Shock Sky sale slashes Google Pixel to lowest price yet
Save on Google's latest phone with this offer from Sky Mobile
Sky Mobile has cut the prices on Google's Pixel phones. With a monthly price as low as £14, shoppers are rushing to buy the Android device.
There are discounts on all the Pixel 9 devices, but let's start with the very latest, the Pixel 9a. This is Google's most affordable model in the Pixel 9 family, launched in April 2025, so it's brand new.
It offers the same core hardware as the Pixel 9 Pro, so there's loads of power, whether you're snapping photos, gaming or crunching through emails. Sky Mobile has cut the price to £14 a month, with nothing to pay upfront, so this is an affordable route to the latest Pixel.
Sky then offers a range of data plans, from £0 a month upwards, but the discounted 50GB plan at £10 a month caught my eye. Together, users will have loads of data and a great phone to make use of it, all for £24 a month.
Shoppers should note that if they do choose that 50GB data plan, it's only discounted for 6 months. So it's always recommended to check before committing to the long plan.
While the Pixel 9a deal from Sky Mobile sounds great, it's not the only provider offering these sorts of prices. I looked at GiffGaff – one of the networks with the highest levels of customer satisfaction according to The Mirror – and the network is offering the Pixel 9a with 50GB data for £25.87 a month – and in this case, the data plan price won't increase in 6 months.
Sky Mobile is offering the Pixel 9 Pro XL from £28 a month. It used to be £34 a month, customers are immediately saving £144 off the price of this phone for the term of the contract.
Again, that can then be paired with as much data as users like. For the Pixel 9 Pro XL there's an upfront payment of £12. The Pixel 9a offers plenty of features to be excited about. It offers a clean Android experience and has seven years of software updates.
There's a great 6.3-inch display, although because this is a more affordable model there's quite a wide bezel around it which I don't like so much. However, the flat finish is great for gaming and I found it to be solid phone for day-to-day use.
The cherry on top is that camera, however. Although this is only a dual camera, so there's no zoom like on the Pro model, the consistency and quality of the photos it produces are the best in this price bracket.
On top of that, it gives users access to Google's AI, the most exciting of which sits in Magic Editor, making it easy to tweak photos. But much as I like the Pixel 9a, I find the screen too small.
I'm a technology expert and review a lot of phones each year and the Pixel 9 Pro XL is my phone of choice. Firstly it has that larger 6.8-inch display, giving me more space for all my apps and games, and it's a lovely bright display, so photos look great.
While the battery life of the Pixel 9 Pro XL isn't so great – get the OnePlus 13 if you want long battery life – the camera is excellent and I really like the clean Android experience. Being the first to get new Android features really stands the Pixel apart from other devices.
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