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Pixel 3a vs. Pixel 3a XL: What's Dissimilar?

Updated May 22 at 4:29 p.1000. ET: Nosotros've added bombardment test results later on reviewing both the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL.

Google has put the Pixel three's amazing camera in the more than affordable Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a 40. They're both available to buy now for a very affordable $399 and $479, respectively.

But which new is the all-time for y'all? Allow's take a expect at the (miniscule) differences between the two before you buy. Hint: it all comes downwards the display size and battery life.

Toll and Availability

The $399 Pixel 3a and $479 Pixel 3a Forty come in just ane variant: 64GB of storage with 4GB of RAM. Both phones are available to order now through Verizon (opens in new tab), Sprint, T-Mobile (opens in new tab), U.Southward. Cellular and Verizon's discount carrier, Visible. The carriers will sell both Pixel 3a models online and in-store, and Google volition acquit the devices on its website every bit well every bit on Google Fi.

You tin buy an unlocked Pixel 3a from Google that will work on whatever CDMA or GSM carrier, so AT&T customers tin can withal go far on the action.

You tin can find deals on the new Pixel 3a — and fifty-fifty a few discounts on the older Pixel three deals — so cheque out your options to make sure you don't leave any coin on the tabular array.

Pixel 3a vs. Pixel 3a Twoscore: Specs Compared

Phone	Pixel 3a	Pixel 3a 40
Starting Toll	$399	$479 (opens in new tab)
Screen (Resolution)	five.6-inch OLED (2280 x 1080)	6-inch OLED (2160 x 1080)
CPU	Snapdragon 670	Snapdragon 670
RAM	4GB	4GB
Storage	64GB	64GB
Rear Camera	12MP (f/1.viii) with OIS and EIS	12MP (f/1.8) with OIS and EIS
Front Camera	8MP (f/ii.0)	8MP (f/2.0)
Bombardment	3,000mAh	3,700mAh
Battery Life (Hrs:Mins)	xi:59	eleven:44
Headphone Jack?	Aye	Yep
Colors	Conspicuously White, Just Black, Purple-ish	Conspicuously White, Merely Black, Regal-ish
Size	half dozen x 2.eight x 0.3 inches	six.3 x 3 x 0.iii inches
Weight	5.2 ounces	v.ix ounces

Design and Size

The Pixel 3a wins on toll, but if you want a bigger display, the Pixel 3a XL is the Pixel to buy.

The cheaper Pixel 3a sports a 5.6-inch console, while the pricier 3a Twoscore has a 6-inch screen.

Otherwise, the 3a and 3a XL share the same design details. Both are all-plastic, but with the same matte and glossy backs, and both come in 3 colors: Only Black, Clearly White and Purple-ish. Yous'll observe that the 3a XL doesn't have a notch, like its predecessor did, which makes the 3a and 3a Twoscore even more similar to each other.

Both Pixels offer a rear fingerprint sensor below the camera lens and a headphone jack (which the pricier Pixel 3 and Pixel iii XL sacrificed last year). The plastic backs and headphone jacks hateful no wireless charging and no water resistance — you lot'll have to splurge for concluding year's Pixels for those features.

Cameras

When it comes to photography, the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a Twoscore accept the same verbal camera hardware and processing ability, so we look them to shoot photos of the same exact quality.

Both devices sport a 12.2-megapixel photographic camera lens on the back and a lon 8-MP front-facing lens. Google's image processing prowess is in its software, which in the Pixel 3a and 3a XL makes use of Snapdragon 670 processor and Adreno 615 graphics chip.

Both versions of the 3a accept the aforementioned powerful photography features that we loved in the flagship Pixel three, including Night Sight, Super Res Zoom and HDR+. Those features put every other flagship smartphone camera to shame, and it's possible that the Pixel 3a and 3a Xl volition reign supreme, too — particularly for the toll.

Display

The Pixel 3a Forty has a larger display, but both budget Pixels offering an 18:ix aspect ratio for their full-HD+ OLED panels.

There are a couple of tiny differences between the two displays, autonomously from size.

The Pixel 3a has a slightly wider 18.5:9 aspect ratio with a slightly higher number of pixels — 2220 x 1080 compared to the larger Pixel 3a XL's 2160 x 1080 resolution.

Battery

Yous would think that the Pixel 3a XL would final longer on a charge than its smaller sibling. It packs in a 3,700-mAh bombardment, which is larger than the 3a'due south 3,000-mAh pack.

Notwithstanding, that wasn't what happened when we tested both phones. The Pixel 3a had the better time on our battery exam, in which nosotros have the fully charged phones continuously surf the web over T-Mobile'due south LTE network until they run out of power. The 3a held out for 11 hours, 59 minutes — 15 minutes better than the Pixel 3a Forty'southward 11:44 fourth dimension. Yet, both of those times mean the latest Pixels are among the longest-lasting phones we've tested recently.

Both the Pixel 3a and 3a XL have ability-saving features, including an Adaptive Bombardment tool that learns your habits and knows when to prioritize battery life, that aid both devices llast about 30 hours on a charge. (That's according to Google'south estimates.) Both Pixel 3a models utilize 18-watt USB-C Power Delivery for fast-charging. Google says a 15-infinitesimal charge tin can add together seven hours of battery life — we'll put that claim to the test, of course.

Outlook

Whether you should buy a Pixel 3a or a 3a XL depends on what size screen you want and how important battery life is. Otherwise, you lot get the same great photographic camera on both phones, and yous also become the same processing power — and a headphone jack, if that's of import to you lot.

If you're trying to decide betwixt a newer, cheaper Pixel 3 and last yr'due south flagship model, we compared the 3a lineup to Google'due south higher-priced options to see how they stack upward. But given how cracking the camera is on the Pixel 3a and its sub-$400 price, nosotros've placed that device on our list of best available smartphones.

Check out all the news Google announced at its developer conference on our Google I/O 2019 hub folio.

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Caitlin is a Senior editor for Gizmodo. She has also worked on Tom'due south Guide, Macworld, PCWorld and the Las Vegas Review-Periodical. When she's non testing out the latest devices, yous can find her running around the streets of Los Angeles, putting in morning time miles or searching for the best tacos.