Google Pixel 6a – Unlocked Android 5G Smartphone with 12 megapixel camera - All Three Colours - £275.47 Delivered @ Amazon

I paid £198 with Currys trade in offer, feel like it not worth more that £200
I installed all the latest updates.

Typing this on my Google pixel 6A. Got mine in the trade in deals earlier this year (worked out £199) Considering I've been an Apple fan sin OG 3G phone no complaints from.me! Had to get a phone quickly due to iPhone 11 failure. Only thing I miss is iMessage due to whole family still on apple! For the price it is and the ridiculous prices Apple want now don't think I will be going back! Also have Pixel watch which is a bit meh but does the job

My only real complaint is the lousy onscreen fingerprint reader, it got better with a January update but it's still a pile of unreliable plop, it's weird.... if you don't use the phone for a few hours, the fingerprint refuses to unlock... then once unlocked via pin, the fingerprint works better. I've removed and rescanned finger... in fact I added the same thumbe 4 times so it really should stand a chance of working, but I think it's basically crap sensor tech compared to dedicated rear scanner on the 4a.

You can buy this directly from Three for £252, unlocked, BNIB SEALED.

Is this good price? I thought Pixel 6a is normally cheaper than that.

I got one for £350 from Currys plus £100 Currys gift card. I do not consider the price I bought was good. At the time, my phone was broken and needed a new one urgently. I would avoid deals with Currys gift card in the future. It was really difficult to chase Currys for it.

I liked the phone and bought another for my son for £192 with trade in from Amazon during Black Friday. The trade in phone did not worth much, they only give £4, but boost the value by another £100 due to the deal activate at the time.

Pixel 6a is a good phone, albeit the battery is smaller than my previous Xiaomi phone. Another down point is that I feel that the edges are sharp, it is difficult and uncomfortable to hold by itself. Buying a phone case solved the problem.

As regarding phone cases, there were some transparent cheap cases are really badly made. Bumppy corners really ugly. And the three holes on some cases beneath the phone are rough, you can feel it when you hold the phone. So spend £15 to £20 to buy a proper phone case. Or try a few of those cheap transparent cases. The transparent case I initially bought had those problems which I returned. A different transparent case I bought for my son cost about £4 did not have those problems. (edited)

Anybody moved to this from a Poco X3 NFC? If so many differences? I'm still very happy with the phone but battery life reducing and a few years old at this stage. (edited)

Great spot. Tempted to try one out at that price and see what the fuss was all about

Is this much of an upgrade over a 4a 5g?

Seems a good price, but I just don't trust Amazon. I think they sell returns as new. I returned a faulty Poco (static clicking noise on ringtones) and they didn't even ask what was wrong with it. I bet someone else will get my return. (edited)

I think we hyped this phone too much

Excellent price. Only downside is by moving from an older Pixel Id lose free Google Photos unlimited storage. And for that reason, Im out.

I use my 6a reasonably heavily and have yet to run out of battery in the course of a day. Then again I suppose I don't spend hours watching video.

I think buying from the Google store directly is a better deal. They've got some really generous trade ins. I know pcs wireless are a bit contentious, but a poor condition iPhone 6 that turns on is worth £128. Ebays selling good condition buy it now ones for £50 or under. There's probably other stuff worth buying to trade, but assuming you can be bothered with the extra step, that'll make a new pixel 6a £221.

I bought mine from John Lewis at Christmas.... £299 plus £105 for recycling an old Samsung j6. Think it ended late January.

anyone reccomend a good case at a reasonable cost?

Argos have the charcoal colour for £299 with plenty of stock

Staff discount is 10%. with occasional 15% days (edited)

The Amazon page states it has 6GB of memory so Google won't price match my order ! Google say it's a different phone.

Does anybody have experience of this phone and the Samsung Galaxy A52s? I bought A52s recently l, as I missed out on the 6a deal I wanted. Didn't realise there would be so much bloatware.

Which one is better overall, particularly in terms of battery.

Cheers

Considering trading my Samsung Galaxy S21 FE for this. Would this be a decent replacement? Thanks

@KITTYBOTS appreciate the added reviews

I think I'd miss the audio jack and battery life apparently poorly struggling to last a day with medium use (edited)

It's showing £276.61 for the charcoal colour now.
I got one recently and am happy with it, the only downside for me is the lack of face unlock. The fingerprint scanner has worked perfectly every time for me though, that's what worried me before buying. (edited)

These are like dyson vacs. By v10 they should have finally fixed all the issues and made them usable.

It's a great phone for the price and you won't find anything with a better camera for anything like this money. The finger print sensor could be better but it's outstanding in all other areas.

Not trusting google anymore , they track everything e.g Chrome like Microsoft they keep tracking updating the things we don't need