches

with fewer high end features like a standard refresh rate

and a plastic back panel rather than glass.

Oh, and it's cheaper, $449 compared to 599.

and slightly less robust water resistance.

Google got rid of the headphone jack on the 6A,

The 6A also looks merely identical to the 6 and 6 Pro

with its pronounced horizontal camera bump,

black rail, and the two-tone color treatment.

The color options are a little less interesting.

There's just white, black in this sort of sage,

It comes with 128 gigs of storage and 6 gigs of RAM,

than the base configuration of the Pixel 6.

Pixel 6 is definitely a big phone with its 6.4-inch screen.

The 6.1-inch screen on the 6A is still relatively big,

even though the size difference is only a few millimeters

You can kind of use it with one hand, which I appreciate.

It's one of the features that a lot of 6 and 6 Pro owners

especially compared to Samsung's flagships.

but I can't say I've seen a huge difference.

and asks me to re-scan my finger occasionally.

to have a lightning fast in-display fingerprint sensor.

So it's a little easier to excuse on the 6A than the 6 Pro.

Just don't expect a night and day difference

if that's something you disliked about the Pixel 6

and you were hoping that the 6A would do better.

The 6A may be smaller, but thanks to Tensor,

it's just as mighty as the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.

Performance is snappy for day to day stuff

typing out emails, and scrolling social media.

like 3D rendering and graphics heavy gaming well.

And there's very little cameras shutter lag,

This is flagship performance from a phone

and AI-driven features like live on-device transcription

and less power hungry than previous versions.

There are also some new features in the phone app

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