The Best Budget Smartphone: Pixel 3a vs iPhone 10 R

As a tech enthusiast, I was excited to put the Pixel 3a to the test and compare it to the more premium iPhone 10 R. This comparison will help you decide which phone is best for your needs and budget.

One of the first things that struck me about the Pixel 3a was its design and build quality. While it's clear that this is a budget-friendly option, I still expected a certain level of craftsmanship from the phone. However, I have to admit that I've been pleasantly surprised by the phone's aesthetic appeal. It may not be as premium as the iPhone 10 R, but it's still a solid choice for those who want a stylish phone without breaking the bank.

Another aspect where the Pixel 3a shines is its camera capabilities. As someone who values good photography, I was impressed to find that this phone delivers. The camera software is identical to the premium version, which means you can expect excellent results from every shot. In fact, I'd argue that the Pixel 3a's camera is one of the best aspects of this phone.

However, there are some compromises to be made when it comes to performance. The lower-tier processing means that the phone is slightly slower than more premium options like the iPhone 10 R. While this may not be a major issue in everyday use, it can become noticeable if you're doing anything demanding or complex. That being said, I wouldn't say that this is a deal-breaker – the Pixel 3a still handles most tasks with ease.

The camera software on the Pixel 3a is one of its standout features, and it's clear that Google has put a lot of effort into making sure it delivers excellent results. In my experience, the phone's camera was capable of capturing stunning images and videos – often rivaling those from more expensive smartphones. Whether you're taking photos in bright sunlight or in low-light conditions, the Pixel 3a performs admirably.

For those who value convenience above all else, the Pixel 3a is a great choice. Google Assistant integration is seamless, making it easy to access features like voice control and smart home automation. Additionally, the phone's software is intuitive and user-friendly, making it accessible to everyone – regardless of age or technical expertise.

In terms of longevity, I believe that the Pixel 3a will hold its own for a long time. While some may argue that premium phones like the iPhone 10 R are more durable, I think this one can withstand regular use without any issues. After all, the phone's build quality is still solid, and it's clear that Google has put thought into making sure it lasts.

However, if you're looking for a more premium feel, the iPhone 10 R may be a better choice. The phone's design and build quality are certainly more upscale than the Pixel 3a – even if they're not quite as substantial. That being said, I think the benefits of the Pixel 3a make it well worth considering.

Finally, for those who value private life and data protection above all else, Google may be a better option. As someone who's become increasingly concerned about data collection and online privacy, I appreciate that the Pixel 3a has built-in features like Incognito mode and a digital assistant that prioritizes user security. Whether you're worried about advertisers tracking your online activity or just want to keep personal info private, this phone may be the way to go.

Some users have asked if it's worth switching from an iPhone to use the Pixel 3a – my answer is yes, but only for those who don't need all the bells and whistles that come with Apple products. While there are some compromises, I've found the phone to be surprisingly enjoyable to use. That being said, users of iPhones may notice a few differences when using Android-based phones like this one.

Another question that came up was about pairing capabilities with other Apple devices. The answer is yes – AirPods can still be paired and used on the Pixel 3a, although seamless integration may not be as smooth as it would be on an iPhone. As for watching content on my Mac, I found that text messages sent from this phone could not be responded to on my computer.

In conclusion, the Pixel 3a has won me over with its amazing camera and Google Assistant features – making it a compelling choice for budget-conscious buyers. While there are some compromises in terms of performance and design, I believe these are minor drawbacks that don't detract from overall usability.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlook if anybody ever asks you why you should get into YouTube or being an influencer you can just tell them the truth it's for the free pop sockets and the free tote bags hey it's Chris and today I'm checking out the Google pixel 3a which is like the budget Google pixel that was just announced you know what I've never ever gotten my hands on a pixel before I've wanted to forever but Google never sent me one until now so I'm actually really excited to check this out this review is coming from the perspective of somebody who's really used to using iPhones but wow I didn't expect to be this impressed by this device which costs relatively little compared to all the recent iPhones in this video I'm gonna be talking about the camera performance the longevity that's something you guys told me you were really interested in hearing about the build quality the display and at the end how it compares to the iPhone 10 are so as somebody who's really used to using an iPhone let me just rattle off some of the things that I was really excited to see and happy about using here I can't even see if you can see this in the camera but be always on display I like that and you know what it's pretty useful I can always see the temperature the time and wow this thing is so light of course it's light because it's plastic aka polycarbonate and we're going to talk about that more later but yeah this is the XL model and it is light loving and fast charging and you know what I like how it tells you how much time is left until it gets fully charged down at the bottom of the always-on screen like 21 minutes left till the full charge that's great I'm loving this colorful button down here on the side and it doesn't get covered up when you put a case on it so it's got a little bit of style oh and I should mention they did send me the purple-ish color I don't know why it's not when I would have picked ish squeeze to activate Google assistant that is cool come on seriously Google assist now what do you think about Siri Siri seems funny I definitely like the gesture navigation on this pixel 3a I like it the first time I saw it on the iPhone and there's no not on this pixel 3a XL which some people are gonna like but of course you don't get something like face ID which I do kind of miss I do miss I liked it but you are stuck with a rather big noticeable forehead and chin I'm not talking about mine I'm talking about this forehead in this gym there is however a headphone jack I like the wireless world so I don't really care that there's a headphone jack I'm not gonna use it and then there's some OS things right like split-screen multitasking that's kind of stuff that is addicting once you're able to start actually using it if you guys want to see a whole other video on Android cue the beta I can load that on here and show you what's going on with that too so let me know alright so the first thing that I really want to dive into deeply is the camera because I've been hearing all this hype for years now about pixel cameras and I've never experienced it until this last 24 hours and you know what the first photo that I ever took on this I was like wow that is clear the oneplus phones that I've tested on this channel they're good phones but the cameras never impressed me but this camera actually is very impressive from the very first photo so it's got a 12 point two megapixel sensor with that F 1.8 lens on the back and an 8 megapixel selfie cam but where it really gets as blackbelt camera skills from is from all the AI processing now the processing has been a little bit weird for me I've run into a couple bugs and by the way the processing is slow can I talk about that when we get to performance but I took a picture of a mug on my desk and just wigs out it freaks out when I'm previewing it what I'm looking at it and that's happened to a couple different photos I'm sure it's something that's gonna get fixed before I show you some camera examples and comparisons and talk about those I do have to say I am bummed that there's no wide-angle selfie cam here that's something that I've been hearing about on pixels that I really was excited about wanted to try but it's not here and I understand why because they had to hold that cost down right to get it into this bracket but still looking at the picture of this cold brew coffee though I think I definitely have to pick the pixel picture I like it better like the cup itself it seems a little bit clearer more defined and the table it just looks a little bit more interesting too and even the red of that chair everything just looks a little bit more saturated to me actually and I like all right then we have this picture of my backpack with a 360 camera popping out and I get a lot of great shots as well and nobody knows I'm shooting at the coffee shop which is great I mean even this I do prefer the pixel look over the iPhone 10 R I have to say like the detail of this screen and the lens and the leather and the texture of the backpack just seems more texture II there's just a little more contrast I do like the pixel look better on this shot of the coffee shop I think that the colors pop more with the pixel the blacks seem a little bit blacker and maybe that's partly due to the OLED screen and then things just seem a little bit less washed out again you get more contrast and it's a little bit sharper it's not a bad look it's something you can definitely like in fact I do like it alright so here's a portrait mode photo and you can see that the iPhone 10 R really shows you a lot more it's more of a wide-angle whereas the pixel really crops in more but you can see I think the pixel looks a little bit more like a DSLR photo here they've blurred out the background a little bit more and actually did some pretty good clipping around my hair which usually gives any portrait mode a hard time again the colors pop a little bit more the blacks are a little bit blacker and if i zoom in wow I don't know if anyone needs to see my face with that much clarity alright so next up here's a shot of a flower and Wow just the color pops so much more on the pixel there's so much more detail in the leaves I have to tell you I like the way that the pixel photo looks better and even on this picture of the rain-soaked pine I mean if you look at the water droplets up close there's a lot more detail in there it's really impressive alright outdoor selfie portrait mode I think both cameras had a bit of a hard time with the hair the clipping but look at the detail in the jacket even there's just more detail over on the pixel side night mode I was super excited about night mode I wanted to try I've been hearing about it and it really lives up to the hype now of course the Huawei p30 Pro came along and trashed this and I haven't even tested out that Huawei so but that's what I've been hearing and of course it has a crazy zoom but this is nothing to sneeze that nothing to scoff at it really is impressive something that's less impressive to me is the new time-lapse feature because iPhones have had that for what forever but I guess at least it's here now after checking out the camera all I can really say is I feel like this phone is really a $400 camera with a phone attached rather than the other way around I mean I would almost buy this just for the camera and haul it around like to take pictures because it's so light and awesome so yeah there's really nothing to say about here as somebody who's been using iPhones almost exclusively since like the 4s um blown away by this camera it's amazing at this price okay let's talk about performance next the pixel 3a is not a race car okay it's kind of slow it's got an old processor the Snapdragon 670 which is not even close to as good as a Snapdragon 845 which is on the pixel 3 the flagship pixel do I notice the slowness in like everyday tasks sometimes yes and sometimes only when I hold up to one of my other phones but when you're loading an app it can load slower there's been some really junky Android phones that I've seen and picked up and try it out before and one of the hallmarks of these junkie phones was the slowness so to see this be a little bit slow it kind of doesn't match up in your head with that really great camera but then you remember oh this actually is pretty cheap so then you forgive it a little bit where I really really really really notice that slowness is in photo processing right just normal photos not even some crazy mode like portrait or HDR just a regular photo there's like spinning stuff happening and it takes a while for it to show you the photo it shows you one up but it's not done it's gotta like relayer it and do some stuff to it and then it's like another version and then really quick it does some more stuff and then it's the final version it took me a long time to explain that it doesn't take that long to process the photos in real life but it's not just like in a blink of an eye you can game on here and have no issues and your websites might load a little bit slower but if you're not comparing it side-by-side to something else then maybe it's not really a big deal so this one's just gonna come down to your personal tolerance can you put up with it yeah right now no big deal in the future that might be a different story and I'll say I could see a lot of people living with this and not even caring but that brings up longevity like how long will this phone last how long can you use it if you invest in it now are you gonna be able to use it in two years in three years in five years probably not but if this Snapdragon processor isn't even that fast to begin with then how is it gonna work in a few years when the phone starts to slow down like they always inevitably do that's the question of the day now talking about the build quality this is kind of a tricky thing here on this phone for some reason because it is plastic e / polycarbonate E and that makes it seem like it's not as high-quality as something that's built out of more metal and glass like the iPhone 10 R but at the same time it doesn't feel cheap like when you're holding it it does feel light it does feel plastic II but at the same time it's not like oh this is a piece of garbage it's surprisingly nice for being plastic I think that's what I'm trying to say and I think it's worth saying just one more time maybe having all that glass and metal is overrated in some instances because this thing really is really light and I like that the display thankfully is an OLED screen which is awesome that means a couple of things it means number one you're gonna be getting perfect blacks so it's fun to like turn out the lights and put something on that has some black whether it's a wallpaper with some black and like some bright colors or lights or something and you can see that it's real true actual black it's not just pixels that are toned down to like a very dark grey or something know one of the reasons that I like that is because it makes things like your photos pop off the screen a lot more and with the camera like this that can really help you appreciate that great photo that you just took it's also part of what allows for that always-on display that I'm liking so much one thing I don't like about it is that it's only 1080p now what I'd rather have like a 4k screen or crazy spec screen well yeah I mean just to be able to say that and maybe that little bit of difference that you can actually notice it's gonna be better yeah but the person I'm buying this isn't just buying it for that they're buying it because it's cheaper that can save some money and all the bells and whistles don't really matter so the fact that it's OLED is great 1080p fine I want to talk a little bit more about this phone versus the iPhone 10 R now I didn't make the whole video about iPhone 10 R versus pixel 3 because I really wanted to give this more of a full pixel review but I do want to mention this here at the end because it makes sense these are the budget options from Apple and Google so look let's do this as a rapid-fire if you care about price and just saving money the obvious answer is to go to pixel 3a if you're looking for the best camera quality above everything else then I would say obviously go with the pixel 3a I mean it obviously you can see it in these photos and if you couldn't tell from the screen I'm telling you right now I liked it better on the pixel 3/8 then on the 10r go to pixel 3/8 but if you want good video quality better video quality the best video quality then go with the iPhone 10 R because it still wins out in that department longevity if you're looking for something that you can use for a long time make this investment and not have to make another one next year or the year after or last for as long as you can then go with the iPhone 10 arm when it comes to design and looks I would say if you want that more premium feel if that's what gets you excited you have to go with the iPhone 10 R but at the same time the three a it doesn't look bad but I'm just saying you have it three and you hand it off to your friend and they're gonna take a picture they're gonna notice that plastic enos right it's a parent digital assistance when it cuz of the digital assistant you are gonna want to buy the pixel 3a if you value convenience above all else if you value privacy the most then that's a different story Google made a big stink about privacy and Rene Burrage she put it really well I think when he said that the new privacy policies are going to protect you from developers on the Google platform pretty well but are they gonna protect you from Google itself all right let me answer a few of your questions part says is the lower tier processing really that limiting in day-to-day use hey that is a great point because you know what it's not all that limiting limiting means you can't do something and you're really not limited by the slightly slower speed here unless it gets so slow in like a couple of years that it's really like bugs you and it's not very usable but right now I would say no it's not limiting can do everything that you need to hear if it's just a bit slower what's the big deal but is it actually slower than other phones yes and can I notice it yeah sometimes tom says he wants to know about the camera and more specifically the cameras software he already knows it's the same as the premium phone which means it should be awesome but how about in the context of this actual phone does it generally have lower specs well you already know I've never used the pixel three but I'm very impressed with the camera and I would say that that processing is the only thing that's kind of annoying maybe it's just a little bit slower I suspect all right this question says they want to know if the phone is worth the switch from iPhones hmm that's an interesting question if you're really heavily invested into the Apple ecosystem then it's gonna be a tougher switch right if you have an Apple TV in an Apple watch and an iPad then maybe it's not worth the switch on the other hand if you just want to try something new and you don't want it to cost you too much this may be the phone to do it with what I can't tell you is I don't hate it the pixel 3a it's a nice phone I enjoy using it but I can't airdrop from this phone to a Mac and I can't respond to text messages from this phone on my Mac right so there's that continuity stuff here's a question from Daniella does it pair well with Apple products like air pods of the Apple watch air pods yes but you're not gonna be able to get that instant pairing or the iCloud sync the Apple watch no if you have an Apple watch and you're gonna use the pixel it's not gonna work all right how about a conclusion this phone it makes me feel excited because it is cheaper but it still has an amazing camera when do you see that combination never you either get one or the other and honestly this feels very usable yeah is a little bit slower but it's been fun to use and that's that's something like it's brought a smile to my face using nitesite for instance right using Google assistant because it does so much the totebag not the tote bag that's the thing though the fun the smile this was actually really fun to dig into because it's kind of unbelievable how can something this cheap have such a good camera that is interesting that is innovative alright thanks for watching let me know what else you want to see in relation to the pixel 3 versus any of the iPhones or anything else Android Q whatever leave me a comment check out the description there's lots of good stuff down there stuff you wouldn't even dream of or think of would be down in the description of a YouTube video and don't forget I'm at daily tech spell Daily Tek k on Instagram and Twitter and I'll catch you guys in the next video laterlook if anybody ever asks you why you should get into YouTube or being an influencer you can just tell them the truth it's for the free pop sockets and the free tote bags hey it's Chris and today I'm checking out the Google pixel 3a which is like the budget Google pixel that was just announced you know what I've never ever gotten my hands on a pixel before I've wanted to forever but Google never sent me one until now so I'm actually really excited to check this out this review is coming from the perspective of somebody who's really used to using iPhones but wow I didn't expect to be this impressed by this device which costs relatively little compared to all the recent iPhones in this video I'm gonna be talking about the camera performance the longevity that's something you guys told me you were really interested in hearing about the build quality the display and at the end how it compares to the iPhone 10 are so as somebody who's really used to using an iPhone let me just rattle off some of the things that I was really excited to see and happy about using here I can't even see if you can see this in the camera but be always on display I like that and you know what it's pretty useful I can always see the temperature the time and wow this thing is so light of course it's light because it's plastic aka polycarbonate and we're going to talk about that more later but yeah this is the XL model and it is light loving and fast charging and you know what I like how it tells you how much time is left until it gets fully charged down at the bottom of the always-on screen like 21 minutes left till the full charge that's great I'm loving this colorful button down here on the side and it doesn't get covered up when you put a case on it so it's got a little bit of style oh and I should mention they did send me the purple-ish color I don't know why it's not when I would have picked ish squeeze to activate Google assistant that is cool come on seriously Google assist now what do you think about Siri Siri seems funny I definitely like the gesture navigation on this pixel 3a I like it the first time I saw it on the iPhone and there's no not on this pixel 3a XL which some people are gonna like but of course you don't get something like face ID which I do kind of miss I do miss I liked it but you are stuck with a rather big noticeable forehead and chin I'm not talking about mine I'm talking about this forehead in this gym there is however a headphone jack I like the wireless world so I don't really care that there's a headphone jack I'm not gonna use it and then there's some OS things right like split-screen multitasking that's kind of stuff that is addicting once you're able to start actually using it if you guys want to see a whole other video on Android cue the beta I can load that on here and show you what's going on with that too so let me know alright so the first thing that I really want to dive into deeply is the camera because I've been hearing all this hype for years now about pixel cameras and I've never experienced it until this last 24 hours and you know what the first photo that I ever took on this I was like wow that is clear the oneplus phones that I've tested on this channel they're good phones but the cameras never impressed me but this camera actually is very impressive from the very first photo so it's got a 12 point two megapixel sensor with that F 1.8 lens on the back and an 8 megapixel selfie cam but where it really gets as blackbelt camera skills from is from all the AI processing now the processing has been a little bit weird for me I've run into a couple bugs and by the way the processing is slow can I talk about that when we get to performance but I took a picture of a mug on my desk and just wigs out it freaks out when I'm previewing it what I'm looking at it and that's happened to a couple different photos I'm sure it's something that's gonna get fixed before I show you some camera examples and comparisons and talk about those I do have to say I am bummed that there's no wide-angle selfie cam here that's something that I've been hearing about on pixels that I really was excited about wanted to try but it's not here and I understand why because they had to hold that cost down right to get it into this bracket but still looking at the picture of this cold brew coffee though I think I definitely have to pick the pixel picture I like it better like the cup itself it seems a little bit clearer more defined and the table it just looks a little bit more interesting too and even the red of that chair everything just looks a little bit more saturated to me actually and I like all right then we have this picture of my backpack with a 360 camera popping out and I get a lot of great shots as well and nobody knows I'm shooting at the coffee shop which is great I mean even this I do prefer the pixel look over the iPhone 10 R I have to say like the detail of this screen and the lens and the leather and the texture of the backpack just seems more texture II there's just a little more contrast I do like the pixel look better on this shot of the coffee shop I think that the colors pop more with the pixel the blacks seem a little bit blacker and maybe that's partly due to the OLED screen and then things just seem a little bit less washed out again you get more contrast and it's a little bit sharper it's not a bad look it's something you can definitely like in fact I do like it alright so here's a portrait mode photo and you can see that the iPhone 10 R really shows you a lot more it's more of a wide-angle whereas the pixel really crops in more but you can see I think the pixel looks a little bit more like a DSLR photo here they've blurred out the background a little bit more and actually did some pretty good clipping around my hair which usually gives any portrait mode a hard time again the colors pop a little bit more the blacks are a little bit blacker and if i zoom in wow I don't know if anyone needs to see my face with that much clarity alright so next up here's a shot of a flower and Wow just the color pops so much more on the pixel there's so much more detail in the leaves I have to tell you I like the way that the pixel photo looks better and even on this picture of the rain-soaked pine I mean if you look at the water droplets up close there's a lot more detail in there it's really impressive alright outdoor selfie portrait mode I think both cameras had a bit of a hard time with the hair the clipping but look at the detail in the jacket even there's just more detail over on the pixel side night mode I was super excited about night mode I wanted to try I've been hearing about it and it really lives up to the hype now of course the Huawei p30 Pro came along and trashed this and I haven't even tested out that Huawei so but that's what I've been hearing and of course it has a crazy zoom but this is nothing to sneeze that nothing to scoff at it really is impressive something that's less impressive to me is the new time-lapse feature because iPhones have had that for what forever but I guess at least it's here now after checking out the camera all I can really say is I feel like this phone is really a $400 camera with a phone attached rather than the other way around I mean I would almost buy this just for the camera and haul it around like to take pictures because it's so light and awesome so yeah there's really nothing to say about here as somebody who's been using iPhones almost exclusively since like the 4s um blown away by this camera it's amazing at this price okay let's talk about performance next the pixel 3a is not a race car okay it's kind of slow it's got an old processor the Snapdragon 670 which is not even close to as good as a Snapdragon 845 which is on the pixel 3 the flagship pixel do I notice the slowness in like everyday tasks sometimes yes and sometimes only when I hold up to one of my other phones but when you're loading an app it can load slower there's been some really junky Android phones that I've seen and picked up and try it out before and one of the hallmarks of these junkie phones was the slowness so to see this be a little bit slow it kind of doesn't match up in your head with that really great camera but then you remember oh this actually is pretty cheap so then you forgive it a little bit where I really really really really notice that slowness is in photo processing right just normal photos not even some crazy mode like portrait or HDR just a regular photo there's like spinning stuff happening and it takes a while for it to show you the photo it shows you one up but it's not done it's gotta like relayer it and do some stuff to it and then it's like another version and then really quick it does some more stuff and then it's the final version it took me a long time to explain that it doesn't take that long to process the photos in real life but it's not just like in a blink of an eye you can game on here and have no issues and your websites might load a little bit slower but if you're not comparing it side-by-side to something else then maybe it's not really a big deal so this one's just gonna come down to your personal tolerance can you put up with it yeah right now no big deal in the future that might be a different story and I'll say I could see a lot of people living with this and not even caring but that brings up longevity like how long will this phone last how long can you use it if you invest in it now are you gonna be able to use it in two years in three years in five years probably not but if this Snapdragon processor isn't even that fast to begin with then how is it gonna work in a few years when the phone starts to slow down like they always inevitably do that's the question of the day now talking about the build quality this is kind of a tricky thing here on this phone for some reason because it is plastic e / polycarbonate E and that makes it seem like it's not as high-quality as something that's built out of more metal and glass like the iPhone 10 R but at the same time it doesn't feel cheap like when you're holding it it does feel light it does feel plastic II but at the same time it's not like oh this is a piece of garbage it's surprisingly nice for being plastic I think that's what I'm trying to say and I think it's worth saying just one more time maybe having all that glass and metal is overrated in some instances because this thing really is really light and I like that the display thankfully is an OLED screen which is awesome that means a couple of things it means number one you're gonna be getting perfect blacks so it's fun to like turn out the lights and put something on that has some black whether it's a wallpaper with some black and like some bright colors or lights or something and you can see that it's real true actual black it's not just pixels that are toned down to like a very dark grey or something know one of the reasons that I like that is because it makes things like your photos pop off the screen a lot more and with the camera like this that can really help you appreciate that great photo that you just took it's also part of what allows for that always-on display that I'm liking so much one thing I don't like about it is that it's only 1080p now what I'd rather have like a 4k screen or crazy spec screen well yeah I mean just to be able to say that and maybe that little bit of difference that you can actually notice it's gonna be better yeah but the person I'm buying this isn't just buying it for that they're buying it because it's cheaper that can save some money and all the bells and whistles don't really matter so the fact that it's OLED is great 1080p fine I want to talk a little bit more about this phone versus the iPhone 10 R now I didn't make the whole video about iPhone 10 R versus pixel 3 because I really wanted to give this more of a full pixel review but I do want to mention this here at the end because it makes sense these are the budget options from Apple and Google so look let's do this as a rapid-fire if you care about price and just saving money the obvious answer is to go to pixel 3a if you're looking for the best camera quality above everything else then I would say obviously go with the pixel 3a I mean it obviously you can see it in these photos and if you couldn't tell from the screen I'm telling you right now I liked it better on the pixel 3/8 then on the 10r go to pixel 3/8 but if you want good video quality better video quality the best video quality then go with the iPhone 10 R because it still wins out in that department longevity if you're looking for something that you can use for a long time make this investment and not have to make another one next year or the year after or last for as long as you can then go with the iPhone 10 arm when it comes to design and looks I would say if you want that more premium feel if that's what gets you excited you have to go with the iPhone 10 R but at the same time the three a it doesn't look bad but I'm just saying you have it three and you hand it off to your friend and they're gonna take a picture they're gonna notice that plastic enos right it's a parent digital assistance when it cuz of the digital assistant you are gonna want to buy the pixel 3a if you value convenience above all else if you value privacy the most then that's a different story Google made a big stink about privacy and Rene Burrage she put it really well I think when he said that the new privacy policies are going to protect you from developers on the Google platform pretty well but are they gonna protect you from Google itself all right let me answer a few of your questions part says is the lower tier processing really that limiting in day-to-day use hey that is a great point because you know what it's not all that limiting limiting means you can't do something and you're really not limited by the slightly slower speed here unless it gets so slow in like a couple of years that it's really like bugs you and it's not very usable but right now I would say no it's not limiting can do everything that you need to hear if it's just a bit slower what's the big deal but is it actually slower than other phones yes and can I notice it yeah sometimes tom says he wants to know about the camera and more specifically the cameras software he already knows it's the same as the premium phone which means it should be awesome but how about in the context of this actual phone does it generally have lower specs well you already know I've never used the pixel three but I'm very impressed with the camera and I would say that that processing is the only thing that's kind of annoying maybe it's just a little bit slower I suspect all right this question says they want to know if the phone is worth the switch from iPhones hmm that's an interesting question if you're really heavily invested into the Apple ecosystem then it's gonna be a tougher switch right if you have an Apple TV in an Apple watch and an iPad then maybe it's not worth the switch on the other hand if you just want to try something new and you don't want it to cost you too much this may be the phone to do it with what I can't tell you is I don't hate it the pixel 3a it's a nice phone I enjoy using it but I can't airdrop from this phone to a Mac and I can't respond to text messages from this phone on my Mac right so there's that continuity stuff here's a question from Daniella does it pair well with Apple products like air pods of the Apple watch air pods yes but you're not gonna be able to get that instant pairing or the iCloud sync the Apple watch no if you have an Apple watch and you're gonna use the pixel it's not gonna work all right how about a conclusion this phone it makes me feel excited because it is cheaper but it still has an amazing camera when do you see that combination never you either get one or the other and honestly this feels very usable yeah is a little bit slower but it's been fun to use and that's that's something like it's brought a smile to my face using nitesite for instance right using Google assistant because it does so much the totebag not the tote bag that's the thing though the fun the smile this was actually really fun to dig into because it's kind of unbelievable how can something this cheap have such a good camera that is interesting that is innovative alright thanks for watching let me know what else you want to see in relation to the pixel 3 versus any of the iPhones or anything else Android Q whatever leave me a comment check out the description there's lots of good stuff down there stuff you wouldn't even dream of or think of would be down in the description of a YouTube video and don't forget I'm at daily tech spell Daily Tek k on Instagram and Twitter and I'll catch you guys in the next video later\n"