{"id":1790,"date":"2025-11-30T00:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-android-phone-you-should-buy-your-dad-is-just-349\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:03:51","slug":"the-android-phone-you-should-buy-your-dad-is-just-349","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-android-phone-you-should-buy-your-dad-is-just-349\/","title":{"rendered":"The Android phone you should buy your dad is just $349"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"The 9A will likely be replaced by a new model this spring, but when has Dad ever cared about keeping up with trends?\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/257690_Google_Pixel_9A_AJohnson_0003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe 9A will likely be replaced by a new model this spring, but when has Dad ever cared about keeping up with trends?\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Not to generalize, but the Google Pixel 9A is a classic dad phone. It\u2019s not fussy. It\u2019s durable and scheduled to get software updates for the better part of a decade. It\u2019s a solid deal at its full $499 MSRP, but the Black Friday price of $349 is even sweeter. It\u2019s the lowest we\u2019ve seen the 9A on sale for, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/789306\/amazon-october-prime-day-google-pixel-9a-deal-sale-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matching its Prime Day price<\/a>. If Dad missed out on it back in October, he can strike now while the iron is hot again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-block\">\n<h3>Google Pixel 9A<\/h3>\n<div class=\"product-description\">The Pixel 9A adds more robust water resistance and a brighter, bigger screen to what was already a winning formula for a good midrange phone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/phone-review\/646135\/google-pixel-9a-review-a-midrange-phone-done-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read our review<\/a>.<\/div>\n<figure class=\"product-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/257690_Google_Pixel_9A_AJohnson_0001.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Google Pixel 9A in peony pink on a purple background.\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3>Where to Buy:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Google-Pixel-Gemini-Smartphone-Incredible\/dp\/B0DVHV7X53\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$499<\/strike> $349 at <strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/product\/google-pixel-9a-128gb-unlocked-obsidian\/J39TC8J7QH\/sku\/6612957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$499<\/strike> $399 at <strong>Best Buy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.google.com\/product\/pixel_9a?hl=en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$499<\/strike> $399 at <strong>Google<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Of course, you don\u2019t have to be a dad, a dude, or anyone in particular to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/phone-review\/646135\/google-pixel-9a-review-a-midrange-phone-done-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appreciate the 9A<\/a>. It\u2019s missing some of the fancier features on the flagship Pixel phones (it\u2019s now the only Google phone that doesn\u2019t come with a telephoto camera), but it has a solid processor and a reliable camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It runs Google\u2019s streamlined Android implementation, so it might appeal to someone who finds Samsung software a little cluttered. And at $349, it\u2019s also a good bet for anyone who wants to pay out of pocket for a phone and avoid financing or carrier deals. It\u2019s a heck of a value proposition for the no-nonsense person in your life \u2014 dads and otherwise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9A will likely be replaced by a new model this spring, but when has Dad ever cared about keeping [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}