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The a series have been great to me so far. The specs are usually more than enough for most use cases you're gonna have for your phone, and the 9a and 10a both have better battery life than the rest of the 9 and 10 series' respectively.
The a series is substantially cheaper for what is, in my opinion, a totally justifiable Android experience that isn't gonna be much different than the other models for most people.
HOWEVER, I will say that if you plan on running a lot of apps that need to operate in the background or be constantly on, especially if you play games at the same time on your phone sometimes, the RAM could be too low for your liking and might occasionally lead to an app's background process freezing for a bit. (e.g. a timer might freeze if the app isn't actively open)