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No longer available directly from Google or from major third-party US retailers like Best Buy and Amazon, the 2019-released Pixel 3a XL is naturally cheaper than ever before at B&H Photo Video ahead of the search giant’s next mid-range smartphone announcement.
Originally priced at $479, the stock Android-running handset dropped to as little as $239 around a month ago, scoring an additional and possibly final $40 discount at the time of this writing. That brings your savings up to a grand total of 280 bucks, at least compared to the initial starting price of this Snapdragon 670-powered 6-incher from nearly two years back.
Unfortunately, you’ll have to make use of the deeply discounted phone on T-Mobile only now that Sprint’s network is pretty much dead and buried and this particular variant of the Google Pixel 3a XL is not compatible with AT&T or Verizon. Also, you may need to hurry and order the “Just Black” device as soon as possible given that B&H technically doesn’t have the handset in stock right now, nonetheless promising that more units are “on the way” and committing to shipping said units within 7 to 10 business days.
Obviously, that means this killer new deal could expire at any moment or the smartphone might be discontinued altogether before you get a chance to decide if it’s worth your time and two Benjamins in 2021.
If you ask us, it’s certainly not easy to find a device with a better camera, battery life, screen, and especially software support available at $199 or less, full one-year warranty included. That aforementioned Snapdragon 670 SoC is no pushover either, particularly in combination with a respectable 4 gigs of RAM.
Guaranteed to receive a timely Android 12 update after already being promoted to OS versions 10 and 11 among the world’s first phones, the Pixel 3a XL sports a high-quality OLED panel with a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels, as well as a single 12MP rear-facing camera that’s much better at taking photographs in a variety of real-life scenarios than that sensor might suggest.