what's up guys dave here back again with
another episode of tech unraveled and
today today i have a question what makes
a smartphone great that answer is
different for everyone but i feel like
each phone
from each manufacturer is designed for a
specific type of customer some customers
are looking for bleeding edge specs for
that do-it-all device that cannot be
stopped but i think
most people are looking just for
value but what is value and how is it
perceived in marketing terminology
perceived value is the customer's
evaluation of a product or services
merit and the ability to meet their
needs and expectations especially
compared to its peers
so guys today we're talking about this
guy the pixel a 5g and we're gonna find
out if it lives up to its perceived
value sit back relax grab that popcorn
let's do it let's go
right meow
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the google pixel 5a with 5g is starting
at 449. it's available in one color
called mostly black the display is a
beautiful edge to edge 6.34 oled which
to me is very refreshing to see on any
phone at this price point the battery is
monstrous in size coming in at 46 80
milliamps for that all-day
battery life you need this battery will
not let you down and it just keeps going
and going there is a qualcomm snapdragon
765 g with six gigabytes of lp
ddr4 ram and 128 gigabytes of storage
which for your average daily task work
just fine on the back of the phone there
is a dual pixel 12.2 megapixel rear
camera alongside an additional 16
megapixel ultra wide and on the front we
have a suitable 8 megapixel selfie cam
the rear camera is capable of 1080p up
to
240 frames per second and 4k up to 60
frames per second and the front camera
can do 1080p
at 30 frames per second all of your
standard sensors are available proximity
ambient light accelerometer gyrometer
magnemeter fingerprint and bar meter
also the pixel has a usb type c 18 watt
fast charging and yes the charging brick
is included in the box
thank you lord the phone is packing an
aux jack stereo speakers nano sim slot
and e sim support for the first time in
google's budget series the pixel 5a
comes with an official ip rating its
ip67 certification means it is resistant
to dust particles and water up to one
meter for about 30 minutes now that the
specs are out of the way let me tell you
what i think this phone priced at 449 is
an excellent value for the everyday
person it is a capable device willing
and ready to take on the day with you
there are a few awe-inspiring things
that this phone has which are the
battery camera software
and display so
let's talk about the battery which is
the biggest battery in any pixel phone
ever coming in at 4 680 milliamps you
cannot kill it the pixel is the first
phone that i've used that i can easily
get a day and a half of battery i
personally always worried and had
battery anxiety but with this phone
you're good you don't have to worry
about it you just take it off the
charger in the morning and you're
rocking all day long with this type of
battery life the perceived value is
continuing to add up the camera which is
the same camera by the way that's in the
pixel 4a and pixel 5 is excellent the
best part about the pixel is its
consistency
to take amazing photos my photos always
came out crispy as how i would expect
them to look now i'm not one that goes
around taking hundreds of photos
everywhere but i was impressed by the
overall performance that the camera put
out i think they're pretty nice as i was
saying it continues to add to the
perceived value of this device the
display struck me on the google pixel 5
a5g it is entirely
bezel-less at
6.43 inches the full hd oled screen on
the pixel is bright and vibrant it is
not the most impressive panel i have
ever seen but you really can't complain
at its price point of 449. i was easily
able to see everything that was on the
display even while i was outside so
after i took a photo i could
see the photo directly out in the sun
and again all of this is adding to that
perceived value out of the box the pixel
5a comes with android 11 but android 12
is about to be released to the public
and you can undoubtedly expect an update
pushed out to the pixel 5a google
software updates are one of the best
things about a pixel phone just like an
apple product you're going to get
software updates pushed out to you as
soon as they are released and you're
gonna have the greatest offerings right
away now android 12 is a major overhaul
it is a huge improvement in what android
has to offer and i am super excited to
try the final version of it on the pixel
5a there is a lot of good stuff about
this phone that keeps adding to the
perceived value but there is a flip side
to that coin there is always bad with
the good so let's talk about that bad
and see if it actually affects that
perceived value the good news here is
there is not a lot of bad the pixel 5a
uses an older snapdragon 765g chip set
and it's starting to show its age a
little bit the phone really won't break
a sweat while doing simple tasks such as
texting sending emails browsing the
website playing games even but sometimes
editing photos watching netflix you will
notice a little bit of stutter or lag
while taking pictures outside i did
notice that the phone got noticeably
warm now keep in mind it was about 92
degrees outside while i was recording
all of this and and taking photos so
that could be something that had to do
with it here in south florida it gets
super hot and super humid so take that
part with a grain of salt i believe in
the future google's can push out a
firmware update that might help tweak
the thermals in this phone correcting
the heating issues the question is do
the features and benefits of the google
pixel 5a 5g add up to 449
this phone is impressive for its price i
believe
the perceived value
google set is met here with the pixel 5a
5g however i think there is one critical
missing feature that i would have loved
to see as someone who has fully adopted
wireless charging and has charging pads
all over their house i missed having
wireless charging however i wouldn't
have messed with this formula that
google built here with all of this said
i can easily recommend this phone to
anybody looking for a solid reliable
device
that will just get the job done all
right guys so that's what i have for you
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