Google Pixel 8a Hands-on and First Impressions

This is the new pixel 8A in the Bay color and this time around is extremely punchy.

This is quite a comfortable size to hold as well.

The display on this guy 6.1 inches 20 by 9 aspect ratio. The resolution 2400 by 1080 and it does go up to 120 Hertz on the refresh it's got Gorilla Glass 3 on the front glass and always on display and it can do up to 1400 nits of HDR brightness.

The Pixel 8A has a 64 megapixel quad PD wide camera with an F 1.89 aperture and it gives you an 80 field of view.

It's also got a 13 megapixel selfie camera that's a fixed focus and it has a 96.5 ultra wide selfie camera.

All of Google 's software features inside of the camera app, including Magic Editor Best take Magic Eraser Photo on Blur.

That's everything Google told me I can do at this point. I'm going to power this up and actually use it and see how it compares to the 8 Pro, specifically because the 8 Pro has actually been the device in my pocket. We'll see how interchangeable these two devices are and if I feel like I'm missing out on anything swapping over to this sub $ 500 phone. What do you guys think? Let me know down in the comments. Is this a real contender in the sub $ 500 smartphone wars? And I think it might be, but you let me know..