Google Pixel 3a review: Where do you go from here?

After making Pixel smartphones for three years, Google wants to widen its range. But while the company is making a cheaper variant, it’s rather guarded in its approach.

The Pixel 3a is an “entry-premium” segment smartphone, and Google seems to be categorically avoiding the word budget here. It’s clear that the company doesn’t want to go up against the Xiaomis of the world, sticking instead to the premium ranges. Somehow, though, Google’s approach to this seems rather budget-like, albeit still extremely Google.

But before we get to whether the Pixel 3a is worth buying and all that, let’s discuss a conundrum it poses for Google itself.