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expiredchuq posted Oct 2, 2022 3:21 PM
128GB Google Pixel 6a Unlocked 5G Smartphone (various colors)
$350
$449
22% off
(or less w/ Visible Offer) + Free S/Hat Amazon
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Various Retailers have the 128GB Google Pixel 6a Unlocked 5G Smartphone (various colors) on sale for $349 or less (see Best Buy Visible offer details below). Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Members chuq & sr71 [discuss] for finding this deal
Available retailers:
Various Retailers have the 128GB Google Pixel 6a Unlocked 5G Smartphone (various colors) on sale for $349 or less (see Best Buy Visible offer details below). Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Members chuq & sr71 [discuss] for finding this deal
Available retailers:
- Amazon $349
- Target $349
- Best Buy (select 'Activate Later) $349 or less
- Charcoal
- Chalk
- Sage
- Special Offer: Save an additional $50 off your Pixel 6A when purchased together with a $45 Visible Wireless Prepaid Card (add both items to cart for automatic discount to apply, see details), making the combined price $344.99 ($299.99 for the device + $45 prepaid card).
- Google Store $349
- Charcoal
- Chalk
- Sage
- Google Tensor Titan M2 Coprocessor
- 6.1" 2400x1080p FHD+ (Up to 60Hz) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Display w/ 12MP Dual Pixel (Rear) & 8MP (Front) Camera
- 128GB Internal Storage
- 6GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 5G Ready Device
- WiFi 6 (802.11ax) w/ 6E (6GHz) MIMO Bluetooth 5.2
- Dual SIM
- AR/VR Core
- Fingerprint Unlocked Authentication
- 5-Years of Pixel Updates included
- Unlocked Device for All Carriers
- 128GB Google Pixel 6a 5G Unlocked Smartphone (Charcoal Colorway)
- 1 meter USB-C to USB-C Cable (USB 2.0)
- Quick Switch Adapter
- SIM Tool
- 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty
Editor's Notes
Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff- About this deal:
- This deal is $100 off (22% savings) the listed retail price of $449.
- Ratings & Reviews:
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars based on 236 Amazon customer reviews.
- About these stores:
- Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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Update: This popular deal is still available.
Various Retailers have the 128GB Google Pixel 6a Unlocked 5G Smartphone (various colors) on sale for $349 or less (see Best Buy Visible offer details below). Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Members chuq & sr71 [discuss] for finding this deal
Available retailers:
Various Retailers have the 128GB Google Pixel 6a Unlocked 5G Smartphone (various colors) on sale for $349 or less (see Best Buy Visible offer details below). Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Members chuq & sr71 [discuss] for finding this deal
Available retailers:
- Amazon $349
- Target $349
- Best Buy (select 'Activate Later) $349 or less
- Charcoal
- Chalk
- Sage
- Special Offer: Save an additional $50 off your Pixel 6A when purchased together with a $45 Visible Wireless Prepaid Card (add both items to cart for automatic discount to apply, see details), making the combined price $344.99 ($299.99 for the device + $45 prepaid card).
- Google Store $349
- Charcoal
- Chalk
- Sage
- Google Tensor Titan M2 Coprocessor
- 6.1" 2400x1080p FHD+ (Up to 60Hz) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Display w/ 12MP Dual Pixel (Rear) & 8MP (Front) Camera
- 128GB Internal Storage
- 6GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 5G Ready Device
- WiFi 6 (802.11ax) w/ 6E (6GHz) MIMO Bluetooth 5.2
- Dual SIM
- AR/VR Core
- Fingerprint Unlocked Authentication
- 5-Years of Pixel Updates included
- Unlocked Device for All Carriers
- 128GB Google Pixel 6a 5G Unlocked Smartphone (Charcoal Colorway)
- 1 meter USB-C to USB-C Cable (USB 2.0)
- Quick Switch Adapter
- SIM Tool
- 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty
Editor's Notes
Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff- About this deal:
- This deal is $100 off (22% savings) the listed retail price of $449.
- Ratings & Reviews:
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars based on 236 Amazon customer reviews.
- About these stores:
- Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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I purchased all three of the 6 series through every deal published on SD (the OG trade-in deal at Google Store with buds, the $400 "price-mistake" of the Pro at WorstBuy, and the recent $200 deal for the regular 6. Used the 6a for almost a month, the 6 pro for about two weeks, and the 6 for just a few days.
Main activities are media consumption, pics of the toddler, and typical contractor stuff (calendar, Waze, email, google voice). Very casual. Every phone is still on Android 12 to serve as control variables. The former phone is my very-beloved Samsung Note 9 and a Pixel 4a 5G.
Originally wrote a long post, but everything has been said about these phones, so Ill just quickly run my takes. I am lumping all three into one post, since the experiences, apart from the screen, are nearly identical
- Phones only get hot during initial set up. Navigation, which notoriously heats up all my phones...no issue here. Did I get lucky?!!
- Loud speakers, esp on the Pro. Plenty for media consumption and Google Meet calls.
- Optical fingerprint sensor is quite slow (3/4 to one second), but has been 99% accurate. I have a lacerated thumb from a prior accident.
- refresh rate is rapture-level hysteria in these threads, and I cant understand why.... zero issues using the 60 hz screen on the 6a. Maybe im a filthy casual? (My daily screen is a 60 hz 4k OLED). 120 hz is nice for scrolling icons on the home screen...and thats about it. I dont get noticable blur when scrolling on any of the phones. High-refresh is most noticable when playing games with quick actions...not worth the battery hit on a phone IMO.
- the radio does seem to have issues. On the 6a, I dropped many texts, couldnt access panera website, and dropped a call to a fried in SoCal 3x during an hour, and neither of us were moving at all. Full reception on 5G VZ. Wife's Pixel 4a 5G on TMO had no such issues. Will keep testing these functions. Al three phones have since worked fine.
- Cameras are sufficient (I am totally the wrong person to ask about these)
- The battery life on the 6 pro is amazing for me...I have only charged the phone once every 2-3 days. Phone is on wifi the entire time. 6a is probably even better, but I have it plugged into car so often that I havent tested. Accubattery Pro actually reports 4496 mAh vs the actual 4410 on it. However, the champion of battery is my mom's Pixel 4a. I think that phone loses like 40% battery a day. and she uses it heavilly for video.
All in all, I actually think the 6a has the superior form factor of the three, and will serve a vast majority of the population well. If they had wireless charging, it would be a peerless mid-range choice.
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My only complaint is that the speaker is super quiet for watching videos/listening to audio. Call volume is fine and no issues when using headphones.
Other than that I haven't had any real issue with the 6A. It has been rock solid. Great battery life too.
After being used to the speed and accuracy of capacitive fingerprint sensors on older phones (on the back, on home/power buttons, etc.), I find that the only on-screen sensors that come close are the ultrasonic sensors used by Samsung in their flagship phones (S20/21/22) -- you can tell by the way they don't light up when you place your finger on them.
The optical on-screen sensors most other phones use these days don't come close. My Pixel 6A DID improve noticeably after the recent Android 13 security update though.
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I purchased all three of the 6 series through every deal published on SD (the OG trade-in deal at Google Store with buds, the $400 "price-mistake" of the Pro at WorstBuy, and the recent $200 deal for the regular 6. Used the 6a for almost a month, the 6 pro for about two weeks, and the 6 for just a few days.
Main activities are media consumption, pics of the toddler, and typical contractor stuff (calendar, Waze, email, google voice). Very casual. Every phone is still on Android 12 to serve as control variables. The former phone is my very-beloved Samsung Note 9 and a Pixel 4a 5G.
Originally wrote a long post, but everything has been said about these phones, so Ill just quickly run my takes. I am lumping all three into one post, since the experiences, apart from the screen, are nearly identical
- Phones only get hot during initial set up. Navigation, which notoriously heats up all my phones...no issue here. Did I get lucky?!!
- Loud speakers, esp on the Pro. Plenty for media consumption and Google Meet calls.
- Optical fingerprint sensor is quite slow (3/4 to one second), but has been 99% accurate. I have a lacerated thumb from a prior accident.
- refresh rate is rapture-level hysteria in these threads, and I cant understand why.... zero issues using the 60 hz screen on the 6a. Maybe im a filthy casual? (My daily screen is a 60 hz 4k OLED). 120 hz is nice for scrolling icons on the home screen...and thats about it. I dont get noticable blur when scrolling on any of the phones. High-refresh is most noticable when playing games with quick actions...not worth the battery hit on a phone IMO.
- the radio does seem to have issues. On the 6a, I dropped many texts, couldnt access panera website, and dropped a call to a fried in SoCal 3x during an hour, and neither of us were moving at all. Full reception on 5G VZ. Wife's Pixel 4a 5G on TMO had no such issues. Will keep testing these functions. Al three phones have since worked fine.
- Cameras are sufficient (I am totally the wrong person to ask about these)
- The battery life on the 6 pro is amazing for me...I have only charged the phone once every 2-3 days. Phone is on wifi the entire time. 6a is probably even better, but I have it plugged into car so often that I havent tested. Accubattery Pro actually reports 4496 mAh vs the actual 4410 on it. However, the champion of battery is my mom's Pixel 4a. I think that phone loses like 40% battery a day. and she uses it heavilly for video.
All in all, I actually think the 6a has the superior form factor of the three, and will serve a vast majority of the population well. If they had wireless charging, it would be a peerless mid-range choice.
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Originally wrote a long post, but everything has been said about these phones, so Ill just quickly run my takes. I am lumping all three into one post, since the experiences, apart from the screen, are nearly identical
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Have a 6a (and a still-boxed 6), and agree with your take. Fingerprint sensor on 6a took a dive with the initial Android 13 update, but the recent security update seems to have fixed it accuracy-wise. Samsung's ultrasonic sensor is still the best on-display fingerprint option.
And yes, 120Hz looks nice when scrolling and that's about it! (not a phone gamer, though). Maybe those of us who grew up on 60Hz displays are missing something?
I do like the smaller size of the 6a.
I wish samsung had a decently priced phone that wasn't huge. I need a phone, not another laptop.
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As for wireless charging on the Pixel 6A, i got an aftermarket Qi receiver for $13 (search amazon for "Nillkin Qi" and the seller must be Nillkin) and am pretty happy with it. No, it won't fast charge (5W max), but it doesn't heat up noticeably and if you have a case on the Pixel 6A, it becomes invisible.
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