Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42

Arthur Hill

Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42: The Google Pixel 4a and Samsung Galaxy A42 are both budget phones. The two smartphones possess good features,  specs. However, let’s look into a detailed comparison of both phones to see each unique performances, strength, design, battery etc.

The Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Lets get after the comparisons!!

Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42
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Battery life  comparison

Google Pixel 4a has a non-removable battery of 3140mAh capacity, which can last up to 24hours with average usage(as advertised by Google ). The smartphone supports 18W fast charging through a USB-C port.

Samsung Galaxy A42 has a 3700mAh battery, it easily lasts for a full day regardless of heavy usage.  Supports fast charging as well.

Camera comparison

Samsung Galaxy A42 houses a quad camera setup, with a 48MP primary camera. Accompanied by an 8MP wide angle camera and a 5MP camera, a 5MP depth sensor. The front camera is a 20MP shooter for selfies . The camera setup also includes; Digital Zoom, Auto flash ,face detection and touch to focus features.

Google Pixel 4a camera setup consists of a single rear camera or 2.2MP Sony IMx363 image sensor that features an f/1.7 aperture lens of 1.4mm pixel size,77° field-of-view, dual pixel face detection, OIS and EIS support.

Display & design comparison

Google Pixel 4a measures 144×69.4×8.2mm in dimensions and weighs 143grams. The smartphone has a 5.81inch OLED display with an FHD+ resolution of 2340×1080 pixels and a 19.5.9 aspect ratio.

Google Pixel 4a has a plastic body with a hole punch design.

Samsung Galaxy 4a on the other hand has a 6.6inch super AMOLED display of the infinity-U variety (a water drop notch)and has HD resolution, a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels, 390PPI density. The smartphone also offers a screen-to-body ratio of 55.7%. Rear Panel design is divided into four different coloured sections.  Quad cameras are arranged in a square-shaped. The power and volume buttons are also present on the right side.

Hardware & software comparison

Samsung Galaxy A42 has a Mediatek MT 6768 Helio P65 chipset that is based on a 12nm process node and the chip has Octa- core processor at the speed of 2×2.0 GHz Cortex-A75& G52 ML2 GPU for graphics and run on Android 10 OS with one 711 2 on top. The hardware for Google Pixel 4a is a Qualcomm snapdragon 730G processor based on 8mm process technology. For software  Pixel 4a runs on Android 10 OS ,with the benefit of 3years automatic Android 10 update

Storage & connectivity comparison

Samsung Galaxy A42 comes with a4LTE  network. It has a Wi-Fi 802,11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, A-GPS ,GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS,FM Radio Bluetooth  5.0,A2DP LE and 2.0 Type C 1.0 reversible connector.  The internal storage on the phone is 64GB coupled with 4GB RAM for a solid performance.

Google Pixel 4a has 128GB of storage coupled with 6GB RAM . Google Pixel 4a have mobile radio connections in GSM 3G and LTE networks ,with LTE cat 12 download speeds of up to 100Mb is possible  within close ranges. Google Pixel 4a allows communication via NFV Bluetooth 5.0,Wi-Fi 5.

Price comparison

Samsung Galaxy A42 sells for £178 while Google Pixel 4a is £349.

Google Pixel 4a SPECS

Google Pixel 4a
  • CPU   Octa- core Qualcomm snapdragon 730G,22GHz +1.8GHz
  • GPU     Adreno 618
  • DISPLAY 5.81inches, 19.5.9,1080×2340 OLED ,443ppi ,100,000:1 contrast ratio
  • BODY   144×69.4×8.2mm(5.7×2.7×0.3nm)1430
  • BATTERY  3140mAh ,18W USB Type-C fast charging
  • MEMORY/STORAGE   6GB LPDDR4X, 128GB
  • CAMERA  12.2MP dual pixel+/1.7, front-8MP f/20
  • VIDEO  4K -30fps,1080p-60fps front-1080p-30fps
  • OS      Android 10
  • MATERIAL  Polycarbonate
  • PRICE  £349

Samsung Galaxy A42  key specs

Samsung Galaxy A42
  • Octa- core (2GHz ,Dual core +1.7GHz,Hexa core)
  • Snapdragon
  • 4GB RAM
  • DISPLAY
  • 6.6inches (16.76cm)
  • 390ppi ,Super AMOLED
  • CAMERA
  • 9 8+8+5+5MP Qual Primary cameras
  • LED flash
  • 20MP front camera
  • BATTERY
  • 3140mAh
  • Fast charging USB Type-C port

Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Conclusion

As stated earlier ,both phones possess good features and performances. Though,  Samsung Galaxy appears to have a better battery life ,a good camera setup. Google Pixel 4a also has a powerful single camera, headphone Jack and Guaranteed three years of operating and security updates. We hope the Google Pixel 4a vs Samsung Galaxy A42 comparison has been helpful to those looking to get one of the above mid-range smartphones

Arthur Hill
Arthur Hill
Mobile Writer

Arthur is a senior member of the communications team who has worked at several well-known companies over the past 10 years.  As a writer with many years of experience in the technology sector, focusing on reviewing mobile phones and accessories, he has written about many products or has been hands-on with them at some point

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