hi everyone Aaron here for zollotech and this is the all new pixel 6a
this comes out fairly soon and comes in at a fairly reasonable 449 thanks to google for
sending this along early and let's go ahead and take a look at it so we'll unbox it set it up and
then of course compare it to other phones as well so let's go ahead and open the packaging here and
this comes in three different colors it comes in sage chalk and charcoal based on the box i believe
it's charcoal and you can see on the back here with the different options it says charcoal and
then also 5g sub 6 128 gigabytes so let's go ahead and open this up so we'll take this box top off
and it's fairly thin compared to last year's 5a 5g so they've shrunk the box size down and then
inside you can see here's the charcoal version of the phone we'll take the phone out set it
aside for just a moment and let's see what we've got in here so the box says pixel 6a
google tensor so let's see what we have here we have a sim card removal tool in this little box
with a little bit of paperwork it looks like so we've got our safety warranty and regulatory guide
and then a quick setup guide and it says we're here to help and just a few details with some
web links let's go ahead and set that aside and as you can see in the box there is no charger
but we do have a usb c to usb c cable and then also a little adapter so we can move from one
device to another usb-a to usb-c but no charger like we had last year so with the 5a 5g we had
a charger of course if you've been watching me for any amount of time you know that i use
anchor chargers this is not a sponsored video but i thought i'd mention them and i'll link them in
the description below this is their nano 2 45 watt so these are typically what i use just due
to their compactness so again i'll link those in the description but let's go ahead and set
this aside and take a closer look at the pixel now let's go ahead and take the cover off here
it feels very solid in the hand and very similar to the pixel 6 pro and this is 6.3 ounces or
178 grams so it feels fairly significant and substantial and has a 6.1 inch display it's 2400
by 1080 with 429 pixels per inch it's corning gorilla glass 3 on the front it also has glass
on the back now let's go around the outside edge and on the right hand side we have a power sleep
wake button then we have a volume button and of course a couple lines for the antennas on the
bottom we have a speaker and microphone another line for the antenna and then a usbc port on the
left hand side we have a sim card tray and it does not have expandable storage and 128 gigabytes is
your only option so if we go around the top you'll see a microphone here and some more antenna lines
of course on the back we have that new signature bar for the cameras two cameras here and a flash
and that's it so let's go ahead and turn it on now internally it does have google's tensor titan m2
and has 6 gigabytes of ram so that along with 128 gigabytes of storage there we go it finally turned
on and the bezels do look to be a little bit thick compared to maybe the pixel 6 pro so we'll let it
boot up for just a moment here it's booting up says powered by android typical pixel startup
also you can see the front camera is in the middle of the display so we'll give it just a
moment to continue booting we'll get it set up in a moment as well but this does support 5g just sub
6 no millimeter wave of course 4g and lte also now before we set this up let me compare it size wise
to the pixel 6 pro and the 5a 5g so here's the 5a 5g very similar in size but we no longer have the
matte back we have a glass back of course with that all new design and the fingerprint sensor
has moved to the front as far as the overall width you can see the width here compared to the 5a 5g
and also the thickness is very similar so you can see the thickness of the device looks basically
the same there if we compare it to the pixel 6 pro the 6 pro is much larger as you can see here
looks very similar the same family of devices but definitely a bigger phone here so width wise you
can see the difference and also thickness wise the pixel 6 pro actually looks like it's about
the same but has that camera bar sticking out in the back so again very similar in size to
the pixel 5 a5g now let's go ahead and set this up so we'll tap on get started then it says to
connect to a mobile network of course we can put a sim card in it and i'll move my sim card over
to this one so i'll remove my sim card out of the pixel 6 pro and then we'll place it into the pixel
6a so the sim card is on this side we'll just pop this out here and place our sim card in the tray
so here we go place it in there and we should be good to go so let's go ahead and get this set up
so we'll get started connect to a mobile network give it just a moment here now it's asking if i
want to copy my apps and data so we'll go ahead and tap on next and then we can use
our old device just connect it with usbc cable so we'll take the one out of this box here unwrap it
now we'll plug into the pixel 6 pro i'm running android 13 on that one but
we'll plug it in anyway and move over our apps we'll go ahead and hit next
it says check your other device it's connecting and it's asking if i want
to copy my data so of course i want to copy and we'll use my thumb print here
there we go and it's copying my account it's the easiest way to set this up
now it's asking me to choose what to copy it's saying 3.5 of 88 gigabytes
that looks good we'll go ahead and hit copy so now we're at the part where we
actually have to put in our fingerprint so we'll do that see what the sensor is like
go ahead and hit i agree we'll hit start and let's go ahead and get this set up there's a
nice haptic feeling to this when i'm pressing my finger down it's asking me to move it around more
there we go use the edge of your fingers and get it set up that's pretty simple i'll add another
and then we'll continue the fingerprints have been added we'll hit next then we'll continue setup
and it's asking if i want to use google assistant hands-free i'll hit i agree of course you don't
have to do that it recognizes my voice i'll hit more and then hit agree now of course we can set
up other things such as an email account and more we'll hit no thanks for now we can set that up
later and we'll let it continue it says copying is done that was actually really quick it says i can
disconnect the cable and it will install 80 apps or so so we'll hit done and it's going to get the
phone ready it says i'm all set and we'll swipe up to go home and so we'll give it a moment it's
going to install all of these different apps you'll see they're outlined ready to install
but let's take a look at what we already have installed as far as stock apps and everything
else of course i don't expect any bloatware or anything and it's installing different apps that
i had on the other phone as well so everything should be laid out the exact same way it moves
everything over now like i said this does have fairly thick bezels but again this is more in the
mid price category and like i said it's a 2400 by 1080 oled with 429 pixels per inch and 6.1 inches
it apparently supports hdr video so let's take a look at that since we have youtube
so here is my iphone review we'll go ahead and tap on quality and see what we've got up to 2160p hdr
even though it's not a 4k display we can take a look at it now they do not say how bright this
actually goes but it does look fairly bright and pretty bright overall let's go ahead and hit play
and it looks pretty good so definitely you can see hdr video if you want to watch that however it's
probably not super bright compared to maybe other devices out there but it looks pretty good overall
as it's getting set up it is getting a little bit warm over here pretty typical
but that must be where the processor is and as you can see it's a fingerprint magnet
now as far as the cameras are concerned we have of course our forward-facing camera
and that's actually an 8 megapixel f 2.0 camera that can go up to 1080p 30.
on the back we have two different cameras as well we have a regular camera or a wide camera
and that's a 12 megapixel f 1.7 lens and then we have an ultra wide f 2.2
this can record up to 4k 60 from the rear camera so that's pretty good let's go ahead and unlock it
and it feels very similar to the speed of the regular pixel 6 pro model that
i've been using let's go ahead and open the camera and take a look at the settings here
and you get many of the benefits you do with the other device as well the pixel 6 pro
and there we go the camera is on let's spin it around and take a sample here so it says an
update for the camera is available i'll let this update and install and then we'll try
everything else now everything's updated the camera is updated all the apps are installed
and let's take a look at some of the options so of course we have our night sight portrait
camera video and then different modes here with photosphere lens and panorama if we go into video
of course we should be able to go up to 4k 60 as you can see here and then of course more settings
and let's take a look at the forward facing camera so here we have a couple different options for
speech enhancement and selfie illumination let's go ahead and see what it's like overall so i'll
rotate it here hit record now we're recording from the forward facing camera on the pixel 6a
the audio on the pixel has always impressed me as far as the microphone so hopefully it's as good
as the pixel 6 pro but let me know what you think about it in the comments below but the rear-facing
camera should be much better than this with 4k but the forward-facing camera should be fine for
things such as conference calls and more of course with a pixel the camera is always a strong point
it's something i use all the time with the pixel 6 pro i carry this around and have used it for many
thumbnails outside since it does a great job so of course i'll have to use this to see what it's
like as far as that goes but i wouldn't expect it to be any less quality although it does have a
lower megapixel count now as far as the battery we have a 4 410 milliamp hour battery now google says
this is good for up to 24 hours of battery life or up to 72 hours with extreme battery saver so
i would have to test that out that's a very long time with extreme battery saver of course
most of the time you want all the features so 24 hours seems reasonable however we don't have
wireless charging we do have the ability to charge up to 18 watts though with a usbc cable
so no wireless charging included unfortunately something i use all the time but just keep that in
mind if it's something you want to use regularly it doesn't have that included now also this does
have ip67 dust and water resistance and also has a fingerprint proof coating that must be just for
the forward facing screen because the back glass is completely covered just from doing this video
also it has wi-fi 802.11 a b g n ac and wi-fi 6 and 6e so that's something that's also here and
has up to five years of support from pixel updates from the date of the release of this device and
then a one year warranty so all pretty good things from google here the one downside is you don't get
a 60 hertz display so the display is fine but if you're coming from a 6 pro or an s21 s22 those all
have much higher refresh rates so this with its 60 hertz display will be noticeable if you're used to
higher refresh rates if you're not of course it shouldn't be a problem but just keep that in mind
it's one of the ways they've kept the cost down a little bit disappointing but the price is pretty
reasonable compared to other mid-range smartphones out there at least in the united states such as
the iphone se and that also has a 60 hertz display but this has a much nicer display as far as size
and of course you've got the inbuilt fingerprint sensor now let's take a listen to the speaker
since we haven't done that we'll go into one of my videos so here's a comparison video i made
between the pixel 6 pro and iphone 13 pro max let's go into the camera comparison where i have
some music so you can take a listen to these speakers so i'll rotate the microphone here
first impressions of the speakers are they're fairly loud it did get a little bit muffled
from the top speaker at the highest volumes so if i brought it down a little bit it sounded
a bit better where it wasn't as muffled and sounds good overall especially for a mid-range
smartphone it has good stereo sound it sounds very wide and sounds equal as far as its volume
from the top and bottom so that's actually pretty impressive it does help if you hold your hand like
this so it sort of directs the sound around but in general sounds pretty good considering that it's a
mid-range smartphone and it's got a nice sound as far as that goes of course at the highest volumes
like i said it distorts a little bit and so that's the initial unboxing and overall impression i
think it's pretty good it's built really well feels pretty solid and i'm fairly impressed as
far as its build quality i prefer a little bit larger phones such as the pixel 6 pro but for
those that don't and don't want almost double the price i would definitely check out the pixel 6a
now also let's go into the settings see what version we have and you can see it's 12 but let's
see if we have any updates we'll go into system then go down to software update and it says we're
on the april 5th security patch so hopefully we have an update it says we're up to date
we should have one fairly soon i would imagine but that's the version it actually has pre-installed
so it's a bit behind i would expect it to be updated very soon but it's this the typical
google software you'd expect on a pixel and looks the same as what you'd expect super clean
and fairly fast of course it could slow down over time but everything does seem to be really nice
as far as speed again you don't have that 60 hertz display though this is a pretty nice phone overall
again like i said i'll have to use it for a few days and if there's anything specific you want
me to test out in this if you want a full review let me know in the comments below if you haven't
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as always thanks for watching this is Aaron i'll see you next time you