Google has yet to make a budget version of its recently released Pixel 10 smartphone, which will be called the Pixel 10a when it inevitably arrives. Until then, the Pixel 9a—a budget version of the previous top-dog Pixel, the Pixel 9—is Google’s best affordable Pixel smartphone.

Right now, it’s more affordable than usual, as Amazon has knocked $100 off its $499 retail price. This deal caught my eye because $399 for a new Pixel 9a is just crazy small money for a crazy good phone.

Pixel 9a (opens in a new window)

mid-range phone, budget price

The Pixel is one of my favorite phone platforms. Its calling card is a sleek, stripped-down, mostly pure Android UI that’s fast and easy to use, not loaded down with all the bloatware apps that many other brands saddle onto their Android phones.

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