My laptop with 2GBs of RAM doesn't feel so good right now Edit: Hey y'all I have good news, I'm finally getting a new PC with an RTX 2070 and 16GB of RAM! :pog:
Plus with the lack of OS overhead you don't miss having extra RAM. The original Pixel only had 4GB and ran fine. Depends on the apps you use but the 3a has the same 6GB and runs pretty smooth and reports on the current beta build say it's even better.
And what the hell do you need more for anyways? Never seen Android chug on RAM after like 2GB...it used to lag cause storage was too slow on most phones. I still wish they made 16GB phones...zero need for storage really.
@@TheFPSPower my phone died in a pool. wouldve saved me 500$ to have it waterproof it was an s9+, supposed to be waterproof but with back glass broken, it wasnt. week later and you could still hear water slosh around in it lol. back glass is the devil. broke with a goddam case on it, TWICE. i actually replaced the glass the first time, then it broke again with gentle use in a case
Dudes, hes a tech youtuber reviewing the highest quality stuff in the world. Of course its 'just' when you have 8gb ram standard on most flagship devices, 256 gb storage, etc. The list goes on.
Yeah no, that's bad no matter how you try to swing it. Considering there are even cheaper phones that offer expandable storage up to 1TB, there is no excuse for this having just 128 with no expansion options. People live in this weird bubble where if they don't do something on their smartphone, then the rest of the world doesn't either. Some people can use up that storage on a weekend vacation taking photos and videos.
In a world where people with no sense of reality want to browse the internet while gaming while texting while calling someone while real life passes them by... and a truck! 🤣
Since Google take 30% of the profit if you used their app store service, most companies would workaround by sending user to the web instead, this make every app a browser and pretty ram consuming.
Why do people hate plastic phones so much? I drop my phone often, I don't like spending £400 on glass replacements every week and I dont like bulky phone cases.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 What kind of dream are you having? Any glass will fucking break its just a matter of the angle you drop it at. And when you wrap an aluminium frame around glass panel, then yeah it wont matter how hard your glass is in fact the harder the glass the more prone it is to shattering, softer glass is ideally what you want but that scratches too easily so pick your poison.
Shoot, I feel like plastic-backed phones have more leeway when it comes to drops. My current and last phone, Asus ZenFone 3 Zoom and LG G4 had plastic backs and non-wrap-around screens and they couldn't be bothered by drops. Hell, they love to bounce. Never once a scratch or crack. Yet I am beset on all sides with people with cracked screen premium Samsungs and Apples.
Because people are stupid. The manufacturers made them believe that glass is "premium" so we're at a point now where people are actually want phones that are more fragile.
I don't know. Glass is so fragile that I have to wear a case to protect the phone, and then yeah, no matter what material the back is made of, it's under the case.
Well 6gb ram Is Not much, but after i have 256 GB now i feel 128 is already good. 8 or 12 GB ram is good for me tbh, and a 12 mp camera can be Great, aslong as you have good software (Google, Apple, Sony Showed this already)
Can we please stop this nonsense of "oh it feels cheap and plastic", The last 3/4 phones ive had that have been metal / glass, premium built have been covered in a random phone case.
As an added bonus, the plastic is better in a case because its lower weight helps offset the weight of the (probably plastic) case. These reviewers can actually afford to repair or replace their $1500 phones when they drop 2 feet and shatter, unlike most other people.
I feel like that's a you problem, i never use cases cause I don't have butter fingers and I'm careful with my phone. If i drop it well shit happens, my phone is made of glass and i still made the decision to get it. And yes glass and aluminium phones do feel premium. It feels nicer to the touch. Now if you don't wanna live with this worries then by all means get a plastic phone.
@@toxicmeatballs604 Wrong....its not a "me" problem. Phone cases are the number 1 phone accessory, I wonder why that is? 99% of people is say use a phone case, thus covering whatever materials the phones made out of.. A £1000 Samsung phone is going to cost more to repair than a £200 cheap phone.
Not sure why they decided to let linus freeflow on a grumpy day instead of using their writing team to make the device attractive for it's benefits like normal. Normally short circuit videos aren't critical, just an overview. This is the opposite: it feels like an attack measuring this phone against phones that people in the market for this phone can't afford.
As someone with the pixel 4 base config lol i am gonna get rid of that and get this lol. Same ram but, even if marginally, larger battery with a less power hungry chipset and twice the storage.
@@nomiguda I actually thought he was fairly positive about it. Acknowledging the parts where it isn't the same as a 'flagship' (for anyone thinking this is going to be a 'flagship killer') and praising where it gets it right (camera, haptics etc).
Okay Linus, you are not qualified to be reviewing low-end devices. Did you seriously just say the pixel 4a "has just 6gb of ram?" That's more than low end laptops have and 6gb is more than enough on a phone that just costs $350.
Every laptop the store I work at sells has at least 8 gb of ram. 6gb is less than most laptops. I think 6 is enough for a phone, but it's definitely less than a laptop lol. Chromebooks might have less than 8 but those aren't laptops lol
What phone do you have...? I tried to install LieageOS on my old 8gb phone and it is basically unusable. No camera, no browser. No space for apps whatsoever.
@@drakthorianakatzaphquiel455 All I'm saying is that ofc, in the Android industry, the standard will ofc go up quite fast, from either storage or memory size, but each people have their own needs so that's not something I can see for myself
@@loveiphones4550 There's no way that only 80GBs will be usable out of the box. I'm running a Pixel 3a with 64GB of storage; the entire OS takes up 18GB. If we extrapolate, you'll have roughly 100GBs of storage space. If you need more space, buy a phone with more space, guy
The Pixel phones have the cleanest install of Android you can get, hands-down. "Bloatware" is practically non-existent compared to phones from companies like Samsung. Goodbye, 32 GB Galaxy A10e!
Love iPhone's i don’t own the 4a but i have an s7 edge running its rom and some apps it only takes about 10gb total. if i only take note of the “system” tab it’s 6.1gb. for scale my iphone is at 6.19gb
To be fair, most midrange and flagship phones have no major issues in call quality, the carrier makes a bigger difference there. (Signal quality tends to vary even on the same phone in the same spot, phones' transmission power is so low that transient interference or even literally turning your phone the wrong way makes your reception weaker; it varies too much to be reliably tested in rural areas and urban areas will basically have acceptable signal on all carriers on all mid/upper end devices.) The "phone" part of a smartphone has pretty much been nailed thoroughly at this point.
I usually buy cheap phones cause I don't like cases. If an accident happens, the damage isn't that bad. My sister uses an iPhone with case and screen protection. Triple the price of my a50 and double its thickness and both phones to the same ass shit
@@loveiphones4550 Have you seen the plastic backing of the LG V10? or more recently, the plastic case of the Poco F1. In any case, cracks on glass is likely to be more disasterous than cracks on plastic. so umm, you are right. plastic cracks, glass SHATTERS.
Love iPhone's, why do you think plastic cracks faster?! You’re wrong on that part, the pixel 4a is a really good phone and plastic can feel nice, it also feels very comfortable.
@@brevz4620 uh, welcome to the 21st century; clearly you're new here because it's the same crap that every single company and government in the world is doing and has been for years. Get over yourself, Edge Lord.
He's probably tilted as he had to wait so long to get a review unit. I can't blame him; everyone else received, used and reviewed before his was even posted ;)
they could do just great plastic like carbon-fibre reinforced one. I have an old blackberry q10 with a carbon woven battery door flying around the workshop in dust and getting dropped and the battery door still looks almost new
Not only people with small hands, but many prefer small friendly phones but, the industry is giving more importance to huge screens. I personally believe we need more phones like this
@@timfryer9408 Probably not a physical home button, but I'm all for the small design. Samsung really hit a score with S9 design, in my opinion, the best one yet.
Bigger phone = bigger battery, also better at media consumption but the main reason is the battery. I think 6'3 to 6'5 is the sweet spot for battery and size for men and 5'8 to 6' for women. At least average man and women.
@@ጂዩዝ but all of those options have big screen size bulky hefty design which is all about numbers. i want a compact phone with flagship camera which is very hard nowadays. only 2 options , iphone se and samsung s10e but its too expensive for me.
"just 6 gigs of RAM" Really Linus? When did 6gigs of ram become not adequate in a phone?? Stop comparing it to your $1000+ daily drivers with overkill specs.
Great, when someone tells me their phone is made of plastic and has 1080p display, I wouldn't know if they're talking about the $350 Pixel or the $1000 Samsung
@@mgaliazzo I got a redmi note Really good specs for a very very cheap price But the phone is very short lived Like 2 years and the entire phone becomes horrible Plus there were problems within those 2 years also - just that they were minor and not as pissing off Then my mom got another Same problems I think they use used parts or something That's why it's soo cheap
@@surendarmalai96 I know that the lifespan is 2/2.5 years and I am still ok with that. tbh with all the progress technology is making I don't feel right about spending more than 200€ for a phone
@@blindmown I don't think the hand feel matters as much. Every plastic-back phone I've ever owned sticks to my fingers better than glass. And cases are generally rubber or plastic to protect the precious glass casing around the device which - *why bother?* It truly confounds me.
"Just a 12 MP camera" The megapixels don't matter though. Apple uses only 12 MP cameras and they're incredible. No one cares how large your pictures are. What matters is dynamic range, optical quality, autofocus and most importantly, processing.
Saying mega pixels don't matter because of good image processing is like saying ingredients don't matter because you have a 5 star chef. Yes, he'll be able to turn almost anything into gold, but give him the freshest ingredients and he'll do even better. Google has some of the best computational photograhy in the game. Better than Apple and any manufacturer, yet they allow subpar hardware to hold it back. That's why when you sideload Gcam software to a flagship Samsung or Oneplus phone, you get even better pictures than on a Pixel.
@@leonfrancis3418 Yea Ur Theory Is Right But What Makes U Think A Billion Dollar Company Doesn't Think About What U Said🙄. Thier Software Is Crazy Optimised For A Particular Sensor Only So They'll Provide Best Results With It. And When They Actually Think They Cannot Further Optimise It They'll Switch To Newer Sensors.
Eh, there are phones at the same price with a little better specs than this one nowadays, the only area that the pixel does beat everyone is the camera software, which is really the best you can get in the market.
@@blindmown because the phone still has a screen...? And getting one is significantly easier than having to take out the plastic and replace for another one
Not about big numbers. It is about the apple logo. It doesn't have apple logo so it isn't that good. Simple logic of most youtubers here. Because they are rich enough to use apple's latest and greatest every year so they obviously have bias. But this much bias as reviewer is just.... 🤦🏻♂️ Apple's LCD 4.7 inch display despite having same footprint has 4a is decent but no explicit praise for 4a because that would be like accepting apple got outed this time. How could it happen? Not to mention 1800 vs 3140 in battery no matter how much optimization apple does with SE battery life of 4a is better hands down. Already know the numbers of SE from numerous videos. And already use a mid range android phone myself having 3000mah battery give more battery life after 1.5 years than SE gives on day 1. 😂 Effective battery has reduced to near 2500mah now. 128 GB at $350 vs $400 for 64GB with SE (450 for 128) difference if $100 which is 30% of the phones doesn't matter? Headphone jack so even if you are switching from ios good for you too otherwise android to ios switch is not 400 it will be 570 including 170 for airpods if you want decent wireless and thank yourself for not getting the inconvenience of lighting to 3.5mm connectors. OLED vs LCD. If you use iMessage obviously go for iPhone else 4a is better at every step. That a13 isn't going to be used to its full potential when you only have 4.7 inch screen any game you want to play that actually utilises the horsepower of a13 isn't playable on 4.7 inch screen conveniently. I would rather play at medium settings on big screen rather than playing highest setting in that lettrbox display. I like small phones but not that small 4.7 is too small.
Got a 3a awhile back and love it. Still runs like brand new after all the beatings it's taken. Maybe I'll eventually get this, love more budget end phones that still run well and give a good experience
4:16 "just 6 GB of RAM"! Sadly, 8GB RAM on laptops is still standard. Why do we need all this RAM to be used in mobile phones? I wish more attention is put on PC makers to increase the default to 16GB.
I mean the ram in your laptop is completely dependent on the budget YOU have. Alot of laptops have higher ram but that's if you're willing to shell out for it
@@tentai8581 so you have no worries about running out of data when I'm the go? A switch also has much better games in general, without needing to be on the internet at all.
@@tentai8581 well then stadia makes some sense. I have a 1000gb cap on my wifi here in the US lol. 4gb on my mobile data with no signal spots everywhere... Still, I prefer games like breath of the wild for being out and about, they seem to be better made for on the go playing than PC games on stadia.
He's reviewing a damn phone and here he thinks people want to play games on it if I want to play games there is a switch or a 3DS or if I want to go old-school a Gameboy Advance SP that's got an amazing screen or how about a PS Vita or an Xbox One or PS4 or you know something dedicated playing video games gtx2080ti idk
@@leonfrancis3418 yes but not everyone plays in tournaments, most people play games that run on the highest settings on me lower mid-range processors without any heating.
my op 7 pro has 6 gb and looking at stats in settings i use on avg 4gb and im a heavy user... reviewers like linus get to review the fastest, snappiest and most advanced tech on day one and when they see 6 when new rog phone has 16 it seems like its small to them :/
My S9+ has 6GB ram and even after closing background apps there's still less than half available. Before closing background apps, Pokemon Go was using 1.2GB of ram all on it's own, just running in the background. It's probably fine, but 6GB is certainly not "More than you'll ever need".. And I'm sure newer versions of Android will need more as they get released.
I miss mine, the mic randomly died and I decided to buy a new phone instead of fixing it (changing the whole mobo), I definitely should have done the later... It's still somewhere in a box, maybe I should switch back to it. I loved how light and tiny it was
@@AsbestosMuffins They are, but it's not meant to replace the 4a, the pixel 5 co-exist alongside the 4a at a higher price tag (even tho rumours sugesst is coming with a 765g, which is not much powerful than the 730g, well below the 855 found on the pixel 4/4 xl)
@@MsMonster128 The 765G is somewhere between 845 and 855 in terms of chipset, it's the GPU where the 700 series lags behind 800 series. But it's okay because the 865 doesn't have a built in 5G modem like the 765G and also it's way more expensive than the 855.
@@sekkei.4238 Lol no, aside from synthetic benchmarks the 765G CPU is not better than the 845, the 765G has 2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.2ghz and 2.4ghz, the 845 has FOUR Cortex A75 clocked each at 2.8ghz, the IPC gains and the newer fabrication process node don't make up for the higher "big" core count and higher frequency found in the 845. Is the 765G enough for most people? yeah, but that's not what we're talking about.
Have had my 4a for a week and I love it. Clean and simple, and the photos are fantastic! I don't think it feels "plasticy". My last phone had a metal body and the 4a feels nearly as sturdy to me. My parents have Moto G6's and those definitely feel "plasticy".
As someone who hasn't downloaded a game on their phone in years.... I really only care about being able to quickly take quality pictures, and that communication apps work great.
seankkg dude even the galaxy s8 is cumbersome for my hands, and it has almost the same screen size as the regular Pixel 4. I guess Linus went “well neither the Pixel 4 nor the 4XL fit my hands, might as well go for the bigger one”
Linus haz widdle hands, tho... Like, my hands are massive and my Note 10 Plus is "one handable." It's like, 6.9 inches. Peeps got different hands, y'all.
@@rakhazidane4022 True. You can't get a budget Chinese phone that is less than 6 inch display. I have been looking for a smaller very budget phone for my mother for a while now. Only Nokias, Samsungs and old Moto phones fit the description.
ms p yeah even MKBHD keeps criticizing the phone and says “ it is slow phone” when he just new unbox it lol , what a joke. I have an iPhone X and guess what it is one the buggiest phone especially IOS 14 , my messenger is lagging really hard after the update
It feels like you lot have forgotten the 3a altogether about how fine tuned the same things were a year ago like the haptic feedback, the OLED display, the camera, and the pure Android experience. Tech reviewers indeed have the memory of a gold fish tbh!
Linus: Why did they go with plastic?Did they not have enough money? James: Well its only $350 , so I guess they did not have enough money. Linus: I cannot believe that I will use the 4a as my standard phone. James: Why? Linus: Well it going to look bad when I am caught on camera using this phone to research for a expensive Graphics card.
My phone has 90hz and honestly after the novelty wore off I've left it back on 60hz. If you don't play games on your phone it's not worth sacrificing even a little battery to see Android animations and scrolling go a bit smoother.
@@Sundara229 I used an ifixit kit, but really only used my knowledge from watching jerryrigeverything. I went too far behind the glass with my razor and stabbed the display.
You, as in LMG, need to teach every video editor to render at the right image ratio. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to have an entire black outline around the video because there are black lines at the top and bottom in the file and the rest being caused by a wider display? Just a few hours ago, I watched an LTT video that was rendered correctly, so it's proof that some of the editors know how to do it.
All their videos are rendered at 18:9. This video does not have black bars top and bottom baked into it and it fills my 20:9 phone screen with black bars only on the sides. I have encountered a bug with the android app where it refuses to fill the display vertically with wider than 16:9 content. Clearing the cache fixes that issue.
Can someone explain to me what benefit having the raw horsepower on a phone will give? I just want to call my parents, text friends, occasionally take pictures and watch videos. More and more powerful devices. I could never fill 128 gigs on a phone even if I wanted to. The last time I filled the storage on my phone was with a cheap flip phone in the early 2000s.
I feel ya, Im the same. you can find excellent Smartphones from last year or older at around 100 Dollars that can do absolutely everything. I look at features like battery life, Fingerprint sensors, Size and Screen density. things that actually make a difference. High specs and higher price points have become a Fashion item, perfectly usable devices thrown away for the "latest and Greatest" iteration with minimal to no changes and improvements. Check out the First Reveal of the Iphone, and notice how few truly new Features and capabilities Smartphones have gained in nearly 13 years. the list is depressingly small.
They just look at the spec sheet. They see A13, glass back, wireless charging, $400, and call it good based on that. What is the point of having the A13 if the screen and battery are garbage? And $400 for 64gb?
@@Totally_FBI A13 is a beast, wireless charging is just marketing, very few people use it cause the charger is slow and expensive, as for the glass it seems nice. Anyway i got my pixel 4a and it's the most favourite phone i have ever had, simple clean, elegant, smooth in every aspect. The camera is amazing especially considering the price this thing costs.
If the tech reviewers say you do people believe it. Heck people believe their brains are being fried by lasers from the government. What is like from Linus is a video showing two phones, one old and one new doing the exact same tasks. And no 90+ refresh rates to mess up the test. Just good old fashioned stuff that everyone does. Open apps, use them, switch between them. But then he'd probably lose all his sponsors.
Clearly you have a bias if “wearing the competitor’s watch” which, while irrelevant, is enough for you to discredit a phone review from someone who’s used to only Android flagships lol. What did you honestly expect going into this?
When it's notch, giant forehead or holepunch to choose from, I think the obvious one to choose would be a single hole punch for most users. Unless you're often watching stuff on your phone like on public transport or something, then maybe going with a device with a forehead is the better move.
What does Linus mean by "only 6GB of RAM"? I just recently had to upgrade my 2013 Sony Xperia Z1 with 2GB of RAM and it had only became less usable in the last year or so, due to RAM problems. It seems insane to me to suggest you would need more than 6GB in the next 2-3 years...
@@cinnabarsin4288 I use my headphone jack way more than the never that I drop my phone in water. Plus most people shopping at the $350 price point are still going to be using non-bluetooth headphones.
i am a normal user, using only camera, instagram, whatsapp, twitter, nothing too heavy....and this phone is butter smooth....no lags whatsoever. Only issue is I live in a place where climate is 120 deg...so this phone easily warms up..sometimes heating while using camera too. Everything else is perfect. Cant want more
You guys should take a look at the Fairphone 3, it's basically a less spec'd version of this, with stock android, no bloatware, ethical sourcing, and repairable! It's the phone I've been recommending to everyone that just wants a working phone, which they can still use in 3 years without having to worry about hardware breaking and having to buy a completely new phone.
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"just 6 GB of RAM"
*slowly turn to my 4 GB RAM laptop*
My laptop with 2GBs of RAM doesn't feel so good right now
Edit: Hey y'all I have good news, I'm finally getting a new PC with an RTX 2070 and 16GB of RAM! :pog:
I feel the same whenever I look at the specs of the $75 raspberry pi...
@@DistrosProjects too bad, it'll die while loading TH-cam lol
it hurts lol
4 Gb ram too 💀
"just 6GB of RAM"
"only 128GB of storage"
dude, it's a $350 budget phone, those specs are plenty
same thought went through my head hahah
Plus with the lack of OS overhead you don't miss having extra RAM. The original Pixel only had 4GB and ran fine. Depends on the apps you use but the 3a has the same 6GB and runs pretty smooth and reports on the current beta build say it's even better.
And what the hell do you need more for anyways? Never seen Android chug on RAM after like 2GB...it used to lag cause storage was too slow on most phones. I still wish they made 16GB phones...zero need for storage really.
Compare to Xiaomi 9s, for $250
@@pockypimp The 3a actually only has 4GB.
Seems like this is exactly what most people want from their phone. Stock android, sensible defaults.
I'd pay extra for waterproofing. Waterproof cases aren't that great imo
@@Rix317 Are people dropping their phones into the toilet that often? I don't find many uses for high water resistance on day-to-day
TheFPSPower I think it's all about not having to baby your phone
@@sckova Well in that case I have to baby it much more due to the glass back, which IMO is much more worrying.
@@TheFPSPower my phone died in a pool. wouldve saved me 500$ to have it waterproof
it was an s9+, supposed to be waterproof but with back glass broken, it wasnt. week later and you could still hear water slosh around in it lol. back glass is the devil. broke with a goddam case on it, TWICE. i actually replaced the glass the first time, then it broke again with gentle use in a case
"Just 6 Gigs of RAM and only 128 GIg storage" Linus, you gotta come out of that premium lifestyle bubble you live in.
Lol right? My fav is "It does not feel like a premium smart phone when you turn it up". Well yes.... its a cheap smartphone
That’s more ram than my laptop lmao
Dudes, hes a tech youtuber reviewing the highest quality stuff in the world. Of course its 'just' when you have 8gb ram standard on most flagship devices, 256 gb storage, etc. The list goes on.
@@beefstrokinoff than he should stop reviews .... Dude hes reviews phone for regular costomers. 6gb ram and 126gb in Phone is good for 350 dollars.
@@beefstrokinoff 8gb is standard for a "FLAGSHIP"... what the hell are u smoking..this is not a flagship phone ... 🤦🏽♂️
"Only 128 gigs of storage and no microSD expansion".
How large is your homework folder, Linus?
Yea "homework"
*Wink wink
I mean you can't expand it with a sd.
@@miguelgarcia8455 what you'll do after expanding run 4k films storage? lol 😂
Yeah no, that's bad no matter how you try to swing it. Considering there are even cheaper phones that offer expandable storage up to 1TB, there is no excuse for this having just 128 with no expansion options.
People live in this weird bubble where if they don't do something on their smartphone, then the rest of the world doesn't either.
Some people can use up that storage on a weekend vacation taking photos and videos.
@@leonfrancis3418 cant really complain at that price.. Look instead at the iphone se with 64gb for 399$. Pixel4a definitely seems like a better deal.
In what world is 6 gigs ram not enough on a smartphone?
In a world where people with no sense of reality want to browse the internet while gaming while texting while calling someone while real life passes them by... and a truck! 🤣
Since Google take 30% of the profit if you used their app store service, most companies would workaround by sending user to the web instead, this make every app a browser and pretty ram consuming.
@@catboy3471 ok now what is your source for that claim
In a world of unoptimized bloat. That's a different world than Pixel exists in.
Exactly he's an idiot
"It's really plasticy feeling"
Well Linus... It's plastic
Well, Dundee Plastic has its own brothers.
Some not so plastiky
NO, its glass🙄
I think he meant it more in a way that it feels cheap. Because there are plastic phones out there that actually feel premium
@@matthijskkr note 20?
@@BraydenJLee_ note 20 plastic feels wprse than the pixel 4a.
Why do people hate plastic phones so much? I drop my phone often, I don't like spending £400 on glass replacements every week and I dont like bulky phone cases.
@@bosstowndynamics5488
What kind of dream are you having? Any glass will fucking break its just a matter of the angle you drop it at.
And when you wrap an aluminium frame around glass panel, then yeah it wont matter how hard your glass is in fact the harder the glass the more prone it is to shattering, softer glass is ideally what you want but that scratches too easily so pick your poison.
Shoot, I feel like plastic-backed phones have more leeway when it comes to drops. My current and last phone, Asus ZenFone 3 Zoom and LG G4 had plastic backs and non-wrap-around screens and they couldn't be bothered by drops. Hell, they love to bounce. Never once a scratch or crack.
Yet I am beset on all sides with people with cracked screen premium Samsungs and Apples.
Because people are stupid. The manufacturers made them believe that glass is "premium" so we're at a point now where people are actually want phones that are more fragile.
I don't know. Glass is so fragile that I have to wear a case to protect the phone, and then yeah, no matter what material the back is made of, it's under the case.
Did you guys didn't watch jerryrig
"It ONLY has this, and ONLY has that" and I'm looking at these specs like "Wow, great for me!"
Well 6gb ram Is Not much, but after i have 256 GB now i feel 128 is already good. 8 or 12 GB ram is good for me tbh, and a 12 mp camera can be Great, aslong as you have good software (Google, Apple, Sony Showed this already)
@@kyler247 you have brain damage.
@@kyler247 .. so? Also bold of you to assume that nobody who comes across this will care at all.
@@nomore2260 at least I'm not poverty stricken or living in a 3rd world country
@@kyler247 You are *proud* because you weren't born in a third-world country? Holy shit man listen to yourself
Can we please stop this nonsense of "oh it feels cheap and plastic", The last 3/4 phones ive had that have been metal / glass, premium built have been covered in a random phone case.
As an added bonus, the plastic is better in a case because its lower weight helps offset the weight of the (probably plastic) case. These reviewers can actually afford to repair or replace their $1500 phones when they drop 2 feet and shatter, unlike most other people.
Blame samsung for that. They're the ones who caved in to apple and altered the android landscape.
I feel like that's a you problem, i never use cases cause I don't have butter fingers and I'm careful with my phone.
If i drop it well shit happens, my phone is made of glass and i still made the decision to get it.
And yes glass and aluminium phones do feel premium. It feels nicer to the touch.
Now if you don't wanna live with this worries then by all means get a plastic phone.
@@toxicmeatballs604 Wrong....its not a "me" problem.
Phone cases are the number 1 phone accessory, I wonder why that is? 99% of people is say use a phone case, thus covering whatever materials the phones made out of.. A £1000 Samsung phone is going to cost more to repair than a £200 cheap phone.
Exactly. I cover my premium broken iPhone glass with a cheap case to try and hold it together.
Pixel 4a:
"Only 6 gb ram"
"Only 128 gb storage"
"Only 12 MP primary camera"
Pixel 4/4XL:
6 gb RAM
64 gb storage in base config
12 MP primary camera
Not sure why they decided to let linus freeflow on a grumpy day instead of using their writing team to make the device attractive for it's benefits like normal. Normally short circuit videos aren't critical, just an overview. This is the opposite: it feels like an attack measuring this phone against phones that people in the market for this phone can't afford.
As someone with the pixel 4 base config lol i am gonna get rid of that and get this lol. Same ram but, even if marginally, larger battery with a less power hungry chipset and twice the storage.
@@Karthig1987 I have the 4xl and I really wish they had put 128 gigs of storage in here.
@@nomiguda I actually thought he was fairly positive about it. Acknowledging the parts where it isn't the same as a 'flagship' (for anyone thinking this is going to be a 'flagship killer') and praising where it gets it right (camera, haptics etc).
its true i own a 64gb version lmfao
Okay Linus, you are not qualified to be reviewing low-end devices. Did you seriously just say the pixel 4a "has just 6gb of ram?" That's more than low end laptops have and 6gb is more than enough on a phone that just costs $350.
Doesn't Pixel 3a has 4GB RAM? I think you meant 4a.
@@DeivixLV yeah lol I meant 4a
@@DeivixLV would've bought this if not for the very late ass September release in india...just bought a new s9 plus for around $360 smh..
@@DeivixLV And that 4GB in mine is just fine too.
Every laptop the store I work at sells has at least 8 gb of ram. 6gb is less than most laptops. I think 6 is enough for a phone, but it's definitely less than a laptop lol. Chromebooks might have less than 8 but those aren't laptops lol
"only 128gb of storage"
me crying with my 8gb of storage.
What phone do you have...? I tried to install LieageOS on my old 8gb phone and it is basically unusable. No camera, no browser. No space for apps whatsoever.
@@aspzx i have an old J3 2016, it's still usable, but storage space is always at 400mb or less left
@@raulpires1969 i also have a 2016 budget phone but it has 64gb storage
128GB SD Card costs like 10 bucks
Mikha'il Paragon i don't think so
This is perfect for me. Minimalist phone with good enough specs. Great camera. Headphone jack. OLED screen. Great mics. And the price is great too.
It's not even minimalist. 6gb ram and 128gb are a lot. Also it has an HDR capable OLED screen. How is that remotely minimalist?
@@falagarius thats already minimalist to me, the phone size and specs provided
My eye twitched when he said "only six gigs of RAM" while watching this through my 4gb $890 pixel 3XL
😂😂😂 a slap in the face
Hahahahah
Me: *Cries in 2 gigs of ram iPhone 6s*
Meanwhile I have a 4 year old 3gb ram Huawei phone.
"Only" 6GB RAM
"Only" 128GB storage
Seriously? 🙄
He's getting more meme on his videos
Iqbal Muhammad your ram is an odd number ??
Yeah, it is "only", if you have low preferences, then it's on you
@@drakthorianakatzaphquiel455 All I'm saying is that ofc, in the Android industry, the standard will ofc go up quite fast, from either storage or memory size, but each people have their own needs so that's not something I can see for myself
"Only 128GBs of storage" is a ridiculous thing to complain about lol
@@loveiphones4550 80gbs isn't enough? My pixel 3 is only 64gb and I still have 20 gbs free.
@@loveiphones4550 There's no way that only 80GBs will be usable out of the box. I'm running a Pixel 3a with 64GB of storage; the entire OS takes up 18GB. If we extrapolate, you'll have roughly 100GBs of storage space. If you need more space, buy a phone with more space, guy
The Pixel phones have the cleanest install of Android you can get, hands-down. "Bloatware" is practically non-existent compared to phones from companies like Samsung. Goodbye, 32 GB Galaxy A10e!
Love iPhone's i don’t own the 4a but i have an s7 edge running its rom and some apps it only takes about 10gb total. if i only take note of the “system” tab it’s 6.1gb. for scale my iphone is at 6.19gb
@@pilu9538 You need to listen to the video again.
At least the plastic back doesn't shatter too quick like glass
Glass is Glass, and Glass breaks
Yes
@@Leon-tq5kz hey that's a copyrighted statement
Am I the only human that has never broken the glass on a phone?
@@thegardenofeatin5965 yes.
This is a perfect phone.
The size, storage, RAM, Camera and stock Android.
I love how no tech reviewers actually comment on the signal or call quality of phones anymore 😂😂
mr mobile always talks about the call quality
They do tend to have kick-ass wifi so doesn't even concern them.
Right! Only cameras and how good the glass back feels.. it's horrible lol
To be fair, most midrange and flagship phones have no major issues in call quality, the carrier makes a bigger difference there. (Signal quality tends to vary even on the same phone in the same spot, phones' transmission power is so low that transient interference or even literally turning your phone the wrong way makes your reception weaker; it varies too much to be reliably tested in rural areas and urban areas will basically have acceptable signal on all carriers on all mid/upper end devices.) The "phone" part of a smartphone has pretty much been nailed thoroughly at this point.
Most people are using something like whatsapp to make calls nowadays.
90% of people use a case on their phone..who cares about the plastic honestly.
Probably also the reason why you don't really see pop-up cameras on phones anymore.
@@generalardi There's cases with holes for the pop-up it's not a problem. Even though the pop-up mechanisms are generally pretty big.
I usually buy cheap phones cause I don't like cases. If an accident happens, the damage isn't that bad.
My sister uses an iPhone with case and screen protection. Triple the price of my a50 and double its thickness and both phones to the same ass shit
I was gonna comment this. I'm gonna be using a full 3-piece casing so I'm not gonna give two shits about the native casing.
@@marcoabduarte your sister's iphone will prolly be able to do the same stuff for far longer than your A50
I actually like having a plastic back because of how light it is.
and it won't crack dropping a feet to to ground.
@@loveiphones4550 Have you seen the plastic backing of the LG V10? or more recently, the plastic case of the Poco F1. In any case, cracks on glass is likely to be more disasterous than cracks on plastic. so umm, you are right. plastic cracks, glass SHATTERS.
Love iPhone's, why do you think plastic cracks faster?! You’re wrong on that part, the pixel 4a is a really good phone and plastic can feel nice, it also feels very comfortable.
@@loveiphones4550??????? plastic doesn't crack they just scratch easier than glass
@@loveiphones4550 r u drunk or what??
"only 128gb of storage"
**cries in 32GB of storage**
I feel you xD
cries in 16 lol
@@Noxta_ we're talking about internal storage here bro........
@@assassin9763 not to mention the fact that he's seemingly talking talking about desktop ram
@@miscellaneousspace4475 i know
This video feels a little aggressive towards the phone, like calm down
He made a 9 minute non-review saying 128gb of storage is not enough he is delusional
@@nikolamilivojevic1942 usually i like shortcircuit videos but this one was absolute garbage
ya like relax what has google ever done wrong to america ! lolol
@@brevz4620 uh, welcome to the 21st century; clearly you're new here because it's the same crap that every single company and government in the world is doing and has been for years. Get over yourself, Edge Lord.
He's probably tilted as he had to wait so long to get a review unit. I can't blame him; everyone else received, used and reviewed before his was even posted ;)
Think I'd rather have a plastic phone housing than the glass that's become the norm.
Yeah I have my glass phone in a plastic case anyway.
they could do just great plastic like carbon-fibre reinforced one. I have an old blackberry q10 with a carbon woven battery door flying around the workshop in dust and getting dropped and the battery door still looks almost new
Not only people with small hands, but many prefer small friendly phones but, the industry is giving more importance to huge screens. I personally believe we need more phones like this
I agree, I like sub 6" phones. I don't get why companies are making those humongous phones, like man are you making a tablet or what. Smh.
@@timfryer9408 Probably not a physical home button, but I'm all for the small design. Samsung really hit a score with S9 design, in my opinion, the best one yet.
Bigger phone = bigger battery, also better at media consumption but the main reason is the battery. I think 6'3 to 6'5 is the sweet spot for battery and size for men and 5'8 to 6' for women. At least average man and women.
4.7 inch is enough for me
@@Simon-oy7kf you bought an iPhone so yeah. A lot less things are fine for you
05:20 Linus skipping his own ads
Buhahahahahaha
When will he sponsor Adblocker
best tech tip he showed us in a good while
Sucks that google wont sell their phones in so many regions
We don't care, because we also don't get those deals yall got with good phones in the US either. Im talking about the nord, the xiaomi phones etc.
@@ጂዩዝ i can get nord for 330$ in india but i want pixel 4a. which google will price for 500$ here
@@harshitmalav8354 meh, you guys have a lot of options so don't complain.
@@ጂዩዝ i mean what if this is the phone hes been looking for and now its priced 250 dollars more..
@@ጂዩዝ but all of those options have big screen size bulky hefty design which is all about numbers. i want a compact phone with flagship camera which is very hard nowadays. only 2 options , iphone se and samsung s10e but its too expensive for me.
7:07 "only 128 gigs"
Ive got my mobile since 2 years now, never used more than 70 GB
70GB, I have never used more then 25GB.
"just 6 gigs of RAM"
Really Linus? When did 6gigs of ram become not adequate in a phone??
Stop comparing it to your $1000+ daily drivers with overkill specs.
and ONLY 128 gigs of storage? lmao your homework folder must be massive
99 percent sure his daily driver is the note 9 which is same price I belive also at 2:58 there's proof just wanted to say
Also, the oh so compelling iPhone SE has half the amount of ram.
@@falagarius doesn’t need more.
Google: releasing a 349$ plastic phone
Samsung: releasing a 999$ plastic phone
How things have changed, huh..
999$ plastic phone?
@@gausts Galaxy Note 20 , are plastic , 1080p60 Exynos(in my country)
@@gausts yeah, the normal note 20 is made of plastic for 999$
Great, when someone tells me their phone is made of plastic and has 1080p display, I wouldn't know if they're talking about the $350 Pixel or the $1000 Samsung
@@okaoki What...
This is worrying cause I'm starting to realize that even budget phones are more than my networth at this point
in my opinion 350 bucks is still a mid tier phone and something like my redmi note 8 is a budget phone since i payed it 200
What are you typing this on? If your net worth is less than $400 you must be in massive amounts of debt
@@mgaliazzo I got a redmi note
Really good specs for a very very cheap price
But the phone is very short lived
Like 2 years and the entire phone becomes horrible
Plus there were problems within those 2 years also - just that they were minor and not as pissing off
Then my mom got another
Same problems
I think they use used parts or something
That's why it's soo cheap
@@surendarmalai96 I know that the lifespan is 2/2.5 years and I am still ok with that. tbh with all the progress technology is making I don't feel right about spending more than 200€ for a phone
i mean my net worth is like -$40k so it could be literally free and still fit that criteria
I'd honestly take plastic back any day instead of glass back.
@@mikeycrackson Yeah, but plastic bends and scratches easier. I don't really mind plastic though, just doesn't feel as good to hold in hand imo.
Not when it's $1000, I'm talking about the note 20 btw
@@blindmown almost everyone puts a case on their phone, the phone doesn't even need a back for all I care
@@blindmown I don't think the hand feel matters as much. Every plastic-back phone I've ever owned sticks to my fingers better than glass. And cases are generally rubber or plastic to protect the precious glass casing around the device which - *why bother?* It truly confounds me.
Glass is glass, and glass breaks.
For real though, holding a glass phone actually feels like it's gonna fall anytime and shatter your wallet.
"Glass is Glass, and Glass Breaks" -JerryRig
I actually really like the finger print scanner. I much prefer it to the iris scanner. Especially when you have sunglasses on.
Now it's even more important with Covid-19.
😁
Linus: “only 128gb of storage without MicroSD expansion”
Me: cries in iPhone SE with 16gb
Se comes base in 64gb if you didnt know
Abdullah Hussain ohk
MY MAN , im on a iphone se 2016 , its time to switch , I ordered this phone , 3.5 jack and 'compact' phone ;)
"only 6 gigabytes of ram"
looks at my dailydriver with 2 gigs of ram
**Lags in 1 GB**
@@soda_pressed6254 **cries in 512mb**
*Meanwhile Oppo Smartphones eat half of 8Gbs Ram*
@@zmibbles Oh come on now, you're making my laptop jealous.
@@soda_pressed6254 Oh yeah, while on idle though
Linus: reminds me to the old Nexus 5
Me: Looking at my Nexus 5 "you arent old you have experience".
"Just a 12 MP camera"
The megapixels don't matter though. Apple uses only 12 MP cameras and they're incredible. No one cares how large your pictures are. What matters is dynamic range, optical quality, autofocus and most importantly, processing.
Agree
Saying mega pixels don't matter because of good image processing is like saying ingredients don't matter because you have a 5 star chef. Yes, he'll be able to turn almost anything into gold, but give him the freshest ingredients and he'll do even better.
Google has some of the best computational photograhy in the game. Better than Apple and any manufacturer, yet they allow subpar hardware to hold it back. That's why when you sideload Gcam software to a flagship Samsung or Oneplus phone, you get even better pictures than on a Pixel.
@@leonfrancis3418 Yea Ur Theory Is Right But What Makes U Think A Billion Dollar Company Doesn't Think About What U Said🙄. Thier Software Is Crazy Optimised For A Particular Sensor Only So They'll Provide Best Results With It. And When They Actually Think They Cannot Further Optimise It They'll Switch To Newer Sensors.
@Mr. Iqbal; maybe cuzz he aint english
Why is there a bed in the set. I’m asking the important questions here.
adult content, duh
Alejandro Coronado shh that’s the other channel
Honestly I think he's a bit overly critical here. His standards are so damn high these days. Linus, it's £350. Give it a fairer comparison.
But I dont get why they choose plastic. Even my 200$ Xiaomi has a glas housing
Indian youtubers complain about even 150$ phones being not good enough he's actually being fair in my opinion
Eh, there are phones at the same price with a little better specs than this one nowadays, the only area that the pixel does beat everyone is the camera software, which is really the best you can get in the market.
@@HermannHering but heres the thing, xiaomi doesn't make much profit, due to the fact that they rely on other products for profit... so yeah
There is no fair comparison from a major manufacturer
You're going to throw a case on it anyways, it doesn't matter if it's plastic or not
Istg
Faxs
facts
Why would you put a case on a plastic $350 phone? A case is likely more expensive than the plastic back panel if it's a decent one.
@@blindmown because the phone still has a screen...? And getting one is significantly easier than having to take out the plastic and replace for another one
this is the default phone for about 80% of all people.
and then there's "reviewers" badmouthing it because it doesn't have the biggest numbers
It would’ve been “the default phone” if Google would actually sold their phones in more regions.
Yeah this phone is pretty great. I'm still holding onto my s8 plus, but I think the pixel 5a will be my next phone when that comes out
Not about big numbers. It is about the apple logo. It doesn't have apple logo so it isn't that good. Simple logic of most youtubers here. Because they are rich enough to use apple's latest and greatest every year so they obviously have bias. But this much bias as reviewer is just.... 🤦🏻♂️
Apple's LCD 4.7 inch display despite having same footprint has 4a is decent but no explicit praise for 4a because that would be like accepting apple got outed this time. How could it happen?
Not to mention 1800 vs 3140 in battery no matter how much optimization apple does with SE battery life of 4a is better hands down. Already know the numbers of SE from numerous videos. And already use a mid range android phone myself having 3000mah battery give more battery life after 1.5 years than SE gives on day 1. 😂 Effective battery has reduced to near 2500mah now. 128 GB at $350 vs $400 for 64GB with SE (450 for 128) difference if $100 which is 30% of the phones doesn't matter? Headphone jack so even if you are switching from ios good for you too otherwise android to ios switch is not 400 it will be 570 including 170 for airpods if you want decent wireless and thank yourself for not getting the inconvenience of lighting to 3.5mm connectors. OLED vs LCD. If you use iMessage obviously go for iPhone else 4a is better at every step. That a13 isn't going to be used to its full potential when you only have 4.7 inch screen any game you want to play that actually utilises the horsepower of a13 isn't playable on 4.7 inch screen conveniently. I would rather play at medium settings on big screen rather than playing highest setting in that lettrbox display. I like small phones but not that small 4.7 is too small.
RapidDU What an unreadable wall of garbage. Calm down they’re just phones lol
Got a 3a awhile back and love it. Still runs like brand new after all the beatings it's taken. Maybe I'll eventually get this, love more budget end phones that still run well and give a good experience
4:16 "just 6 GB of RAM"! Sadly, 8GB RAM on laptops is still standard. Why do we need all this RAM to be used in mobile phones? I wish more attention is put on PC makers to increase the default to 16GB.
I mean the ram in your laptop is completely dependent on the budget YOU have.
Alot of laptops have higher ram but that's if you're willing to shell out for it
"only 128GB of storage"
Me: I'm gonna throw my 4GB flash drive right now
I'm gonna keep my 32kb floppy disk
@@keonxd8918 you're invited to my party
Nooo! That USB stick could be used to write a Linux system installation media on it! Or some boot-time system utilities!
He means they ONLY have 1 option for storage. Not that it is small, just that there is no other options
I liked at 68😎
this + switch for games is much better than just high-end smartphone.
And it'll still end up being cheaper.
dont even play games on my phone lmao, and the occasional toilet runner probably works fine
@@tentai8581 so you have no worries about running out of data when I'm the go? A switch also has much better games in general, without needing to be on the internet at all.
@@tentai8581 well then stadia makes some sense. I have a 1000gb cap on my wifi here in the US lol. 4gb on my mobile data with no signal spots everywhere... Still, I prefer games like breath of the wild for being out and about, they seem to be better made for on the go playing than PC games on stadia.
@@tentai8581 Stadia and mobile games dont compare to the switch though.
"raw gaming horsepower" what an absurd concept when reviewing a mobile phone.
He's reviewing a damn phone and here he thinks people want to play games on it if I want to play games there is a switch or a 3DS or if I want to go old-school a Gameboy Advance SP that's got an amazing screen or how about a PS Vita or an Xbox One or PS4 or you know something dedicated playing video games gtx2080ti idk
@@bland9876 truee, who plays mobile games anyway
3-5 years ago, sure. Welcome to the future. There are mobile game tournaments with prize pools in the hundred of thousands.
@@leonfrancis3418 dude, people earn millions playing golf, doesn't mean it's a valid activity in any way
@@leonfrancis3418 yes but not everyone plays in tournaments, most people play games that run on the highest settings on me lower mid-range processors without any heating.
When did we get to the point where a phone "only" having 6GB of RAM was a bad thing. 😂😂
my op 7 pro has 6 gb and looking at stats in settings i use on avg 4gb and im a heavy user... reviewers like linus get to review the fastest, snappiest and most advanced tech on day one and when they see 6 when new rog phone has 16 it seems like its small to them :/
My phone has 12GB of ram
My S9+ has 6GB ram and even after closing background apps there's still less than half available.
Before closing background apps, Pokemon Go was using 1.2GB of ram all on it's own, just running in the background.
It's probably fine, but 6GB is certainly not "More than you'll ever need".. And I'm sure newer versions of Android will need more as they get released.
My phone has 2gb
His a meme guy hahaha
"It reminds me of the Nexus 5"
Well that might be a good sign, because I'm still using my Nexus 5 and it's survived just fine.
I miss mine, the mic randomly died and I decided to buy a new phone instead of fixing it (changing the whole mobo), I definitely should have done the later...
It's still somewhere in a box, maybe I should switch back to it. I loved how light and tiny it was
This is one of the only pixel in recent years which looks alright from the front.
Facts
Google finally did it right. Just hope they can supply enough to meet the demand..
thought they were moving on to the next phone in september. This just got delayed by the pandemic
@@AsbestosMuffins They are, but it's not meant to replace the 4a, the pixel 5 co-exist alongside the 4a at a higher price tag (even tho rumours sugesst is coming with a 765g, which is not much powerful than the 730g, well below the 855 found on the pixel 4/4 xl)
@@MsMonster128 The 765G is somewhere between 845 and 855 in terms of chipset, it's the GPU where the 700 series lags behind 800 series. But it's okay because the 865 doesn't have a built in 5G modem like the 765G and also it's way more expensive than the 855.
@@sekkei.4238 Lol no, aside from synthetic benchmarks the 765G CPU is not better than the 845, the 765G has 2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.2ghz and 2.4ghz, the 845 has FOUR Cortex A75 clocked each at 2.8ghz, the IPC gains and the newer fabrication process node don't make up for the higher "big" core count and higher frequency found in the 845.
Is the 765G enough for most people? yeah, but that's not what we're talking about.
Linus is slowly becoming the overworked dad meme
"Just 6 GB of RAM, Just 128 GB of storage" that's double of my galaxy s8 64 GB of storage and 2 extra GB of ram, that is plenty for any normal person
S8 gang for a while, I'm getting the 4a as soon as I get paid.
Have had my 4a for a week and I love it. Clean and simple, and the photos are fantastic!
I don't think it feels "plasticy". My last phone had a metal body and the 4a feels nearly as sturdy to me. My parents have Moto G6's and those definitely feel "plasticy".
Quarantine must be hitting hard...not even an attempt at a segue into the sponsor.
I've deeply missed the Nexus phones, this is a great move.
"It remind me of the nexus 6p that had a flagship specs in a plastic body"
Me: sounds like a note 20 to me
The Nexus 6p doesn't have a plastic body.
4:18
**Cries in 64GB of base storage**
As someone who hasn't downloaded a game on their phone in years.... I really only care about being able to quickly take quality pictures, and that communication apps work great.
"It's one handable." Then stop using the XLs! My Pixel 4 has been one handable since October.
seankkg dude even the galaxy s8 is cumbersome for my hands, and it has almost the same screen size as the regular Pixel 4.
I guess Linus went “well neither the Pixel 4 nor the 4XL fit my hands, might as well go for the bigger one”
@@lifehackerhansol The Pixel 4a has the same physical dimensions as the 4, so it's just kinda eh? to hear.
seankkg damn I didn’t catch that detail, sorry man lol
Linus haz widdle hands, tho... Like, my hands are massive and my Note 10 Plus is "one handable." It's like, 6.9 inches. Peeps got different hands, y'all.
linus : "pixel 4a wit 730G is slow"
Me : *looking at my MediaTek M CPU phone*
*instant sadness*
Mediateks Dimensity line-up shits on the 765G (CPU and GPU) 👍🏻
ya
@@loveiphones4550 but you cant do anything apple doesn't let you to do on an iphone
Love iPhone's , yes that is true. From an android user I say apples cpu are freaking powerful , hope Qualcomm could keep up with it
cries in ARM-Cortex A7
I've been rocking the s10e for a while now and it's so great to just hond your phone comfortably in one hand.
yeah bcuz mid to entry devices from china is starting to become phablets
also samsung started doing the same. putting 6,4in and even bigger screens on their cheaper phones ( sub-$300 )
@@rakhazidane4022 True. You can't get a budget Chinese phone that is less than 6 inch display. I have been looking for a smaller very budget phone for my mother for a while now. Only Nokias, Samsungs and old Moto phones fit the description.
You'll like the S20 5G then.
@@KhromTX Haha, I would love it since it's so small and compact.
Disliked the video. You're too harsh on the phone while it is absolutely amazing for the price.
@@msp5138 he really thought he can get away with that lol
Maria Linus is a flagship kinda guy. What did you expect?
Why is he so harsh on a 350$ phone
ms p everything on the SE is shit except the processor
ms p yeah even MKBHD keeps criticizing the phone and says “ it is slow phone” when he just new unbox it lol , what a joke. I have an iPhone X and guess what it is one the buggiest phone especially IOS 14 , my messenger is lagging really hard after the update
It feels like you lot have forgotten the 3a altogether about how fine tuned the same things were a year ago like the haptic feedback, the OLED display, the camera, and the pure Android experience. Tech reviewers indeed have the memory of a gold fish tbh!
Linus: Why did they go with plastic?Did they not have enough money?
James: Well its only $350 , so I guess they did not have enough money.
Linus: I cannot believe that I will use the 4a as my standard phone.
James: Why?
Linus: Well it going to look bad when I am caught on camera using this phone to research for a expensive Graphics card.
I'm gonna be super real, this phone is perfect for me. The missing features are ones I never use and the cost is just fantastic!
I've been using my Pixel 3a since the moment it released and I love this line. If this thing breaks I'm just gonna get a 4a.
Goodbye flagship life.
My phone has 90hz and honestly after the novelty wore off I've left it back on 60hz. If you don't play games on your phone it's not worth sacrificing even a little battery to see Android animations and scrolling go a bit smoother.
Most mobile games dont even support more than 60fps so yeah....
This guy’s a really good reviewer, he should start his own TH-cam channel
Linus: you know how it feels in your hand
Me: it feels PIXELY
I had the 3a and unfortunately destroyed the display trying to take it apart. This will probably be my next phone.
Why did you take it apart my dude
Did you try it by yourself or did you use a guide from ifixit?
@@seanppage the screen stopped turning on, but i could tell it still worked because the haptic feedback was still working.
@@Sundara229 I used an ifixit kit, but really only used my knowledge from watching jerryrigeverything. I went too far behind the glass with my razor and stabbed the display.
@@treesapien5762 Can you not find a replacement display for it? I have a 3a also and got it for its repairability.
"only 6GB RAM and only 138GB memory" wtf are you doing with your phone to say "only"?
Well you got to remember he's used and reviewed $1000+ phones
You, as in LMG, need to teach every video editor to render at the right image ratio. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to have an entire black outline around the video because there are black lines at the top and bottom in the file and the rest being caused by a wider display?
Just a few hours ago, I watched an LTT video that was rendered correctly, so it's proof that some of the editors know how to do it.
All their videos are rendered at 18:9. This video does not have black bars top and bottom baked into it and it fills my 20:9 phone screen with black bars only on the sides. I have encountered a bug with the android app where it refuses to fill the display vertically with wider than 16:9 content. Clearing the cache fixes that issue.
Can someone explain to me what benefit having the raw horsepower on a phone will give? I just want to call my parents, text friends, occasionally take pictures and watch videos. More and more powerful devices. I could never fill 128 gigs on a phone even if I wanted to. The last time I filled the storage on my phone was with a cheap flip phone in the early 2000s.
I feel ya, Im the same. you can find excellent Smartphones from last year or older at around 100 Dollars that can do absolutely everything. I look at features like battery life, Fingerprint sensors, Size and Screen density. things that actually make a difference. High specs and higher price points have become a Fashion item, perfectly usable devices thrown away for the "latest and Greatest" iteration with minimal to no changes and improvements. Check out the First Reveal of the Iphone, and notice how few truly new Features and capabilities Smartphones have gained in nearly 13 years. the list is depressingly small.
Hold on hold on what?!
ShortCircuit hit almost a million?!
When I subscribed to it it nearly got 130k, wow. Nice job guy's!
WOW, the sponsor intro was dull......that was uncalled for LINUS
Iphone SE compelling? With bezels from previous century? 100$ more for the 128GB storage options. Sadly you' re biased.
They just look at the spec sheet. They see A13, glass back, wireless charging, $400, and call it good based on that.
What is the point of having the A13 if the screen and battery are garbage? And $400 for 64gb?
@@Totally_FBI A13 is a beast, wireless charging is just marketing, very few people use it cause the charger is slow and expensive, as for the glass it seems nice. Anyway i got my pixel 4a and it's the most favourite phone i have ever had, simple clean, elegant, smooth in every aspect. The camera is amazing especially considering the price this thing costs.
"Friendliest"
Actually, it's more competitive than friendly.
Why can't it be friendly _and_ competitive? You know, just like one of those little Gashapon--like characters in that new battle royale Fall Guys.
This man is as delusional as it gets.
How
I feel like people treat or hope this phone should have way more things forgetting it isn't one of those flagships they're used to, but it's ok tho
Sometimes in some ways less is actually more
Any Google account has unlimited high quality (16MP Google compression) storage
Yeah I thought so too. And the 16mp high quality limit is actually still greater than the pixel 4a camera quality anyway 12mp
@@pocketlint82 there is more to the quality of a photo than it's pixel count. In fact, I don't care about it whatsoever.
How do we know this isn't just a deepfake?
The cap is giving me some James vibes
I don't know why tho it just does
"just 6 gigs of ram, only 128gb storage"
my S8 is crying
do you really need a state of the art cpu for browsing facebook/insta/ internet?
No definitley not
If the tech reviewers say you do people believe it. Heck people believe their brains are being fried by lasers from the government.
What is like from Linus is a video showing two phones, one old and one new doing the exact same tasks. And no 90+ refresh rates to mess up the test. Just good old fashioned stuff that everyone does. Open apps, use them, switch between them.
But then he'd probably lose all his sponsors.
"it's only got 6GB of RAM"
That's probably 5.99GB too much to place a phone call..
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Gausts what just happened here?
"If they could out an under screen display...."
Hmmmm.... i think thats already a thing but i cant put my finger on it......
Love watching tech reviewers nit pick and complain about products while wearing a competitors watch. Not biased at all. Lol
Clearly you have a bias if “wearing the competitor’s watch” which, while irrelevant, is enough for you to discredit a phone review from someone who’s used to only Android flagships lol. What did you honestly expect going into this?
GabtarTheMighty that’s what I was pointing out. Not everyone is going to notice that fact.
"just 6gb ram"
**Looks at Galaxy a51 with only 4 and it costs $50 more**
The a51 is about 100 cheaper now and the a71 has the same price XD
@@icephoenix5466 yes, now not a month ago when the original comment was posted xd
A51, also available with 8gb of ram
I still don't understand why people hate the hole punch so much
IMO it's infinitely better than a notch
When it's notch, giant forehead or holepunch to choose from, I think the obvious one to choose would be a single hole punch for most users.
Unless you're often watching stuff on your phone like on public transport or something, then maybe going with a device with a forehead is the better move.
lol his beards forced him to get a hat,they're taking the control. He's turnin into a real Canadian lmao
"only" 128 gb😂
I had a feeling half way through the video that linus started the video thinking its a flagship and some point later realized it is a budget phone.
What does Linus mean by "only 6GB of RAM"? I just recently had to upgrade my 2013 Sony Xperia Z1 with 2GB of RAM and it had only became less usable in the last year or so, due to RAM problems. It seems insane to me to suggest you would need more than 6GB in the next 2-3 years...
Last time I was this early, ppl did not get excited to see the headphone jack.
Personally, I would have rather had some nominal water resistance instead.
@@cinnabarsin4288 I use my headphone jack way more than the never that I drop my phone in water. Plus most people shopping at the $350 price point are still going to be using non-bluetooth headphones.
Is it so friendly that it does Tricks? (Not just Software Tricks)
The ai provides the happy ending....
when you take a picture.
@@KaiUno and after some processing...
WOW a headphone jack. I might actually get this lol
i am a normal user, using only camera, instagram, whatsapp, twitter, nothing too heavy....and this phone is butter smooth....no lags whatsoever. Only issue is I live in a place where climate is 120 deg...so this phone easily warms up..sometimes heating while using camera too. Everything else is perfect. Cant want more
You guys should take a look at the Fairphone 3, it's basically a less spec'd version of this, with stock android, no bloatware, ethical sourcing, and repairable! It's the phone I've been recommending to everyone that just wants a working phone, which they can still use in 3 years without having to worry about hardware breaking and having to buy a completely new phone.