Customer Reviews for Google - Refurbished Good - Pixel 6 Pro 128GB (Unlocked) - Cloudy White
Customer Rating
5
The People's Phone
on November 29, 2021
Posted by: Robert
Excellent update to the Pixel series. The cameras are superb and the phone feels fast and sorted out of the box. I highly recommend this phone and upgraded to it from an iPhone 13 Pro.
I have been a long time pixel user(pixel 1 XL, 3XL, 4a) and now the Pixel 6 Pro. I love the camera, the large screen.My only complaint is the finger unlocking can be a little finicky at times. I hope that in future updates that it gets resolved.
Overall, I'm pleased with my Pixel 6 Pro. Photographs well, and the screen is easier on my eyes than the 4 XL I replaced. I would give the 6 Pro 5 stars if it was less slippery and had biometric face recognition in addition (or instead of) the somewhat klunky fingerprint recognition.Kudos to the people who designed the migration software. It worked flawlessly and even Fi migration and GPay credit cards transferred without a hitch.
The biggest issue is the terrible fingerprint sensor. When it's actually working, it's also blinding you at night. It's hard to find ergonomically, picky, unreliable, and slow. I also found out today that it works poorly in direct sunlight. It is just a constant little annoyance that prevents me from being happy to pull my phone out of my pocket. The fingerprint sensor on the back was perfect is pretty much every way so I am not sure why they felt the need to downgrade it. The phone is also way too big to use comfortably in any position I have yet tried. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, but it is. This is just past the line of too big. The curved display makes it a pain to find a good tempered glass screen protector since it isn't flat. So now it's an issue of bad screen-feel and making the sensor in the screen work even worse or risking expensive damage. The camera is good though and it's fast. The screen is also pretty.
I've owned these Google phones: Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6P, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 5, Pixel 6 Pro.The Pixel 6 Pro has the worst ergonomics of any phone I've previously used. It's so slippery, it falls off flat surfaces. The curved sides introduce bad glare when viewing content. The phone is too tall to pull down notifications with one hand comfortably. The double tap on back gesture doesn't work reliably enough to replace the swipe down on fingerprint gesture to replace easy notification access. The camera is marginally better than the Pixel 5, which was marginally better than 4, which was somewhat better than 3. I was expecting much more from new hardware and new custom silicon.Daily performance is excellent. I have no trouble with apps or games. The Magic Eraser feature is mind blowing when it works.Put the phone in a case and get a screen protector that helps reduce glare! Overall, it's a great phone with some puzzling h/w design.