To me it wasn't. I don't think The non-a Pixels can really justify their price based on the hardware itself.

Considering waiting to see if Motorola releases a GrapheneOs built in Razr I’d consider that. But can’t help but wonder how much they would mess up the core important pieces of Graphene for their overlords who wants AI down our throat

If you want a Pro, go with the 8, 9 if you have to. 8 still has the 2k screen, 10 is a bastardized 1080p screen

Certainly not a Pixel 10 Pro.

If I could write my own code for the NPU that might be interesting, but they've got it locked up like a straight boy's toilet paper.

I got a pro because it was heavily discounted at the time. The one thing I sort of appreciated is the display LTPO thing, which enables it to gear all the way down to 1hz to save power.

thing is kinda moot since the 9a and 10a achieve significantly better battery life than the 10 pro (10a uses the prior gen SoC which seems to have better idle power characteristics).

I got an 'a' model and its been totally sufficient at a much lower price. But I guess it depends on how you plan to use it.

I'm running grapheme on a Pixel 9 Pro Fold I got used ~ quite happy with it so far :)

The only advantage of the non-a models is they use a potentially more durable battery that is less prone to pillowing.

The a series have been great to me so far. The specs are usually more than enough for most use cases you're gonna have for your phone, and the 9a and 10a both have better battery life than the rest of the 9 and 10 series' respectively.

The a series is substantially cheaper for what is, in my opinion, a totally justifiable Android experience that isn't gonna be much different than the other models for most people.

HOWEVER, I will say that if you plan on running a lot of apps that need to operate in the background or be constantly on, especially if you play games at the same time on your phone sometimes, the RAM could be too low for your liking and might occasionally lead to an app's background process freezing for a bit. (e.g. a timer might freeze if the app isn't actively open)

Not really, but I got one anyway because I need the storage. I wish I would have gone all the way and got a TB but I couldn't buy that one in cash in store so I didn't.