If anyone wondering about size difference between a 8a and a 9a. 8a on the right.
Seems the 9a is a whole 3g lighter. Though maybe that's nearer 2.5g as the 8a has a screen guard thing on it.
Thanks for highlighting this. The battery on my wife's 7a has recently fallen off a cliff to the point where it now lasts about 30 seconds when not plugged in. I've submitted the form, surprised they want 3 weeks to review to it though!
Damn. Took them less than 48 hours to decide it wasn't eligible. So new 9a arriving tomorrow and then I'll decide if it's worth sticking a new battery in the 7a to keep as a backup phone for future issues.
Not sure if it's been said above but the 10a is due to be released.
I've just traded my 8 in for a 10 with Google for just over 300 quid.
The 7 is a good phone TBH but if the trade in price is right then why not.
Damn. Took them less than 48 hours to decide it wasn't eligible. So new 9a arriving tomorrow and then I'll decide if it's worth sticking a new battery in the 7a to keep as a backup phone for future issues.
I had no idea about the battery thing until this thread. I have a 7a that I bought as a work phone but ended up not needing. So I just use it for TrainerRoad.
I plonked the details into the Google site, and a couple of days later they emailed to say "Soz, not eligible for compensation". So I replied to ask whether that means 'my battery is not the bad sort' or 'battery is dodgy but for some reason I'm not eligible for compensation'. They then asked for proof of purchase, and we went round in circles a bit because the email account that I was emailing them from is not the one with which I'm signed in to the phone. After that was cleared up they just paid me £329. Since I only paid £299 for the phone, that's more than fine.
It did leave me thinking that their process is terrible though - if their initial assessment was "different email therefore probably fraudster" then they should have specified on the web form that that was required, and / or asked for that to be resolved rather than initially just saying "computer says no". I'm pretty sure that if the battery does go bad then it'll start swelling etc. rather than just burst into flames, but still...
Coincidentally, someone I know has just... wait, let me C&P:
Influenced by this thread, I thought I'd take a look at the Google store to see what they offer for trade ins.
I have two Pixel phones available - a 3a with cracked screen (not being used), but fully working, and a 6a in VGC, no damage.
Against the 9a, I get offered £50 for both phones, end up paying £349
Against the 10a, I get offered £106 (3a) and £150 (6a). Which would bring my final prices down to £393 and £349
I think I'll just see out the next 12/18 months of what the 6a has left in updates, and price them both again against the 11/11a
Impressed with the 9a so far. I chose it for battery life after checking the specs against the 10 models - powered up Monday, did all the transferring from my old phone tues. The usual amount of browsing, whatsapping etc over a couple of days... Last night it had 5% left. I didn't charge it and it still had 4% this morning, so I plugged it in. Pleased with that.
I've been send £100 code on the 10a, plus £228 trade in on my 8a, so £171. Tempting, but nothing wrong with the 8a, so, like Andy, I'll wait for the 11a.
If nothing else this thread has made me think twice about buying another Pixel because the battery issue is far more widespread than they first realised. A bit over a year ago they pushed out a software update to seriously reduce the battery capability of the 4a because some batteries might be dangerous, and started pushing these token rebates. Then 6 months ago there were reports of batteries on 6a's swelling, and obviously they expanded up to that. Now they're saying 7a's have the same problem? Will 8a's and 9a's be next??
The Pixel 10a is arriving very soon which means deals to be had on the 9a
OnePlus, Xiaomi, Nothing and others are all releasing mid-range phones in the next 6-8 weeks which means the existing models will be reduced. One thing to bear in mind is with the shortage of certain components the newer phone models may not be any better, so the older phone with slightly less support/updates and lower price could be a much better package
