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Google Pixel 8A: “people’s phone” for 550 euros in the test

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The US internet company Google is following up its Pixel 8 smartphone series, which was launched last fall, with a more affordable model: the Pixel 8A. Whereby "cheap" is relative: at a price of 550 euros, it is 50 euros more expensive than its predecessor and for many users it is probably not exactly what they would call a "people's phone". However, the device is particularly future-proof.

Google offers a seven-year update guarantee for its Pixel 8A - the same as for the high-end models in the device series that were launched in the fall. This puts Google's Pixel 8A in a class of its own: there is no other device in the upper mid-range with such a comprehensive update guarantee. And Google doesn't let itself down in terms of features either, as the test showed. Does this take the sting out of the high price?