The excellent Pixel 9A has dropped to just $349 for Amazon’s fall Prime Day

Amazon’s existent promo applies to each 4 colors, including the vibrant pinkish “peony.”

Google’s smartphone lineup has ne'er been better, acknowledgment to the caller motorboat of its Pixel 10 lineup, but the Pixel 9A remains a astute buy. It’s our favorite midrange phone, 1 that’s remarkably well-balanced successful presumption of hardware, features, and value. And acknowledgment to Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, the entry-level Pixel 9A is disposable from Amazon for an all-time debased of $349 ($150 off), undercutting its astir caller Prime Day debased by $50. It’s besides disposable for $399 from Best Buy and Google.

Google Pixel 9A

Where to Buy:

• $499 $349 astatine Amazon
• $499 $399 astatine Best Buy
• $499 $399 astatine Google

If you’re successful the marketplace for a cheap Android device, it presently doesn’t get immoderate amended than the Pixel 9A. The budget-friendly handset offers a 6.3-inch OLED surface that’s noticeably brighter than its predecessor, making it easier to spot successful nonstop sunlight. It besides present carries a robust IP68 rating, truthful you don’t person to panic implicit dropping it successful h2o oregon dirt. And portion its wireless charging isn’t the fastest astatine up to 7.5W, it’s a diagnostic you don’t ever spot astatine this terms point.

Meanwhile, the Pixel 9A features Google’s almighty (albeit older) Tensor G4 spot and 8GB of RAM, providing snappy show during much intensive tasks, specified arsenic photograph editing. It besides features a 5,100mAh artillery that tin past done a mean time of usage with the always-on show enabled — whether you’re playing games, streaming video, oregon swiping done TikTok. Plus, contempt its much affordable price, Google promises 7 years of bundle updates, matching the aforesaid enactment offered to its much costly flagship devices.

If you don’t request a top-of-the-line device, the Pixel 9A ticks conscionable astir each box. It’s not rather connected par with the latest Pixel 10 lineup successful presumption of show and features. However, it offers a comparable camera acquisition to the basal Pixel 10 (minus the telephoto lens) astatine a overmuch much affordable price. And acknowledgment to the existent $150 discount, it’s 1 of the champion deals you’ll spot during Prime Day.

Read our Pixel 9A review.