Customer Reviews for Google - Refurbished Good - Pixel 6 Pro 128GB (Unlocked) - Cloudy White
Customer Rating
3
Great phone but not the best!
on November 25, 2021
Posted by: Eudeferrer
This phone is great. However, there are two important flaws with it. One is that the battery drains pretty fast and second that it takes a while to charge it back. I have also noticed a few pictures that were terrible while using night shot. In all truth, I haven't had too much time to play with the settings. Hopefully, some setting, other that the default will make it work better. I have had some instances of the phone over heating a bit, but not too serious. Other than that, its pretty smooth and nice.
Over all good phone . I just switch from Samsung to the pixel. Phone is on the heavy side, finger print reader seems pretty good. The antenna seems week low bars compared to other phones. But love the software, text to talk way better then old phones, gpay is fast .Camara is fast and clear. Battery life is adequate.
I have been using a Pixel 2 XL until the 6 pro came out. None of the other pixels were a big enough upgrade. I own a bicycle shop and work on bikes all day, my hands change color consistently with grease and grime.The Pixel 2 XL sensor worked flawlessly every time no matter the cleanliness of my fingers.The Pixel 6 Pro, even after the mid November update to fix/improve the sensor is just bad. I received my phone after the update was available. I don't know how much worse it could have been. I use my phone all the time with customers, showing bike trails, showing bikes, etc. It's frustrating to try and show them and I try the finger print sensor multiple times and it fails 70% of the time. I know it's not because of my dirty/changing finger print cleanliness as other people have the same issue. Very frustrating. Once the phone is unlocked, other apps that use fingerprint to access work 95% of the time. Other than the fingerprint sensor, this phone is outstanding and worthy upgrade
The phone is a treat, technically. Fast, pretty, and easy to use. The OS gets extra points for letting me reinstall the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen.Two complaints: 1. Major inconvenience is not only the loss of the fingerprint sensor on the back of my last phone (I'm upgrading from Pixel 2), but also the fact that the screen reader is not very accurate. Opening my screen is a hassle, which was never the case before when the sensor was on the back and didn't involve a screen.2. Minor design issue is the camera cutout on the screen. The hole is ugly and diminishes the look of the product significantly.Otherwise, though, I've been happy with it. Solid phone! Pictures look great. The feel is good. Happy to have moved over to it.
Coming from a pixel 4xl the size wasn't a big deal. The thing I miss the most that surprises me is the squeezing the sides to get google to respond. I really never used face unlock so don't miss that. I do like the finger print sensor which is a new feature for me. I do love the screen. I haven't use the camera slot but the magic eraser is cool. Overall I feel good about the upgrade. I hope that the battery will hold up better than the issues I had with the 4xl.
I've owned Pixel 1, 2, 3, and 5 so I was really excited about the 6 because of Google's own silicon and the triple camera system but I'm disappointed in the battery life of this phone. I thought and hoped that with Google making their own SOC like Apple, they'd be able to optimize the OS like how Apple does it but this phone runs warmer and battery drops faster than other phones. Everything else is great just this one complaint.
Pixel phones (and the Nexus phones prior) were always pretty good phones, but I've spent YEARS hoping for a true "flagship" device from Google... and the Pixel 6 Pro is it! The only thing that I really don't care for is how slippery it can be sure to the smooth glass back (it sure is pretty though!), but a matte case solved that problem. This phone does EVERYTHING that I throw at it, and the battery life and screen-on time is fantastic! The camera is great (what's new!?), and I love all of the Pixel 6-specific features. If you're thinking about it, you might as well just go for it: you WON'T be sorry! Highly recommend the Pro version if you can afford it.
Hardware wise, I think this thing is perfect, I have no complaintsAndroid 12 still seems to have a few minor bugs, several of them were patched within a few days of shipping. All new software has growing pains