Pixel 10a vs Pixel 10: Google made this decision easy for me

For the first time in what feels like forever, we are getting a phone — the Pixel 10a — with an actual flat back and no camera plateaus protruding from it. The phone can finally rest on a table without wobbling or leaving a wedge-shaped gap underneath. Google must have undertaken some serious engineering efforts to keep the camera thickness in check on the new budget Pixel so that it lies flush with the phone’s back panel.

But all those design efforts aren’t convincing enough for me to pick up the Pixel 10a or second-guess my decision to get the Pixel 10. Here’s why I know I made the right choice skipping the Pixel 10a.