As a result, bar the time I’ve spent reviewing it, that £1,200 smartphone has spent most of its time sitting in a drawer. In this country, the S22 Ultra lags, stutters, and quickly turns into a device you simply don’t want to use. In the UK, Samsung inexplicably opts for its own Exynos chip in that phone, over the latest Snapdragon. I’ve had a really bad experience with Samsung’s latest flagship, the S22 Ultra. It looks far more premium than its price tag suggests. The build quality of the 6a is a serious step up from the 4a, with far more premium feeling plastics and a lovely, if muted, selection of colours. Not bad, eh? Oh, and if you’ve followed the Pixel story, you’ll probably have heard about its iPhone-smashing camera capabilities and the ability to wipe elements from scenes with the Magic Eraser. The screen is a not-too-big-yet-not-too-small 6.1 inches, and we’re promised over 24 hours of battery life. It’s powered by Google’s Tensor chip, which is a great alternative to the Snapdragons of the world. That’s a great price – particularly when you look at the specs on offer. For that, you get 128GB of storage and a fully unlocked 5G Google phone running the latest version of Android. I’ve spent two weeks with Google’s budget smartphone, and it remains a serious iPhone competitor. We didn’t get the Pixel 5a in the UK, but Google has been nice enough to give us its successor, the 6a. Lastly, it cost just £349, which is super cheap for a great smartphone. Secondly, it had the best smartphone camera I’d experienced to that point. Firstly, it ran stock Android, as you’d expect, which is an excellent thing. The Pixel 4a was the first non-iPhone smartphone I reviewed on my YouTube channel, and I immediately fell in love with it.ĭespite the rather cheap build quality, lack of water resistance, and absence of wireless charging, it was a joy to use.

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