Not that this leads, by any means, to a cheap-feeling device. This isn’t a glass and aluminium combo this time around, though: the new phone is instead constructed entirely from polycarbonate plastic.

This incorporates a smoother section at the top of the phone, which surrounds the rear-facing camera module, softening to a grippier, silky matte finish towards the bottom. The Pixel 3a keeps the same two-tone rear of its (slightly) older flagship counterparts. Seriously, even a spot-the-difference master wouldn’t be able to tell the two phones apart. Google Pixel 3a review: Design and key featuresĮven though the Pixel 3a costs less and includes slightly tweaked internal specifications, everything else, physically at least, remains the same. Lastly, as long as you’re willing to pay a little extra, the Pixel 3a XL adds a bigger screen and a larger-capacity battery for just £70 more, with a hardly XL price tag of £469. A new OnePlus phone is also on the way, even if you’ll have to wait at least a couple of weeks for it and we don’t yet know how much it will cost. There’s also the OnePlus 6T to wrestle with, which does very well at a similar price.

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