Pixel 3a review: The first budget Pixel — flagship camera at $399.
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
70/10070/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2019.
02Camera
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid phones of 2019 — 14 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
56/10056/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for mid phones of 2019.
04Battery
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid phones of 2019 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
66/10066/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for mid phones of 2019.
06Value
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid phones of 2019 — 8 points above the cohort average.
- Flagship Pixel camera at $399.
- Night Sight + HDR+.
- Headphone jack.
- Light 147 g.
- 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 12-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .