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Google's Pixel 9a is here to show Apple how value smartphones are done
After months of leaks, Google's Pixel 9a is shaping up to be the best budget offering you'll find in 2025.
It's shaping up to be a big year for midrange smartphones. The OnePlus 13R is practically as worthy of your cash as the more expensive OnePlus 13, Samsung has an entire new trio of low-cost devices headed to the US, and Apple added a fifth smartphone to its iPhone 16 series just to try to get Apple Intelligence in the hands of more consumers. But Google remains the reigning budget champ, having won AP's Value Phone of the Year award for the Pixel 8a just last year. Today, the company returned to the table to show everyone else just how one wins that award.
