{"id":281477,"date":"2026-02-05T04:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:24:11","slug":"our-favorite-pixel-phone-is-100-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281477\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite Pixel Phone Is $100 Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest mobile phone isn’t always the greatest. Despite a series of newer, updated Pixel 10 models, we still think the previous generation’s Pixel 9a is more than enough phone<\/a> for most people. Not only does it have great battery life and feature support, but it often goes on sale for well under $500. In this case, Best Buy has the 128-GB Pixel 9a discounted to just $399<\/a>, and it’s available in all four colors: Iris<\/a>, Obsidian<\/a>, Peony<\/a>, and Porcelain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu<\/p>\n

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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu<\/p>\n

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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu<\/p>\n

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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu<\/p>\n

While we also like the newer Pixel 10 phones, which sport faster wireless charging and a better zoom for the camera, the Pixel 9a offers an excellent value with more than enough features for most people. It has an excellent 6.3-inch OLED screen with a buttery smooth 120-Hz refresh rate, and it’s more than bright enough for daytime use. The G4 Tensor chip at the heart of the 9a keeps it running without any hiccups, although only 8 GB of memory limits access to some of Google’s newest AI features, for better or for worse.<\/p>\n

Despite lacking the 5X optical zoom found on the Pixel 10, the two cameras found on the 9a take top-notch photos, and as a Pixel owner, I can tell you that getting great shots is totally effortless. The rear has both a 48-megapixel standard camera as well as a 13-megapixel ultrawide camera to help catch any situation on film. If you do want to take advantage of the AI-powered photo editing tools, the Pixel 9a has access to all but the most advanced features found on the newer models.<\/p>\n

The battery life for the Pixel 9 series got a huge boost, and the 5,100 mAh in the 9a was able to last a full day with no issues, with our reviewer Julian Chokkattu noting<\/a> that it sometimes lasted longer than the newer Pixel 10. It has Qi wireless charging, where the Pixel 10 has Qi2, but that’s not so important when you have a full day of juice already. It’s even IP68 water resistant, so you can take it with you in the rain without a worry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest mobile phone isn’t always the greatest. Despite a series of newer, updated Pixel 10 models, we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2723,572,1711,61,60,202,981,41166,507,575,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-281477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-deals","10":"tag-google","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mobile","14":"tag-phones","15":"tag-pixel","16":"tag-shopping","17":"tag-smartphones","18":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}