Google's new Pixel 4a costs $350, and it's available to preorder now before its full August 20 release

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• Google's highly anticipated Pixel 4a midrange smartphone was announced on Monday.
• The Pixel 4a costs $350 and is available to preorder from the Google Store online and Google Fi. It will be fully released and available to buy from the Google Store, Google Fi, Best Buy, Amazon, US Cellular, and Verizon starting on August 20.
• I've already used the Pixel 4a for a couple weeks and written a full review, which you can find below.
• TL;DR: The Pixel 4a is a winning combination of design, performance, good battery life, camera quality, and price. It's the best value Android smartphone anyone can buy, and is only rivaled by Apple's $400 iPhone SE.
• Google also teased a 5G version of the Pixel 4a, as well as the Pixel 5 that also supports 5G, which will be released later this fall.

The highly anticipated Pixel 4a midrange smartphone by Google was announced on Monday.

The Google Pixel 4a costs $350 and can now be preordered from the online Google Store and Google Fi. It'll be fully released and available to buy on August 20 from the online Google Store, Google Fi, Best Buy, Amazon, US Cellular, and Verizon.

Google Pixel 4a specs and features

The Pixel 4a delivers a strong core smartphone experience, and its gets all the basic absolutely right, including performance, camera quality, screen quality, design, battery life, and price. The Pixel 4a's specs include:

• Display: 5.81-inch 1080p (2,340 x 1,080) 60Hz OLED
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
• Memory and storage: 6GB RAM & 128GB
• Rear camera: 12.2-megapixel single lens
• Selfie camera: 8-megapixel
• Battery: 3,140mAh, 18W fast charger included

It doesn't have some of the high-end flourishes you'd find on premium phones, like water resistance, wireless charging, 5G connectivity, and triple-lens camera systems, nor does it come with the absolute fastest mobile chip available.

Still, the Pixel 4a poses incredible value and quality at $350, and you'd have to seriously question whether those high-end flourishes mentioned above are worth the extra few hundreds you'd spend on a more premium smartphone.