I've never been a big phone guy. You know, I text, I call, I browse Reddit, I
watch the occasional YouTube video, and so I guess that's why they chose me to
unbox the Pixel 10A because I've got a 7A. I
don't upgrade and I don't buy expensive phones. Um I just don't think you have
to. I think they're kind of a waste of money, personally. Sorry to everyone I'm
going to hurt with that comment who paid $2,000 for a Fold or uh even just like
$1,000 for an iPhone. Or I think even the Pixel 10 regular is like $899.
I don't get it, personally. But also, I don't do a lot of work on my phone. So,
just to be clear for anyone who's a little upset, this is purely for
utilitarian stuff and for keeping myself a little bit entertained. Uh but what do
we get in the box? Well, it opened pretty easily, actually. I didn't expect to go through that so quickly while
talking to you, but otherwise we got our phone. We get a little SIM card tool as well as
this is probably like a warranty thing or a quick start guide. Yep, there we
go. We've also got a nice USB-C to C cable.
It's nicely packaged. I like how coiled up it is. You know, I'm I'm okay with
not getting bricks in device packages anymore. It definitely sucks if you're
buying your very first device or whatever, but um
I feel like they're kind of a waste now and most of you out there you probably
just have one from your previous device, like a laptop or something. Uh otherwise,
my packaging ripped ever so slightly. Uh I think they've updated it since the 7A.
It's been a while, um but I don't remember getting it in this like cool uh
like parchment paper kind of um enclosure, but I actually really like
it. It seems to, you know, protect everything nicely. And then, that's it. And you know, when
you're only paying like $499, I think
that's totally okay. As for the length of our cable, it is pretty short. It's
about 40 in, so not very long. If you do want to buy
another cable, hey, we sell them. lttstore.com get a true spec cable Uh um
because I don't even know what this is rated for. Probably not a whole lot, but
you know, it's good enough. As for our phone, it comes in four different
colors. This is the berry color, which I kind of like. I'm not a big red guy. I
actually prefer like blues and greens, but like this is actually a very nice
kind of orangey red almost or like a pink and yeah, it feels pretty good in
the hand. Actually, what I want to do is take my old phone out of the case and
compare them side by side. It's about the same size, but we have significantly
more rounded corners. And so yeah, that actually would probably feel a lot
better in the hand. Yeah, it's already way less pressure just on like, you
know, whatever your palm or thumb or something while you're scrolling through
stuff. So that actually is a welcome change. And the other great upgrade over
the 7A as well as the 9A and I think even the 10 is this looks taller,
doesn't it? That's because this is a massive camera bump. This doesn't. And
I'm actually really impressed. And it's
one of the few reasons why I would even consider upgrading my phone at this
point cuz this thing is still fine. It's not that old. The battery is okay. The
pictures are good enough. So this is the normal 10, not the 10A, but like look at
the massive camera bump on this thing. It is better. This one does have a
telephoto lens on it that the doesn't. So if you are considering a new
device, I think that personally most new cameras on new phones are like more than
good enough for the vast majority of you people out there taking photos of
yourselves or your kids or your lunch or whatever, but if you're a little more
serious, you might want the telephoto, but I mean man, look at the bulge you're
getting with that. Is it worth it? Not to me. Even the 9A, which is way
less prominent than the 10, it still has
a minor camera bump. And so when you're sliding your hand across it, it just
doesn't feel good. Whereas like this, yeah, this will slide right in and out
of my pant pockets like no problem. Um, I don't like using cases if I can avoid
it, uh, but you know, because of the camera
bump, that's actually a big part of why I have this Dbrand case is because I
want the sleekest, most comfortable, small device to fit into my pants pocket
as I can possibly find. I would love it if phones actually got smaller because I
kind of miss the days of like really tiny flip phones, but that's not the
case. These are about the same size diagonally and that's fine. This is kind
of the normal phone size that I'm okay with at this point. I just wish things
were a little shorter. You might notice there's some major cracks on this one.
That's Linus' fault. He took the 9A home and dropped it. Maybe don't drop your
phones, put screen protectors on, put cases on. One of the big advantages of
the 10A over the 9A as well is it's got some new glass, some new Corning Gorilla
Glass 7i. It's better than the old stuff. Otherwise, they look damn near
identical. We've got the same buttons and volume
rockers here. Same USB ports, although the 9A has your
SIM card on the bottom and the 10A has put it to the
traditional side. As for some of the major differences between the 10 and the
10A, basically what you're getting when you're saving all of that money, and it
is hundreds of dollars, it's like almost half the price for this phone versus
this one, you're getting less RAM. This has only 8 gigs instead of 12, which,
yeah, 100% if you're computer gaming, like you want more like 16 these days at
minimum, but on a phone that I'm just going to, you know, browse Reddit and
watch some YouTube videos on, 8 gigs is plenty in my opinion. The other major
difference that you might actually care about is the 10 has the Tensor G5 from
Google, whereas this has the Tensor G4. With that said, are you going to
actually notice that much of a performance difference? Maybe power
users, but the average person who this is actually marketed to, I don't think
so. And while the glass is different, they both support a 120 hertz screen.
That's my only real complaint about my 7A versus these is that this one's only
90 hertz, I think, refresh rate on the screen. It's not 120, but it's not 60.
So, I'll take it. Another pretty cool feature is this will actually be able to
tell you the battery health of your device. We went to check my 7A cuz, you
know, I've had it for a few years, maybe the battery's degraded. Doesn't support it. Pixel 8 and later. So, I just missed
the boat. But, that's okay cuz this is a brand new phone and it's got a pretty
solid battery. We measured something like 23 and a quarter hours in our
longevity battery test, which is actually really good. And so, I don't
think you're going to have any issues. Man, I got to say the 120 hertz, I do
notice it like right away. This is just so clean. So smooth. Oh man, okay. All
right, maybe it's time for me to upgrade. I love a good display. And this
actually has a crazy good display. We measured over 4,000 nits peak in SDR and
just under that in HDR, about 3,800 nits. So, it gets brighter than most of
the content you're ever going to be watching on it in the first place, which is fantastic. Yeah, God, this really is
a very pretty display and that is kind of killing me. Just scrolling through at
120 hertz, it looks so much smoother. Even the 90, man. I don't need a new
phone. I don't need a new phone. Okay, how's the camera though? That's cuz that's what like most people care about.
The reality is like I don't even take a ton of pictures. But, for example,
Wade's here from DankPods. So, I wanted to get a picture of us, right? Cuz, you
know, that's what people do. And yeah, my camera was good enough, but maybe I
could get better. Motion Whoa, okay. So, before you start, you get a bunch of cool new camera stuff. Motion photo, top
shot, auto best take. This already looks better than my camera though. Not like a
ton. Not a ton. So, what we'll do is I'll try to take the same pictures from
my 7A, the 10, and the 10A. And then you
guys can decide what you think is best. That's Brad. All right. And click.
Okay, that's one. That's two.
Click. Okay, I think the winner is definitely
the 10, but the 10A is right behind. Yeah, even the skin tones just look a
little bit more natural on the 10. But,
I think they're both great, honestly. And the reality is they're both clearly
better than my 7A. I don't know if that's just a screen brightness thing or
what, but like yeah, this looks okay. It's just dim. It looks crisper, like
way crisper on the 10A. And I wonder if it's just like a sensor thing or what,
but yeah. Whether it's the better camera or the better screen, I'm already I'm
kind of sold. If you really do care about photography, sure, get the 10
instead. But like, is it worth an extra $400? I don't know. I don't think I I
don't I personally don't really think so. Another really cool feature that uh
older phone owners like me might not have access to is the add me feature in
Gemini. Uh it's pretty cool. You just set your phone somewhere, you take a picture, you leave, someone else comes
in, and you can like splice them together. So, we'll try that in a second
after this word from our sponsor. Our sponsor, dbrand, sent over one of their
idiot-proof screen protectors for the Pixel 10A, which you won't need because
you're not an idiot, right? But, because I work here, they think I am. So, let's
put their theory to the test. Ah, that's the case.
That's the screen protector. Man, these look so cool. Like I haven't had to
actually install one of the new ones. Includes squeegee, alcohol wipe, and a
microfiber cloth. Let me clean it first. Give it a wipe.
Is there a microfiber in here? Squeegee, alcohol wipe, and microfiber cloth.
That's an alcohol wipe. Oh, here's the I'm stupid. I am an idiot. They really
do know who they're messing with. Okay, you just attach the tray to the phone
like so. Oh man, that really does make it idiot-proof, huh? Pull the tab.
And then you swipe down the middle.
Wait a bit. And you're done. I've got a couple air
bubbles, but that's what the squeegee is for. Push those off to the side, and
you're done. Wow, super easy. Who's the idiot now, dbrand? They also sent over
one of their customizable grip cases, which you can slap any of dbrand's
overpriced stickers onto for a custom look. We've got LTT's collab skin, dark
circuit, which you should also buy if you want us to receive a royalty. Or, if
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Thanks, dbrand. you guys. So, I'm on add me.
Click. Okay, hand off the Pixel and join the scene.
That kind of worked. >> That's pretty good, actually. >> that kind of, you know, it's not
perfect, but it even put me like in front of your arm and stuff. Like it
didn't, you know, screw that up at all. Like obviously you're major hover handing me, but like
whatever. Um yeah, that's you know, that's a pretty cool feature. I don't
think I'd ever use it personally, like on my own phone, cuz like I just I don't
know, I'm lazy and I just want to take a quick photo, but uh it's a very cool
feature to have, especially if you want multiple people in frame and you just
you don't have, you know, an easy way to do that. Let's do a little speaker comparison between uh my old phone and
the 10A, because I do listen to a lot of
YouTube videos when I'm just puttering around the house or whatever, doing some
cleaning, you know, I've got YouTube Premium, so I just shut the screen off
and I let the audio play. And this is sometimes a little too quiet. It
depends on the video's audio mixing, obviously, but uh every now and then I
wish it could just get a little bit louder.
So, that's max volume.
Okay. I'm not going to wait for the bass. We all know
there's no bass coming.
Yeah.
You know, it's kind of funny. This one is bassier. I think I actually prefer
the old ones. I don't know if it's just the EQ or what's going on.
This sounds too bassy, and it sounds a little muddy because of that, whereas
this sounds kind of clear. Let me just check like like spoken word really
quick. Apple just came flying in out of
left field with the people's elbow dropping their giant buying power. That
might have just been the song cuz this sounds pretty good still. I don't know.
I think either way I'm splitting hairs here and like the speakers are more than
good enough on either device. The reality is most of you are probably going to be listening with earbuds or
headphones anyway. Or at least I hope you are. Please if you're in public, on
the bus, on the plane, on the train, please please please please stop playing
stuff over the speaker. I will go insane one day and that will be why. Yeah,
otherwise it's like holding them both in the hand. I know I'm comparing like an
older device but I think the reality is that's kind of the people that are going to be shopping for this thing. Like if
you bought a 9A you're probably not looking to upgrade to a 10A. So anyone
with like a 7A or older like I I got to say I wasn't expecting to like it this
much and care this much about the display and the hand feel. Like I hate
that there's this camera bump here. I can feel it on my finger just holding
the phones together. Another major upgrade both over my 7A and the 9A is
satellite connectivity. I went home to Yellowknife recently and there's a road
that literally goes to like the end of Canada basically. And if you're on the
Ingram Trail, certain parts of it don't have cell service and you're going to
need some kind of like satellite phone if you're going to get yourself stuck
somewhere. And so yeah, that's actually a big deal and it could genuinely save
your life at some point. So camera's good, the screen is pretty good, the
speakers are totally fine. The only reason why you might want to shell out
more for this guy aside from the telephoto lens is probably the improved
processing power because it's genuinely pretty strong. In our Geekbench 6 CPU
single core test we're getting over 2300 points on the 10, whereas we're only
getting about 1700, 1750 on the 10A. So
it's a significant difference. And then when we go to multi-core, we're getting
over 6,000 points on the 10 versus only about 4,500 on the 10a. Which, you know,
they're synthetic benchmarks and like, yeah, I don't game on my phone. I don't
care that much. The funny thing is, when we use 3DMark Steel Nomad Light Test, we
actually get a better score on the 10a than we do on the 10. It's not a major
difference, but it's there. So, I kind of think that a lot of people just fall
for the like newer is better, flashier marketing traps that um marketing tries
to use to get you to buy their new product. And I just I've never been the
kind of person who upgrades their phone every single year. Cuz as you can see
with the 10a versus the 9a, there's not a lot of differences. Like, sure, you
get the better glass. And sure, the camera bump is less than on this guy,
but this one's already pretty minimal. It really is. And personally, um I have
an actual camera if I want to take photos. So, I don't really care about
the telephoto lens, and I would 100% ditch this camera bump if it means I
don't get it. Like, I'm totally down. Absolutely. Like, this is solid. This
with no bump at all? Yeah. How does it feel to slide into the pocket? Oh, it's
so good. It just goes in. It doesn't get stuck on anything. And then now it's
slimmer because I don't have a case on it.
Am I buying a new phone this weekend? I don't know. Maybe. It's good enough. And
at $499 for the 256,
it's a pretty decent deal. You know, if you've been wondering, yeah, do I need
all of this phone? Maybe you don't. Maybe get yourself a Pixel 10a. And if
you don't like it, you can probably return it. I'm Fluf this ShortCircuit.
This is the Pixel 10a. I think it's pretty solid for the price. If you want
to look at an even cheaper budget phone, check out the Samsung 17a 5G.
That's like 300 bucks. That's a great deal.
See you later.