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Google Pixel 9a review: All the phone you need

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Google Pixel 9a review: All the phone you need

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The lack of massive camera bump is almost reason enough for me to purchase this thing on a future sale.
- But then you'd be missing out on deleting 'great' pictures that make no sense to you two years from now!
  
  Make no sense? They all make sense:
  Picture of my cat. Picture of my cat. Picture of my cat. Picture of my cat.
  
  I have an almost Infinite amount of pictures of my kid. This might be the only use of these features, but I love being able to take good pictures at all times and getting reminders from previous years.
- Does this actually matter that much? I have a pixel 6a that has the visor style camera bump and with a case on it just disappears.
  And even if I'd use the phone without case Google's bar shaped design still allows the phone to lay stable on a surface without wobble, just at a slight angle instead of flat. Which I guess would be an issue with other designs.

it's light on AI
Good. I have yet to see a preloaded AI feature on a phone that I want to use. The one I actually want is correctly deciding of I want to be disturbed with a given notification.

Throw lineage OS on this thing and it would be a battery beast. Just because then you wouldn't have Google Play services crap running all the damn time.
Edit: I have the OnePlus Nord N200 5G from 2021 that I purchased new in the box in 2023. It has a 5,000 mAh battery and i charge it to 80% and discharge it to 30% before charging it again. So I am only using 2,500 mAh of the total capacity. With LineageOS it runs super well and the battery does not discharge quickly. If the average phone battery gets to 5,500 mAh that would give me an extra 250 mAh of usage which would be really cool.
- Since it's a pixel might as well go for GrapheneOS and upgrade your privacy too.
  
  Good point
  
  Lineage OS is closer to regular Android and has the benefit for getting lots of feature updates.
  If anything I would recommend Calyx OS due to the Graphene OS controversy
- Is LineageOS missing any feature for you?
  
  Not really know. I can't use some apps that absolutely depend on Google Play services, such as Uber and Lyft. But I can use the Uber website. So that doesn't matter.

Don't buy anything from Google. It's an evil company now.
- Normally I would agree but the Pixel hardware is unmatched in terms of custom roms.
  
  This is true. Can't run Graphene or Calyx on anything else (unless you want to import a Fairphone Or Moto for Calyx, but EVEN THEN they only work on GSM carriers.)

All the phone you need
No SD slot
Hmm, nope. Not all the phone I need.

Just got this because it was a great deal to turn in my 6a. I'm glad it's AI light so I don't get bogged down in things I don't need. If AI is great I can get it in 3 generations when it works

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