14 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020

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IMAGE: CHRIS MARTIN

The Google Pixel 4a is a great

phone at a great price, but is it

too late to matter?

Time isn’t on its side. BY MICHAEL SIMON

A

t long last and longer rumor, the

Google Pixel 4a has arrived,

adding another strong entry to a

very crowded midrange market.

As premium phone sales continue to

plummet due to the coronavirus, the Pixel 4a

should be the 2020 value phone to beat, with

surprisingly good looks and an aggressive

$349 price tag.

But while the Pixel 4a brings all the things

you’d expect from a Google phone—namely

an optimized UI and an excellent camera—it

might be too little, too late. Google has built

an excellent phone for an excellent price, but

so have so many others. In just the time since

it was originally rumored to launch at Google

I/O in May, the Samsung Galaxy A51 (go.

pcworld.com/gasr), OnePlus Nord (go.

pcworld.com/1nrd), and TCL 10 Pro (go.

pcworld.com/tc10)—not to mention the