Arriving about a month after the Pixel 5, and about three months after the Pixel 4a, the Pixel 4a 5G is the closest we’ll get to an XL Pixel this year.

Thanks to the 2020 lineup, I’ve gone through what I call the 7 Stages of Pixel Grief: Confusion, Confusion, Confusion, Confusion, Confusion, Anger, and Resignation. Sigh. Today, my final smartphone purchase of 2020 arrives, the Google Pixel 4a 5G, capping a crazy year of broken promises, reduced expectations, and general disappointment. Yes, I’m referring to…

One month after the announcement, the Google Pixel 5 is now available for purchase and the Pixel 4a (5G) can be preordered.

For the first time in over five years, I won’t be purchasing one of Google’s fall handset releases. And no, it’s not because it’s not a real flagship: I really appreciate Pixel’s new direction to the mid-market, and I would be happy to use such a device if it met my needs otherwise. But the…

The Google Pixel 4a is the new sweet spot, assuming you can live with its tiny display and form factor, and a few other limitations.

It’s taken me longer than I’d like to check-in again with the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, which arrived yesterday. But here are some additional thoughts.

Having now spent some more time with the Google Pixel 4a, I’m reminded of the highs and lows of the Pixel experience.

What’s affordable, cute as a button, and comes in a delightful polycarbonate body with a clean software image? Right, the Pixel 4a. It’s finally here.

While I know that the Pixel 4a will never meet my needs, I can’t ignore what I feel is the single-best value in the smartphone market today.

Google is expected to announce the Pixel 5 in October, but the firm has taken the unprecedented step of discontinuing its predecessors months early.

After three months of delays, Google finally announced the Pixel 4a, which embodies everything right and wrong about the firm’s hardware efforts. I gotta be honest here. I’m not sure if I’m getting one. Let’s step through the pros and cons. Pro: The price. The Pixel 4a starts at just $349, $50 less than the…

Happy Friday! With summer finally in full swing here in the Lehigh Valley, we can look forward to a nice weekend for a change. Excel inking follow-up Last week, jt5 asked: Do you have any update on the Excel ink to text feature that was demoed last year? The last I heard is that it…

It’s been a while since I last wrote about the hardware, software, and services on which I rely every day. But with pandemic and its stay-at-home requirements emphasizing what’s really important, I thought this might be an interesting time to take another look. As you may recall, I do write up a What I Use…

Happy Friday! Here’s another round of questions and answers to kick off the weekend as we bid adieu to May. Pixel imperfect wolters asks: Paul...given the recent news on the Pixel 4 sales, key Pixel executives leaving and the delayed 4a, how do feel about the future of Pixel phones? Do you think we'll get…

A new report claims that Google sold only 2 million Pixel 4 handsets, leading to the departure of two key executives.

The Google Pixel 4 XL is the final stop on my 2019 reunion tour, the handset that in many ways inspired this retrospective series in the first place.