Customer Reviews for Google - Pixel 6 128GB - Stormy Black (AT&T)
Customer Rating
4
Best camera ever, but won't link to hearing aids
on December 9, 2021
Posted by: Bill
Size is perfect for me, similar to my Pixel 3. Camera takes wonderful photos, and love the magic eraser. Very responsive and able to modify settings to my liking. If it would link to my hearing aids (this is an acknowledged problem) I would have kept it. When this is resolved, I will buy another Pixel 6.
Definitely an upgrade from the Pixel 3. Camera is great, battery seems strong, it's smooth and fast. Gestures are really close to an I phone, taking some time to get used to. Wish I could disable swipe left, or right for the "back button" but you can only disable both as far as I can tell. Can't find the cool clock in the commercials, the default clock on the lock screen is stupid looking. Sometimes Chrome and some apps won't continue to scroll down, you have to scroll up a bit, then you can scroll down. Hopefully that will get fixed in an update. 5G is unreliable so far, that's probably Verizon's fault. Visual voicemail doesn't work, phone says call Verizon. They can't fix it either so far. Other than that, I like it a lot.
I am at the moment very conflicted about the phone, mostly due to the bug that WiFi is suddenly dropping on the phone. It causes general malfunction of the phone, when the screen stutters and even the signal gets worse. No support from Google on this. I'm replacing the phone with Pixel 6 Pro. This model should not experience this bug, but I also have to spend additional money on the upgrade.Otherwise the phone is very slippery, almost impossible to use without a case. Makes your fingers hurt when operating for a while.Love the software experience, no apps pushed at me.Loud Speaker sound is weak. I have to turn the volume almost all the way up if there is some background noise (dishwasher, TV). But calls are very clear.Automatic screen brightness adjustment has a lot to desire too. The display is usually much darker than I need and puts strain on my eyes. If TV is the only source of light in the room, the brightness starts jumping up and down to adjust which gaves you big headache.
----- Pros -----* Fast* No annoying unnecessary apps* Battery life is good* Decent screen* Quite good camera. ---- Cons -----* No face unlock and thumbprint unlock is unreliable* Large, heavy and awkward to hold* The provided USB-C to USB-A adaptor seems not to work for writing to a USB storage advice didn't work - it seems only to allow read only access and charging - but this was very confusing because of unclear error messages in the Files app. ----------I will be keeping it because I don't see anything better around at this price at the moment.
After several years of carrying Samsung Galaxy phones, my Pixel 6 took a bit of getting used to. (No surprise, of course.) But I have no regrets.Battery life? No longer do I have to plug in by early afternoon. The most I've drained the battery in a week is to 30%. I'm not streaming movies but have my nose in the phone a lot!Finger ID took some training of both the phone and myself but all is well. When entering my PIN, I am a little irritated to have to click the enter button.Loss of a back button (replaced by swipes) is still awkward for me. For example, horizontal scrolling of Google Sheets often dumps me back to my home screen. Photos are a delight, and Magic Erase is ... magical.The keypad seems tiny but I don't make nearly as many typos as I used to.I really like this phone.
Pictures are great and the bigger screen is nice. I miss the fingerprint scanner on the back but was prepared for that after reading other reviews. There have been some speed issues but I hope that will resolve itself soon.