Due to being incredibly busy testing the best Android phones of late, I missed the first delivery attempt of my Google Pixel 7a review unit – the company's entry-level Pixel, as announced at Google I/O 2023 – and that actually made me feel sad.
Why so sad? Because I was excited to test out the Pixel 7a for as long as I possibly could to see if it's the best affordable phone of 2023. It's rare that a budget phone rouses genuine excitement, but with the Google Pixel 7 Pro my favourite handset of the past eight-or-so months, the 'lite' version was surely already on strong footing.
