By Dominic Preston
Publication Date: 2026-03-13 18:36:00
I’m not entirely sure why the Pixel 10A exists.
Google hasn’t upgraded the chipset, cameras, or battery in the new phone, and the tweaks it’s made elsewhere are minimal at best. The flatter camera island is good, I guess! In one sense this isn’t a big problem: The Pixel 9A is an excellent device, and for the last year was easily the best phone you could buy for $500 in the US. The new 10A is available to buy now at that same great price ($499 for 128GB of storage or $100 more for 256GB), but with the 9A still on sale, and dropping in price, there’s one big question: Why not just buy the 9A — which is almost the same phone — for $50 less?
When Google first showed me the 10A I struggled to get a good sense of what exactly had changed, so I pored over the spec sheets to lay out every…