A win for those on a budget

Google is getting really, really good at price cutting while still bringing quality with its smartphones. The evidence? The recently introduced Pixel 4A smartphone. Google took the best stuff from its $800 high-end Pixel 4 — an excellent camera and a large screen — and squeezed it into the $350 device. That’s $50 less than last year’s Pixel 3A, Google’s first budget phone.

The Pixel 4A is cheaper than high-end devices because it lacks frills such as wireless charging and a face scanner. Like the $399 iPhone SE, which Apple released in April, the Pixel 4A is a sign that you no longer need to pay through the nose for a great smartphone.