Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program

Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program(support.google.com)

8 points by bmaupin 1 year ago | 5 comments

wonger_ 1 year ago |

Just woke up to this email, and I'm a little bummed. I love my 4a. I'll wait and see exactly how much performance worsens. The article doesn't give any estimates.

Anybody have recommendations for a similarly small phone? I'm considering taking the $50 pity money and getting an iPhone 13 mini.

bmaupin 1 year ago | |

The closest I've found is the Pixel 8. Surprisingly, the 8a and 9a are bigger. But the 8a is still bigger than the 4a: https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10123&idPhone2=...

I'm planning on replacing the battery in my 4a and making it last as long as I can. It's still a great phone.

Unihertz also just launched a 5" phone but I'm not sure how good it would be; I'm sure the camera won't be great: https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-max

daverol 1 year ago | |

My Pixel 4a appears to shows 100% battery only in the status line following the update.

jerlam 1 year ago |

Most surprising because the 4a is no longer supported for software updates.

Arnt 1 year ago | |

Uhm... Google collects says and more data, maybe?

I personally think that "don't be evil" really means something. It doesn't mean "don't do things I have determined to be evil after three seconds of thought", though. But it means something.