welcome everyone I'm Ricky from TechTalk and we have a dual unboxing today of the
Google pixel 3a and the Google pixel 3a XL so massive thank you to Google who
supplied these to the channel so these were first launched around May time they
sit alongside now the Google pixel 3 and 3 XL so a good range of devices we're
gonna see what differences there are between both of these devices here today
so first of all the pixel 3a here in the UK starts at 399 pounds and a 3/8 XL
starts at four hundred and 69 pounds so let's start with a 3a shall we and
Psyche you've just got Google so down here at the bottom we just have a bit
more information so you've got a screen size of five point six inches 64
gigabytes internal storage and then the color which is just black here and
you've got the model number it's on the edge here you have a side profile on the
back here you've just got another image of the device and the hashtag team at
pixel and Google so there's a little bit of tape here just a cool lock that will
actually release our devices so the pixel 3/8 XL is exactly the same
slightly larger here so taking a look at the bottom of the pixel 3 X L here the
screen size is 6.0 and 64 gigabytes internal and the color is called clearly
white and again on the back here you just have an image and you have the hash
tag team pixel so turn around let's do a chilled unboxing take both these off so
on top are your devices so very similar exactly the same ian's that's why I'm
doing it Jill so Anthony you're gonna get your literature so the literature is
going to be exactly the same the first one is your simple you've got your user
guide and then you've got Google sticker and then hash tag team pixel and then
we've got safety and warranty information so underneath first of all
you have your USB c2 USBC cable for syncing and charging your device it
offers 18 watts of fast charging which is really good the pixel 3/8 has a 3000
milliamp hour battery the three Axl has a $3,700 battery also inside here you're
gonna find a handy tool to transfer data and information then under here we will
just have your power brick and like I said 18 watts of power delivery and
finally you've got your UK 3 pin power brick here with that pop up there
to be careful with that as it is made of plastic and it is a USBC connection here
so that's what's in the box let's move this out the way and jump into our
devices so moving onto our phones first of all let's take a look at the pixel 3a
here you've got a little tab just to pull off you'll cover in here you get
this nice effect of this sander I know you all like to hear that sound so here
is the Google pixel 3a with that just black color looks really nice there so
you've got a mat and a glossy finish on the back of that device taking a look at
the three axl here again turn this around and that's clearly white again
offering a matte finish and a glossy finish at the top and a very bright
orange power button there for me being visually impaired that is awesome to see
I can see that straight away where my power button is that's a really good
thing from Google so on the back here you can see the cameras you've got the
flash you got fingerprint sensor and the Google pixel logo which is really cool
taking a look at the bottom of our devices they're gonna be exactly sort of
the same specs are very similar throughout it's just a couple of key
things that have changed in the battery and the screen size so you've got your
USB C connection here and then microphone and speakers down here at the
bottom it does offer dual stereo speakers as well which is really cool
it's a really good option turning around let's power both of them on I'm not
gonna go through the setup of both I will only set up on the Google pixel
3/8 XL which is easier for me to see but we will set up both as I do want to test
out both of these devices and see how well they perform so while these are
just setting up I want to send a massive thank you to Google who sent out both
these devices for me to take a look at on the channel the link will be in the
description to a whole range of different UK sellers here in the UK the
pixel 3a starts around 399 pounds and the 3/8 XL is about 469 pounds but the
links will be in the description and also to the Google store waiting go
check these out for yourself and all the information I have already gone through
so moving into the setup process and one thing I've just noticed there is the
vision settings is actually flashing at you and
letting you know it's there that is awesome
as you know I'm really key about accessibility settings on all of our
devices so before we begin let's go into here and see what options Google has
added for this so to start off with we've got magnification
you've got font size you have display size select to speak and talkback such a
great range of the key options you really need to get into actually using
your device from the get-go so I'm going to go large text making it easier for me
to read and it gives us a preview here coming back we can then go into display
size and I can change this slightly and it makes that display size a little bit
bigger it gives me presets that I can go
through and scroll through here to see what the differences are you can also
make these smuggler if you want to it's coming back it's got like a haptic touch
sort of vibrates through the device before we begin which is nice and I like
to know that something is there so hi there let's get started so connect to a
mobile network we're actually gonna skip for this because then we can connect to
a Wi-Fi network so select the Wi-Fi network which is yours your keyboard
will come up very nice here very different contrast very easy to see it
and then go through and insert your passwords once that's done is going to
check for any updates and that's either on the app side and also the software
side of the device why it's just doing just turn around again and I've looked
at the camera here nice clearly white I'm not gonna keep it clearly white I
will say that I need to put case on it straight away I'm really impressed with
this different colored power button here okay and taking a quick look at the
three a while that's just setting up looks really smart really smooth there
is a little bit of a textural differences here between the two buttons
whereas this one is black but there's a textural difference again it looks
really nice finish here with that nice glossy finish at the top a nice matte
finish at the bottom so it seems our device is ready to go so copy apps and
data so you can copy over apps and data that's what I was talking about the
connection and the cable that's provided in the box so I'm not going to do that
at the moment we're going to set up as a new device because I want to use these
devices as the manufacturers wanted us to use them so what I am going to do is
sign in with my Google account and use all the services that Google offer and
if you don't have an account you can then create one your need one as well to
buy your apps games movies TV shows books whatever you need to buy
we'll need a Google account for the Google Playstore so this is hi Ricki
here and again we're gonna agree to some services again just check in for any
updates now because we signed into our Google accounts so Google services here
what services would we like to use the only one I take off is the backup one
but the rest I keep on so I get to use the best possible services that Google
offer so now we move on to security and it says here unlock with pixel imprints
usual fingerprint here to unlock your phone or approve purchases it does say
here though a strong pattern or pin may be more secure than your fingerprints
the first time I've seen that here so it's recommending that we choose a pin
so then it's telling us to turn around find our sensor which is seems to be in
an ideal place for me anyway I can definitely stretch my hand there so
simply raise your finger up and down you will get a strong vibration if you get
it wrong and it will give you a red text there we go it's all done you could
offer added another fingerprint if you so want to so we're going to continue
our setup here to get it fully updated and fully on the go so access your
assistant with voice match and it's going to use the voice match it should
have on file so my assistant can already recognize my voice and then you're all
set so squeeze for assistant so you squeeze your device down here at the
bottom it says sensitivity at the bottom there you can squeeze for and you can
change and adjust this here so finish up or keep adjustment so it's up to you so
always-on display I like to have an always-on display that means we get to
see our notifications in a time as well which is really helpful and they turn on
here so anything else you can add another email account you can add other
fingerprint you can change font size again good plasticity accessibility
option there you can change the wallpaper control information that's
shown on the lock screen and you can identify music around you also finally
here at the bottom you can review additional apps under say no thank you
as we want to get into our pixel so one last tip is saying about staying updated
with all the latest news and information from Google I like to do that anyway
there we go we've finished up and we're ready to go so coming along to the
left-hand side here you've got your Google information so you can tap to go
home or you do have a back button there so pull it up we're gonna see all of our
applications obviously you're gonna use the Google
Playstore to add more applications here so what I'm going to do now is quickly
set up this device and I'll come back when that's done so with both the pixel
three a and three eight XL both set up now and ready to go so they're both
running Android nine and this is the purest version of Android you're ever
gonna get it's from Google both these devices will get a push to Android cue a
lot quicker than any other device as they are from Google I will try and ask
if I can have Android cue on one of these devices a beta version to take a
look at test and review during my review period as it may have some enhancements
for the device so the gesture control system is very easy and very simple so
you can either swipe all the way up and that will get you your applications here
or you can just swipe up hold a little bit and then you'll get your open
applications and you can dismiss these one by one
so that's really good and nice to know also you will have a back button when in
an application here so if we go into the Google Play Store here we have a back
button option there we compress and come home so this is a 3a option here you can
swipe up again you press that back button to go very similar of different
in aspects of the screen sizes so five point six inches to six inches in
display here by actually size 3000 compared to 3700 on the pixel three axl
let's go through them individually and actually show you so taking a look at
the Google pixel 3a first of all the display size is five point six inches
and remember that's always measured corner-to-corner
it's AG o LED panel and it's Full HD plus with a resolution of twenty to
twenty by ten eighty that's gonna give us a pixel density of 441 which is
really quite high it has a screen ratio of eighteen by five by nine the screen
itself is made from dragon trail it offers thinness and then protects from
accidental bumps knocks and potential drops that's really good to know on here
so both of these devices offer an always-on display and I like this here
you will have apt notifications here little badges you've got your time and
you've got the date and you've got the weather which is really helpful one
quick press that fingerprint sensor it will unlock and you're ready to go so
it has 64 gigabytes of on-board storage like I said the batteries three thousand
minutes hour so up to seven hours of on-the-go movement from just 15 minutes
of charge which is really impressive and like I said the color is just black so
taking a look at the pixel 3a XL now to the screen size as you'll notice is
slightly different this is a six inch panel so again corner-to-corner
is a full HD plus offering agoo LED panel in sight the resolution for this
one is 2160 by 1080p this drops a pixel density down a little bit to 402 is a 18
by 9 aspect ratio the screen inside this display is the dragon tail this device
also has the always-on display again giving you app badges here the time the
date and all of your information quick tap a fingerprint sensor again and your
unlocked and you're ready to go which is really good this device 64 gigabytes of
internal storage 3,700 million power battery again that
quick charge up time from just 15 minutes 7 hours on the go so that's
really helpful and the color is clearly white which I prefer this version
because of that bright orange power bus in there so a bit more information about
both of these devices and both these devices have all of the following so the
only key difference is is its slight difference in the pixel density and the
screen resolution and the battery all of these features that are now going to
talk about both models have the 3/8 and a 3a
XL so both of them have 4 gigabytes of RAM with that 64 gigabyte internal
option they will have a hundred thousand to one super contrast ratio I have put
the dark theme on this as well you can have a dark theme on this making it
easier for you to read and if you notice if I pull down on this one here it's
actually the whiter option on the background so you can have two different
options you have true black levels so it tries to offer you the best possible
black levels it can and as it is an O LED panel that's actually quite easy to
do when it comes to power and performance the CPU is a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 670 processor which is a quad-core processor
offering new speeds of 2 gigahertz and 1.7 gigahertz the GPU is in a jar no 615
it has a Titan M a security module inside here to make sure that all your
Security's safe they include your fingerprint sensor so taking a look at
the rear camera on both these devices so it has one camera on the back and then
one camera on the front the rear camera is a 12.2 dual pixel Sony AMX three six
three sensor there's a really good powerful sensor and it should get loads
of great images has autofocus with dual pixel phase detection optical and
electronic image stabilization and it's an F 1.8 aperture it will offer you 76
degrees field of view so you can try and get everything in your photograph come
around to the front of the top bezel here you will also find a front-facing
camera front-facing camera again is exactly the same on both models
it's an 8 megapixel sensor F 2.0 it has a fixed focus this offers a little bit
wider field of view of 84 degrees which is really helpful video recording when
you come around to the rear you can take video on your device so you have 1080p
at 30 60 or 120 frames per second 720p will get you 30 60 or 240 frames per
second you can also record in 4k at 30 frames per second coming back back to
the front camera here you can record in 1080p 720p or 480p at 30 frames per
second so a few different options to change and go through depending on what
you want to do and where you want to share it both these devices offer stereo
speakers so you've got one front facing here and then one download fire in here
next to your USB see which offers that fast charging 18 watts so both of our
devices are set up and they're ready to go please let me know what you'd like to
see from both of these devices if you'd like to see Android q let me know I will
ask Google I'm pretty sure there will be ok but I'm looking forward to seeing how
well they work in comparison next to each other there's not too much
differences between the two models so one is the display slightly a little bit
bigger you've got more pixel density on the 3a you have a larger battery on the
3a XL by $700,000,000 which is quite a lot depending on your usage as I am a
very heavy social media usage I will tend to use this device more one for my
eyesight's and one more for that battery camera wise though is going to be
exactly the same I'm looking forward to going testing out the camera and I might
go to somewhere different going take some photos
for a bit of a change if you do have any questions or any queries drop a comment
down below and I'll be more than happy to help I hope you have enjoyed this
jewel unbox in my first ever one for the channel another first which is really
good to see massive thank you goes out to Google for sending both of these
devices thanks always watching and from me Ricky I will see you very soon bye
for now