Customer Reviews for Google - Refurbished Good - Pixel 6 Pro 128GB (Unlocked) - Cloudy White
Customer Rating
5
WOW no BLOAt!
on December 25, 2021
Posted by: Jayda Supreme
I've always enjoyed the Samsung phones because of how well-made they are but the one downside is that they had a bunch of bloat software. My husband had told me that Nexus in Google phones were the way to go because of how open and free they were. I got my pixel Pro and I have to say I am absolutely pleased with this phone. It feels like a phone that belongs to ME and I don't feel like I'm constantly being advertised to or forced to use programs I don't want to use. I wish more phones were made like this
Love this phone having moved up to the Pixel 6 Pro from a Pixel 3 XL. Some navigation changes took a little getting used to such as the "back" swipe and the "home" swipe as sometimes I would accidentally select an app instead of going to another screen. When typing quickly sometimes I'll miss a few letters as the phone "catches up" with me. The phone just feels good in your hand, even with a case on it. Opted out of the glass screen protectors I have used in the past, going for a cleaner look. As expected, this phone did not come with a charger or usb-c earphones, :-( , will probably get the cord free charging stand with much quicker charge time. The camera is absolutely awesome! Battery life appears to be quite good, so far (1 week). Overall, a 4.5 for now, more to follow after 30 days or so.
The Pixel 6 Pro has all the software sweetness from Google, with the most amazing cameras and on-device speech processing. The cameras are amazing... Being wanted to zoom fluidly from 0.7x to 10x without worrying about switching cameras since the camera app handles all that for you! The on-device speech processing is amazing for the obvious benefits of things like real time translating languages, but it has other benefits. Speech processing is so fast now that you can use it for things like stopping/snoozing alarms and other more mundane tasks that weren't possible before (when speech processing had the lag from being sent up to the cloud for processing). I've always enjoyed the Pixel phones, but this is their most perfect synergy yet of software and hardware.
Upgraded from the pixel 2XL and I have to say, the vast improvements are really great! The ease of transferring information from my old phone to this one was a breeze and being able to individually select what I wanted transferred was an added bonus. The phone is easy to navigate and the tutorial on how to work everything was really helpful and fun to do. The camera is amazing on this phone also and so many neat features! I have to get used to the fingerprint scanner being on the front screen as opposed to the back, but it's really easy to access. The only thing I've had any trouble adjusting to is the way you swap between apps since there is no home button at the bottom, but it's easier as I continue using my phone. I would for sure recommend this phone to anyone looking to upgrade or get a Pixel phone, I love it!
Eh..it's nice looking. Made of plastic??..is what it feels like..not glass. Which I think is nice for cracks and such, but not if you're waiting on a phone case. That being said, it's super slick and can slide right out of your hands. Plus, most phone case huts only sell iPhone and Samsung crap. I'm not sure if I'm having the same networking issues as others have stated over the internet, but there are moments where I wonder why it's taking so long to load something over T-Mobile's network or even over WiFi. Had a 14Mb update that took about 4 hours to finish. It is nice that you can use your phone while you're downloading and installing the update. It only asks to restart once it has finished to complete the install. Overall, it's nice. I also made sure to turn off all the gestures. The screen never seemed to shut off with them on. And I disabled the music listener thing?? It was always listening to whatever music might be playing near me. Maybe I'm just old...(34yo).
Where to start... Issue with just a simple feature. Phone app. I couldn't make a call to wife's Pixel 6. I had full service with 5G signal. Fix was to turn ✈️ mode on and then off. After that I was able to make a call. I had a pixel 2 and never had any issues until few weeks ago when it randomly started to reboot hence the upgrade. Issue with restoring data over wifi on WhatsApp, the fix was to turn off adaptive battery features. Also phone is less the a week old and already frozen twice. Since the adaptive battery features is turned off battery life is about a day. I don't play games or watch hours of videos. Just browsing the web most of the time. Seems like the battery life is as good as my Pixel 2 (Not XL). Am I going to keep the phone? Most likely. Android fan since day one but not a sheep so going to give Google few months to fix all this. Google should have never pushed out a half backed OS reminds me of Windows ME days.