Buying a company—s latest flagship phone can be expensive, even if you
manage to find it on sale. By picking up last year—s model, you can
save more money and still get a capable device. Enter the Pixel 4 XL. For
Cyber Monday, Amazon is selling the phone for $549. That—s the lowest
price we—ve seen on the 4 XL.–
Buy Pixel 4 XL at Amazon – $549 Buy Pixel 3a XL at Amazon – $299
Why get the Pixel 4 XL when the Pixel 5 exists? It comes down to the fact
Google took a different approach with its latest flagship. To make its
new phone more affordable, the company didn—t spec it out with
Qualcomm—s current top-of-the-line processor, the Snapdragon 865.
Instead, it went with the more affordable but still capable Snapdragon
765G. As a result, the Pixel 4 XL may be the older phone, but it—s
still faster than the Pixel 5. The latest Pixel also doesn—t have its
predecessor—s Soli radar sensor, which means it doesn—t come with its
Motion Sense and Face Unlock capabilities. We didn—t think Google
nailed the execution of those features, but they—re still something
that the Pixel 4 XL has that the Pixel 5 does not.– …
