Forget Google's new Pixel 4 - here are 8 reasons you should actually buy the $500 Pixel 3 instead
The Pixel 4 is $300 more expensive than the Pixel 3, and there aren't too many good reasons to spend an extra $300 on the Pixel 4.
If you're looking for a new design, you're not really getting it with the Pixel 4. In fact, it looks very similar to the Pixel 2!
The Pixel 3's performance isn't stellar, but it's still fine. It's a phone with 2018 specs, after all.
The Pixel 3 is getting the new astrophotography camera mode that Google announced for the Pixel 4 ...
Google confirmed in a tweet that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a phones are getting the astrophotography camera mode that Google announced with the Pixel 4 in October.
... and the Pixel 3's camera is still one of the best smartphone cameras in the business.
The Pixel 4's second lens — a telephoto lens — isn't as exciting as an ultra-wide lens. Phone makers have been giving their phones zoomed lenses since 2016, and Google just introduced it in 2019.
The Pixel 4 doesn't have a fingerprint scanner — it only uses facial recognition, and anyone can unlock the phone when your eyes are closed, like when you're asleep.
If you already have a Pixel 3 and you're experiencing poor battery life, you might try to get a $99 battery replacement from Google's repair partner, UBreakIFix, before buying the Pixel 4 — especially if none of the above tempts you to upgrade.
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