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Pixel 5 and 4A 5G review: Only one new Pixel is worth its price 💵💸
Equipped with great dual rear cameras, long-lasting batteries and Android 11, Google’s pair of 5G phones are finally here. You can purchase Google Pixel 5 and 4a 5G here… Google Pixel 5: Best Buy: Pixel 4a 5G : Best Buy: *CNET may get a commission from these offers. For more info, read CNET’s Pixel 5…
Joel mathew
October 14, 2020 at 3:17 pm
The best camera ever iPhone 12 pro not Google pixel i s the best
SRD
October 14, 2020 at 4:26 pm
Iphone 12 isn’t out also their previous camera wasn’t better
MaximumDiver
October 14, 2020 at 3:18 pm
Not water resistant, No buy. I would go with Pixel 5 all the way 🙂 Thanks for this review!
Diane Palmer
October 14, 2020 at 3:20 pm
Anyone want to be my Boyfriend 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
Jean Eustache
October 14, 2020 at 3:21 pm
With one being 499 and the other being 699, the choice isn’t so hard.
In France though, the 4a 5G is 499, but the 5 is 629. The choice is way less obvious. A 129 premium for 90 Hz, wireless charging and IP rating is much more compelling than if it was a 200 difference.
Joris Loew
October 14, 2020 at 3:52 pm
But on Pixel 5 you are losing headphone jack, bigger screen, and the under screen speaker isn’t good. So for me, Pixel 5 isn’t worth. Even for 130€. It depend on your needs.
Jackie Chan
October 14, 2020 at 8:54 pm
Similar thing in the UK. Pixel 5 is £599. 4a 5G is £499.
Much easier to justify the extra cost in Europe.
I treated myself with to a Pixel 5. fancied a smaller phone.
System Austen
October 14, 2020 at 3:23 pm
Is that even review! Shame
Nikhil Talks Tech
October 14, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Wish I could get my hands on one of these bad boys but I am a very small channl
Joyce Griffith
October 14, 2020 at 3:46 pm
I’m single 😥😥😥😥😥
Bedjam Rivera
October 14, 2020 at 3:47 pm
The pixel 5 is a pretty small phone but it looks huge in her hands 😂 I’ve been watching CNET for years and I never realized how small Lin is.
Warren Sayer
October 14, 2020 at 3:51 pm
Got my Pixel 5 coming tomorrow, but I had a chance visit a phone shop and have a go with them today, and I have to disagree with this review. As soon as you compare the screens you can easily see the Pixel 5 better made and has a brighter and slightly sharper display with smoother scrolling. This is on top of the extra ram, wireless charging and water proofing. The Pixel 5 doesn’t seem over priced, especially when I get a pair of Bose Qc35 ii for preordering 😉
Onouphrios
October 14, 2020 at 4:50 pm
L, should’ve waited a month or two when they drop the price for $400 🤦🏿♂️
Warren Sayer
October 14, 2020 at 4:55 pm
@Onouphrios current phone is having serious battery issues so I couldnt wait. Also helps ygst I’ve been looking for a new pair of headphones too.
Chelle
October 14, 2020 at 5:14 pm
I think the 5 is worth it for IP 68, more ram, wireless charging, better screen. It’s way better. people don’t understand these things.
Jonathan Figueroa
October 14, 2020 at 4:04 pm
Headphone jack > Water resistance imo. In the 10+ years of using expensive smart phones I don’t think water resistance ever came in handy. That’s including the 4 years I’ve been with a water resistant phone. Rather have my headphone jack back.
Questchaun
October 14, 2020 at 4:35 pm
Reverse wireless charging is stupid. Pixel 5 is a massive let down.
coin paradise
October 14, 2020 at 4:45 pm
I love pixels
Chelle
October 14, 2020 at 5:15 pm
“Review”, she literally just looked at the specs.
Sayali Tambe
October 14, 2020 at 5:35 pm
Will you be doing a giveaway for pixel 5?
aditya sakalkale
October 14, 2020 at 5:53 pm
No 4a 5g in India…how come we are going to buy this one?…. We have only 4a …
Jaimen Maisuria
October 14, 2020 at 6:20 pm
Looking forward to my free Bose headphones 🎧
Charles Butterworth
October 14, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Please stop using the Blue Yeti X like that, it’s a side-address microphone. This is why it’s picking up loads of the desk noise since that’s what the mic is pointed at.
Omar Al-Azzawi
October 14, 2020 at 11:05 pm
I’m not expert in audio but I feel CNET videos are always lacking in audio quality
Tho Athome
October 14, 2020 at 7:53 pm
Mini iPhone 12 is better.
Georgio K
October 14, 2020 at 8:58 pm
I love the google stock android experience. Considering switching to pixel 5 from an iPhone 11. Am I crazy?
Sam Adams
October 14, 2020 at 10:47 pm
A little
Omar Al-Azzawi
October 14, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Nope but if you switch from the iPhone pro 11 or S20 then maybe
Trevor Bohns
October 16, 2020 at 11:31 am
@BobaTeaCuber not without ip68 for me..
Leonardo Zepeda
October 16, 2020 at 1:14 pm
I think with the new iPhone 12 it’s really hard to go for the Pixel 5 in my opinion or with the Samsung Galaxy FE out there as well… But at the end of the day do whatever makes you happy
Trevor Bohns
October 16, 2020 at 3:40 pm
@Leonardo Zepeda well, atleast us non iphone users will get a charger with our purchase.. 🤣
Trevor Bohns
October 16, 2020 at 3:50 pm
@Omar Al-Azzawi my wife is switching from the s20… Many missed one time in the moment pics of our child due to ahudder lag and auto focus lag… Huge dissappoint for a piece of hardware that cost that much… Pixel 5 it is
Omar Al-Azzawi
October 16, 2020 at 6:05 pm
@Trevor Bohns I don’t know about that I have Note 10+ and the baby pictures is just great some people thought it was taken by professional photographer 😂 specially when you have a good optical zoom to capture anything they do
Joseph Lusk
October 17, 2020 at 4:50 am
@Obi Dean Not really, saw a review that had Genshin Impact running at max settings no problem on the Pixel 5. It’s got to be one of the toughest games to run on Android.
Obi Dean
October 17, 2020 at 6:24 am
@Joseph Lusk It may can play well now but in future, games will become more complex and have higher requirements. Snapdragon 765 performance actually almost equivalent to Snapdragon 845 from 2 years ago. If you’re diehard stock Android fan and game on phone (I don’t), Pixel 4 XL is very decent alternative
Miem Jay
October 17, 2020 at 8:56 am
Same here bro. If the Price gets right here in Saudi I’m considering to get my very first Pixel phone.
Mike Carr
October 17, 2020 at 2:04 pm
Pixel is android for apple users .. I have both Samsung and pixel .. pixel is just simpler and you don’t have to adjust settings to make it fast .. Samsung always will offer more but also have more confusing settings and issues. Pixel gets updates fast and regular where I have had android 11 for 4 months now and I see Samsung still has not given my update for that phone. He it is October.
Christian B.
October 17, 2020 at 9:38 pm
As some one who uses both os stock android and ios at the same time i understand why you would want to do so, both os are realy good at this point its only about prefference now. I would still recommend you to atleast wait one or two years until google updates their camera sensores.
Dragos Pruteanu
October 14, 2020 at 9:03 pm
dope intro music
Malik Hj
October 14, 2020 at 11:17 pm
Why do the phones look so huge in ur hands.
Ken Dufner
October 14, 2020 at 11:28 pm
Does the 4A 5G have an fm radio? I’m seeing conflicting information in various spec sheets.
pantsuck11
October 14, 2020 at 11:30 pm
90hz + 5G and less than iphone 12😳
nuyou21
October 14, 2020 at 11:34 pm
Face it, now the cheap 5G iPhone 12’s are about to be released it’s safe to say the plastic Pixel 5 and 4A 5G’s about to tank too. 😂💯
nuyou21
October 15, 2020 at 8:11 am
@Kevin J 😂🤣🤦♂️ Wow, you sound like you’ve been crying? It’s no wonder you hide behind a fake profile as your even more embarrassing than the overwhelming number of Android users that switched to buy the iPhone SE instead of buying the Pixel 4a. It’s no wonder Pixel phones tank each year. Poor crying Fandroids! 💰😂🎤
Kevin J
October 15, 2020 at 8:19 am
@nuyou21 Wow I guess your forget the days when the HTC Evo destroyed the iphone in every way. But then again you iphone sheep are stupid farm animals. Same phone every year and way out dated software so far behind in customization.
nuyou21
October 15, 2020 at 9:01 am
@Kevin J 😆😂🤣 Wow, you still embarrassing yourself? The only thing HTC destroyed was themselves! Oh broke Fandroids, always good for a laugh, like their ripped-off iClones.💰😂🎤
Anthony Plays
October 15, 2020 at 10:33 pm
Iphone XR Cost 499
Offers 1 camera
4G Only
64GB Storage
Pixel 4a 5G
Offers an additional Ultra Wide camera for Even more wide images
Has 5G
Offers 128gb storage
nuyou21
October 15, 2020 at 10:54 pm
@Anthony Plays 😂🤣 And yet the iPhone XR is the 2nd best selling phone worldwide after the iPhone 11. While looking at the poor number of Pixel 4A 5G units produced it’s safe to say even Google knows it’s gonna tank like the previous Pixels. 💰😂🎤
Sloppy McFloppy
October 18, 2020 at 2:52 am
@nuyou21 Lmao ya apple fanboy finally on 1080p 😂😂😂😂😂
nuyou21
October 18, 2020 at 3:26 am
@Sloppy McFloppy 😂🤣🤦♂️ Wow! Another Fandroid that sounds dumb and broke! 💰😂🎤
Sloppy McFloppy
October 18, 2020 at 3:29 am
@nuyou21 another poor kid try hard to flex 😂
nuyou21
October 18, 2020 at 4:04 am
@Sloppy McFloppy 🤣🤦♂️ Wow! You truly are dumb and broke as if I’m a kid that would mean I’m another kid you’ve asked to hard flex for you online! 🍬😂
James Ed Gay
October 15, 2020 at 12:59 am
Did you mention the speakers and audio quality?
Duck Meat
October 19, 2020 at 12:05 pm
Did you watch it? Theres your answer
Thupten Lhundup
October 15, 2020 at 1:33 am
How 5g speed test on pixel 5. Please
Frederick Ramos
October 15, 2020 at 4:44 am
Hi ate dapat nag tatagalog ka hehe
kerry Chester
October 15, 2020 at 5:15 am
Thank you so much out of all the reviews. You gave me what I am looking for clear cut review and you picked one.
Thet Paing Htwe
October 15, 2020 at 9:24 am
Hold on! Am I the only one who saw that Pixel 5 as WHITE 😳
Peter Chen
October 15, 2020 at 11:06 am
Yeah right! 👀
Fabouls
October 15, 2020 at 7:11 pm
I wish that was true. But it’s just the colour grading 🙁
Thet Paing Htwe
October 15, 2020 at 8:37 pm
@Fabouls yess. I still wish for white pixel 5 :’)
Fabouls
October 15, 2020 at 10:16 pm
@Thet Paing Htwe 🥺
John Robie
October 15, 2020 at 11:52 am
Would love to buy a flagship phone, but I’m not going to pay more to get a phone without a headphone jack. Glad there’s a phone that has one that’s also pretty good.
Weekend Warrior
October 15, 2020 at 12:04 pm
I don’t understand why everyone just says they offer wireless and reverse wireless charging, but not saying the watts… Also this year’s chipset is worse than last year’s… They needed a pixel 5 ultra, with 120hz, added 3rd telephoto lens, and a 865 chip.
dtdaun
October 19, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Don’t need the 120 imo, better Soc would be nice but I’m not a games so it’s fine, honestly the screen size I couldn’t agree more with. 256 would be a nice one but ok 128 is decent. But then again just adding a larger screen, would they charge 799?
Wayne Koh
October 15, 2020 at 1:53 pm
I’m a fan of Lynn La.
Sriram Gade
October 15, 2020 at 2:39 pm
I don’t give a damn on what Google is offering. I’m here to see this gorgeous girl 🙂
M. Kashaf
October 15, 2020 at 4:12 pm
Pixel 5 in white color?????😵😵
Or is it the camera turned the sorta Sage, Savage, Sexy Color into white.
Zen Mgr
October 15, 2020 at 4:20 pm
Only Pixel 4a is price worthy, dump others.
Anthony Plays
October 15, 2020 at 10:21 pm
Pixel 4a 5g is worth it too
Zen Mgr
October 16, 2020 at 2:26 am
@Anthony Plays it may be worthy for USA but there are lot of better alternatives available under $500
Sloppy McFloppy
October 18, 2020 at 2:50 am
@Zen Mgr you mean those chinese phone like xiaomi and huawei?
Zen Mgr
October 18, 2020 at 2:56 am
@Sloppy McFloppy looks like someone with deep pocket is replying 🤣🤣
Justin Han
October 15, 2020 at 5:08 pm
Cinematic Pan only works in 1080p. Check your fact sheet before posting a review. Thank you
I Love Bacon and Sushi So Much
October 15, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Pixel 5 all day, every day!!! 😍😍😍
I Love Bacon and Sushi So Much
October 15, 2020 at 8:29 pm
Just like OnePlus, you can root and unlock the bootloader of the Pixel phones, so u can even install custom roms to make it even faster especially over time. 🙂
Jon Ng
October 16, 2020 at 12:53 am
Here in Canada, it’s only around $600 USD for the Pixel 5. Would that price difference change your opinion on the phone?
Wolfgang Klinger
October 17, 2020 at 7:04 am
Was wondering the same thing!
Duck Meat
October 19, 2020 at 12:05 pm
Depends if you want to buy it for that
Brian
October 16, 2020 at 6:05 am
need wirless charging and 90hz refresh so so P5 for me.
Shyam Ramakrishnan
October 16, 2020 at 7:19 pm
So, the Sorta Sage is indeed only sorta sage. :p
john
October 16, 2020 at 11:16 pm
Will definitely wait until Black Friday for the Pixel 5 to hopefully drop in price. That’s probably when I’ll get it.
Sloppy McFloppy
October 18, 2020 at 2:46 am
If it drop to $600 or $500 then it is a good deal
J-Rod26
October 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm
Now it’s probably not the one I’ll get, but is it just me, or is the standard 4a still the most interesting/conceptually fun one out of this lineup? Something about that super minimal approach at 350 with great camera and software is appealing. That said, I think I agree with you about the 4a 5g being the right choice. I feel like 699, while a decent price, is still just a bit to high for what the 5 gets you relative to the 4a 5g at 499.
Melvin Lopez
October 19, 2020 at 1:30 am
I agree with you on the 4a. Feel the same way… I wish the 4a 5G was same size screen as the regular 4a.
J-Rod26
October 19, 2020 at 1:45 am
@Melvin Lopez I completely agree. Or even the size as the 5. 6.2 inches isn’t a massive phone by any means, but I’m really digging the idea of a smaller form factor this time around
Matthew Lemmers
October 18, 2020 at 4:21 am
The Pixel 5 doesn’t earn it’s pride in my opinion. Not when they announced the 4A 5G right at the same time. The 90hz display to me is not worth the price difference. The fact that Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 FE for the same price with better specs it doesn’t make any sense to buy one of these. Yeah you get the stock experience but most Android manufacturers have software that is just as good.
Chris
October 18, 2020 at 8:30 am
The 5 is such a waste of money. 4a 5g all the way.
gabz groove
October 18, 2020 at 4:04 pm
Since CNET says the pixels weak camera is pushing it towards iPhone… i will sign up here and now for a giveaway of the Pixel 5 from CNET to me. hey it could happen
Chris Dimo
October 19, 2020 at 2:04 am
I guess it depends what you value. For me, wireless charging is a must and worth the extra dollars.
hiblendmedia
October 19, 2020 at 9:45 am
The cpu/gpu doesn’t warrant the cost for the Pixel 5. I’d skimp out on water resistance, wireless charging, and 2GB of RAM for pretty much the same specs and better speakers on the Pixel 4a 5G.