The Google Pixel 9a is here, and it made it to top of our list of the best cheap phones at only $499. And one area that we noticed showed a marked improvement was the quality, brightness and color options available on the 6.3-inch Actua display.
Google has stated that the Pixel 9a has a peak brightness of 2,700 nits, but we needed to test this for ourselves. The reason for this is simple: the recorded brightness of a screen can be affected by several different factors that are hard to account for. We aim to find the average brightness when we test phones to make sure that we have the best representation of what a customer can expect.
