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Google Pixel 10A review: Just buy the 9A

The Verge / 3/14/2026

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Key Points

  • The Pixel 10A offers minimal upgrades over the Pixel 9A, with no upgrades to chipset, cameras, or battery.
  • The flatter camera island is the main design tweak, but it's a minor change.
  • The Pixel 9A remains an excellent value at $499 (128GB) and is still on sale, making the 10A a questionable upgrade for many buyers.
  • The Verge suggests most buyers should just buy the 9A instead of the 10A due to similarity and price.
Photo of Google Pixel 10A lying on white tiles

I'm not entirely sure why the Pixel 10A exists.

Google hasn't upgraded the chipset, cameras, or battery in the new phone, and the tweaks it's made elsewhere are minimal at best. The flatter camera island is good, I guess! In one sense this isn't a big problem: The Pixel 9A is an excellent device, and for the last year was easily the best phone you could buy for $500 in the US. The new 10A is available to buy now at that same great price ($499 for 128GB of storage or $100 more for 256GB), but with the 9A still on sale, and dropping in price, there's one big question: Why not just buy the 9A - which is almost the same phone - for $50 less?

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