Pixel 7a

I've bought new a Google Pixel 7a two years ago, paid for it 400 euros. After 1 year I've dropped it, landed on a corner, screen completely broken, replacement costed screen costed me nearly 120 euros (and was not an original screen, otherwise I would have spent more). Just costs much money because of the fucking fingerprint reader under the screen that why couldn't put it in the back of the phone as they did for many years. Broken it again, fuck it I will not repair it again, with the cost of the repair I may as well buy a new phone. Then I've decided that is worth either spending money on phones whose replacement parts doesn't cost half of the phone itself, or just buying the cheapest Xiaomi or similar chineese brand phone and when it breaks buy a new one or repair it (funny enough cheap phones are more repairable than expensive ones, so I usually repair them).

I've been running for 3 years with a pixel 7a, even doing sprints once a week. It triggered once. [...] Now that I think about, it the time it triggered I was pacing my GF and holding the phone in my hand. [...] I love the feature and I'd rather it triggers every now and then wrongly than not.

I've been using Graphene on my Pixel 7a for about a year and I'm happy I made the switch. [...] Anyway, I looked at Google's Android 17 blog and yikes: "With deep integration between hardware, software and AI, we’re transforming Android from an operating system to an intelligence system. [...]

In the past year, I have used a pinephone+keyboard with Arch, a oneplus 6t with postmarketOS, and a pixel 7a with GrapheneOS. In my opinion, Graphene is significantly easier to daily drive because the applications are designed for a phone's form factor.

A few months ago I was looking exactly for that and I settled on the Pixel 7a (with GraoheneOS, clearly). I am very happy with it!

April last year I got myself a refurbished Pixel 7a for $200 and I was like, hell yeah this shit gonna gonna last me a while AND was cheap! I've had Pixels last years! But I've absolutely obliterated the glass on the screen and now the battery is fucked. [...]

Realizing they will never fix the issues the app has with my Google Pixel 7a now. Sure, I can just log in via a browser on my phone too, but it's obnoxious that it broke over a year ago and was never fixed.

There is something seriously wrong with my Pixel 7a battery. I've had this phone for just under 2 years and when it gets to a certain level of charge the % sometimes just nosedives in seconds. Even with battery saver turned on. [...]

I got a Pixel 7a new from Google in 2023, and the battery is bulging already. It's unsafe and their tech support wouldn't have advised me to check any time soon either. Hate technology

Hey @dbrand.bsky.social I've had my Pixel 7a grip case for under a year and it's already coming apart, what's up with that?

My Pixel 6 died almost exactly two years after I got it and I have to say the timing is Deeply Suspicious. I would get a Fairphone but they're simply too expensive outside of Europe right now, so it's a Pixel 7a for the time being; I don't see the need to drop extra bills for the 8.

3 months in using the Pixel 7a and my goodness, it has been nothing short but reliable. best gift ever <3

[...] I used my phone for years in a water proof front frame bag with a transparent cover. [...] Only on my Pixel 7a did I end up with burn in from the Wahoo Android app's status screen, where "n/a" for not having a power meter ultimately burnt in after about 2 years, at least that's when I noticed it. [...] :( Presumably an app could cycle displayed screens, if that's what you meant by switching modes, to avoid burn in? [...]

[...] I was a user of android for 15+ years, and I had been using a pixel 4a when the battery issue came up last year. Google handled that so terribly I bought a used pixel 7a and installed Graphene. [...] Due to the scale of things, the real time traffic updates on google maps is far better than on here we go. [...]

[...] However, I think it's a bit unfair to say that, for instance, the Pixel A-series (which I've used for years) is "phablet sized". [...] The current flagship Pixel phones are 6.3" (Pixel 7, $599) and 6.1" (Pixel 7a, $499). Android phones are basically ad consumption devices It's possible that this is a fair criticism of some Android devices, but with YouTube Vanced/ReVanced and Firefox with AdBlock Plus, I haven't seen an obtrusive ad on my phone in years. [...]

In May 2023 I bought a Pixel 7a for €509. 2 months ago the battery started swelling and Google offered me €360 store credit. Today I received another €280 after trading in the same broken phone. [...]

Because of how I migrate all my things onto my phone when I bought a new phone I still have the Google Play Music app on this Pixel 7a that I bought last year

[...] The Nexus and early Pixel eras have been a series of weirdly positioned and priced models year after year. [...] Then Google switched to a pretty bad Exynos based SoC and consistently shipped underwhelming hardware at price points aligned with Apple... [...] my dad's Pixel 7a was fully reimbursed for 25% more money than he actually spent buying it.

Generally, these sorts of devices struggle to fit in normal trouser pockets, especially women's pockets, but I'm happy that I managed to find women's jeans that actually have reasonable sized pockets, at least big enough to fit my pixel 7a in the front pocket. Still might be a bit small for this though. My hoodie pockets would probably hold it just fine though.

[...] Currently rocking a 2nd hand Pixel 7a running GrapheneOS and loving it. If battery life is the issue, that's fair enough. I've bought a couple of wireless charging docks that I spread around the places I frequently spend my time, so if it needs a boost I can charge her up just by plonking it on the dock. Most of the time, though, she makes it through the day from (maximum charge for battery longevity reasons) 80% down to 30%, maybe 25% or 20% if there's lots of interesting news in a day. [...]

Wake me up when someone makes a better Reminders, Calendar and Photos app on Android... [...] I do have a GrapheneOS pixel 7a as well but I'd rather not let Google near my shit.

Yeah agree with that. I’ve got a backup pixel 7A. That does some horrible things to photos.

Desktop mode using Firefox v137.0.2 as well as Chrome v135.0.7049.100 on a Pixel 7a worked for me, in both portrait and landscape.

[...] In the past I have installed graphene os on my pixel 7a and a normal system update broke my system and made it unbootable. [...] It may be a very uncommon bug that may never happen to you, but honestly it shouldn't have happened to me either.

Pixel 7a phone. [...]

[...] I was working on some C code for science stuff inside Termux on a Pixel 7a, and would’ve been perfectly ok having that perf on a standard format laptop. [...]

Works fine on my Pixel 7a using the release version of Firefox (I won't dare touch Brave), fwiw.

A rough approximation might be a Pixel 7a running GrapheneOS in grayscale mode. That's my daily driver.

I've been using a Pixel 2 since it came up, and was surprised by the debilitating headache I got when I upgraded to a Pixel 7a. [...] I've had a similar experience with a few laptops (in particular the Surface Pro). A lot of the articles talking about screens causing headaches are quackery about EMF, and even the ones that don't mention EMF get shut down as quackery. Meanwhile, companies keep producing screens that have terrible glare and call that a selling point.

[...] I've had a pixel 7a for month, stock OS, and I'm not sure what you mean. [...]

I have it on my Pixel 7a, and it's a great experience, but I also don't need to run apps that check for phone "security" or integrity. This is the case OP is talking about.

Recently sold my Pixel 7a that I got to replace my Moto G32 (I succumbed to the appeal of shiny) when I realised that the £130 Moto G32, despite being slower and less powerful, was a more pleasurable all-round experience.

[...] I'm using a Moto G32 in the UK and it's got no bloatware, regular security updates (got one yesterday morning), and an experience that's smoother than the Pixel 7a I got rid of (though a little slower due to the chips etc). [...] Oh, and Moto gestures for the torch and the camera are great for when out walking the pooch. [...]

On Friday, I switched to the Pixel 7a with GrapheneOS and it's costing me CAD$1 per month for the phone on a 24-month contract and I got a better deal on my monthly phone plan. So far, it seems like an awesome phone and the installation of GrapheneOS via the web installer was incredibly easy.

I've been using Google Android phones since the G1 and I'm very happy with their stock OS. Currently on Pixel 7a. My parents both each have some Samsung and it's awful whenever I have to help them do something.

[...] My phone is a Pixel 7a running GrapheneOS. My laptop is a Thinkpad T80s running Debian Stable, and I'm waiting for my Framework 16 to ship. [...]

I went today to a carrier showroom where they have the Pixel 8 on display to mess around with, and I though the reviewers were exaggerating, but that damn visor is nearly as thick as the phone itself. [...] The Pixel 7a next to it had a much much thinner visor despite sharing a similar design. [...] It's not like they have a 100x zoom lens in that thing or a camera sensor so large it makes a Hasselblad wet itself. And that's before we get to the visible PCB screw heads poking through the OLED panel. [...]

[...] If I hit start, I get bing, if I run updates it tries to sell me Bing and Edge. [...] Then I get an update. [...] The final straw was on my pixel 7a when I opened the outlook app and found there's a fucking garbage feeds and subscriptions tab in it now which just pipes crap to you. [...] I'm slowly porting my data over at the moment and then I'm chucking this crap on ebay and never touching it again. [...]

Or any other phone lacking a microSD slot. I'd assume it works that way on an iPhone, but I can at least plug a flash drive (or card reader) into my Pixel 7a's USB-C port. Not quite as nice as having always-ready extra storage, but handier for quick swaps.

[...] I returned the Pixel 7a after a few days. Stock Android is great, the camera is top-notch and goes head-to-head with iPhone. But the fingerprint sensor is mediocre (they use an optical sensor) and charging is very slow. [...]

But on one hand I prefer cheaper choices in many cases and often don't pay for premium products. [...] I've recently purchased a Pixel 7a and installed GrapheneOS on it. [...]

[...] I'd never used an android before, and recently got a Pixel 7a on which I am running lineageos. Haven't found any rough edges other than that the home screen sometimes hangs fixed by turning the screen off and on again which takes less than 5s. [...]

I encountered this on a two week old Pixel 7a. I upgraded to 14 when I got it and enabled multiple profiles a few days ago, and last night when I unlocked my phone it just started factory resetting itself all on its own, which was quite shocking. [...]

I got the pixel 7a because it's the gen before a lot of AI features. For iPhone I think it's the 15 or something that predates the AI.

Last night I noticed the back panel of my phone is coming off. It appears my model ( Pixel 7a ) has a problem with swelling batteries. [...] Yeah, I'm buying the same unsupported brand that just died on me. [...]

FYI, if you've got a Pixel 7a and your battery life suddenly changes, there's a known battery swelling issue the 7a can develop that you might not notice happening if it's in a case. The same thing that happened to my phone a while back just happened to my mom's phone, even worse than mine was.

Got a Google Pixel 7A to replace my phone that got nicked. Unfortunately, the battery is crap, so I think I'm going to return it and get something else. Any suggestions for phones with excellent battery life?

Google Pixel support running me around in circles over my Pixel 7a, dead with a swollen battery! Despite that I bought it via their fucking store which shows the receipt under my account they are now saying we need proof of purchase

After getting scammed by Sprint I will never ever get a locked down phone on a contract. You're always better off buying a 2-3 gen old phone and just rocking it till it dies. My current phone is a Pixel 7a and I own it outright, probably won't have to upgrade till the Pixel 14 is out lmao.

Got an iPhone 16e today, as my old phone (a Pixel 7a) was paid off. I like Android, and the Pixel runs great - I'll keep using it in WiFi mode. [...] and I'm curious to see how iOS compares as a daily driver since I last used it regularly.