Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro

[atiffarooq]

For those keeping with the Samsung S21 Ultra - I'm surprised you even went for the 6 or 6 Pro. Seems at best a parallel move (and likely a slight downgrade).

I was in that boat and to be honest I went for the Pro because of the pure Android experience. Decided against it because the S21 Ultra is a phenomenal device, just wish that I could have the pure experience on it.

I’ve had the Pixel 3 and 5 in the past and I loved the photos those two devices produced, which is another reason why I had wanted the Pro. The Ultra isn’t too bad in that respect with a few reviewers saying that the new Pixel devices aren’t a leap forward when it comes to photography (yet, software updates could change that).

 

[Tig Bitties]

My 6Pro is stuck in transit hell, was supposed to arrive today, now states delayed coming 11/02, and it taking the slow way from California, now in Navajo Nation, AZ, en-route. Is my phone in some guys Uber going cross country? I'll probably get my phone, and the box will have been opened already, and protective screen cover off, with nacho sauce dropped on it. LOL

Man if the iPhone 13 Pro Max wasn't back-ordered FOREVER, and out-of-stock everywhere, I'd dare say would get that instead, just for the battery life, and wait and hope for a Jailbreak.

Oh well.

 

[Aneres11]

For those keeping with the Samsung S21 Ultra - I'm surprised you even went for the 6 or 6 Pro. Seems at best a parallel move (and likely a slight downgrade).

Lol. I've used both. I like pictures of my pets to be in focus... So I'll keep the pixel!

 

[Awesomesince86]

One thing I forgot to mention, the Pixel 6 downloads and updates apps ridiculously fast. Not sure what on the device is to credit for this, but it's significantly faster than my S21 Ultra at this. I'm pretty sure they have the same storage type, so it's got to be the chip.

 

[Awesomesince86]

Lol. I've used both. I like pictures of my pets to be in focus... So I'll keep the pixel!

Honestly, it's a different comparison than previous years. It used to be, go with Samsung if you want better hardware and the Pixel if you prefer their software and want better cameras.

But now, it's more like go with Samsung if you want slightly better hardware and a more versatile camera or go with the Pixel if you want Pixel software features and a better point and shoot camera.

 

[Aneres11]

Honestly, it's a different comparison than previous years. It used to be, go with Samsung if you want better hardware and the Pixel if you prefer their software and want better cameras.

But now, it's more like go with Samsung if you want slightly better hardware and a more versatile camera or go with the Pixel if you want Pixel software features and a better point and shoot camera.

Yeah like I said, I've used both. I found the S21 camera to be one of the worst I've ever used in a flagship device. Granted, I was on a launch model with Exynos, but it was utterly terrible. I'm sure it's been updated a lot since, but Samsung flagships always leave a lot to be desired for me.

 

[5105973]

My 6Pro is stuck in trasnit hell, was suppsoed to arrive tday, now states delayed coming 11/02, and it taking the slow way from California, now in Navajo Nation, AZ, en-route. Is my phone in some guys Uber going cross country?

Sorry I had to laugh at the Uber comment! It sure seems that way, doesn't it? The only information I can get is that my phone is in California but still expected to be delivered to me on the east coast by tomorrow. Okayyyy. We shall see.

 

[samcraig]

T-mobile still says this when I track my order. Color me incredibly skeptical lol

 

[Aneres11]

Some quick snaps.
Love the colour. Also pictured in the Ringke clear case. My official Pixel case arrives tomorrow (Golden Glow).

It's a tinkerers device for sure. Absolutely love Material You. Best thing to ever happen to Android!

 

[Tig Bitties]

Some quick snaps.
Love the colour. Also pictured in the Ringke clear case. My official Pixel case arrives tomorrow (Golden Glow).

It's a tinkerers device for sure. Absolutely love Material You. Best thing to ever happen to Android!View attachment 1881836View attachment 1881837View attachment 1881839View attachment 1881840View attachment 1881841

Dang dude, that homescreen is lit. Super fresh.

 

[Awesomesince86]

Yeah like I said, I've used both. I found the S21 camera to be one of the worst I've ever used in a flagship device. Granted, I was on a launch model with Exynos, but it was utterly terrible. I'm sure it's been updated a lot since, but Samsung flagships always leave a lot to be desired for me.

Really? Hmmm, that's interesting. I've generally found the S21 Ultra camera to be great. My only gripes would be shutter speed is still a little slow and face blur can be a problem when trying to take pics of the kids. Otherwise it's been really good for me and the zoom is best in class.

 

[Aneres11]

Really? Hmmm, that's interesting. I've generally found the S21 Ultra camera to be great. My only gripes would be shutter speed is still a little slow and face blur can be a problem when trying to take pics of the kids. Otherwise it's been really good for me and the zoom is best in class.

Yeah couldn't disagree more from my experience. I bought a cheap P40 Pro earlier in the year which trounced it for zoom, stills, everything. Everything looked like a water colour painting. Anyway, not gonna get into it here. There's a lot of Samsung lovers and I'm all good with that.
My Flip 3 has been amazing prior to receiving this Pixel 6, but I call it as I see it with each device and the S21 Ultra was the worst device camera I have had in recent times.

 

[5105973]

For those keeping with the Samsung S21 Ultra - I'm surprised you even went for the 6 or 6 Pro. Seems at best a parallel move (and likely a slight downgrade).

Gotta catch em all! 😁

I've currently got 2 iPhone 12 minis. I'm keeping one forever I hope even though it literally pains me to look at it because my new 13 Pro fried my brain somehow so that I can no longer tolerate Apple displays. I've also got an iPhone 13 pro. I've got Samsung s21 Ultra.

I am trading the green 12 mini with a wonky display in for the Pixel 6 Pro.

PWM, pulse width modulation on OLED displays has been somehow complicating what should be a simple straightforward upgrade path for me for a few years now, especially on Apple devices. But even with my S 21 Ultra, I notice it's not as easy on my eyes as past models' displays have been.

At this point I'm just trying anything and everything.

I'm just curious to try these phones and see which one clicks with me. None of them has to blow me away with tech prowess. They just have to not make me sick, that's the most important thing. Then they have to work well as a phone or my dad will complain he can't hear me. (iPhones have been shockingly bad at that until a couple years ago). They need to be good at taking pictures of school events, kids and pets.

I'm also a very demanding intense gamer. Yeah any phone of mine has gotta bring it to Bejeweled and Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and mystery puzzle games! 🤣

If it weren't for imessage and Apple Watch dependence, I do think this is the year I'd finally say I've had enough of iPhone pwm making me suffer. (My 13 Pro has been fabulous in many ways but also annoying enough that I'm feeling a bit emotionally distanced from iOS at the moment). I'd then narrow it down to Samsung and Google. But first I have to get my Pixel and see how it goes.

If all goes well, I can see myself trading the S 21 Ultra for a Z Flip 4 someday in the future, because I crave a pocket friendly phone. And I'd be running the Pixel as a mini tablet on wifi. I'd keep an iPhone to run my watch and keep me connected to all my iMessage friends and family. But I wouldn't look at it more than absolutely necessary.

I'm typing this on my Samsung and hoping today is the day my low level background headache I've had since I got my 13 Pro arrived finally stops. I like ios. It's easy to work with. But I'm so tired of this physical suffering.

My ideal situation would be a phone with a Z Flip form factor but dust resistant. Iphone 13 Pro camera prowess but with iPhone 12 mini's fast reliable focusing capability. Samsung or pixel 6 pro zoom capability. Samsung S 21 Ultra call quality. IPhone Face ID plus a fingerprint scanner. I haven't gotten to use it yet, but probably Android 12 or some of the key Pixel exclusive features. S Pen capability. IPhone 8 Plus display's ease on the eyes and brain. That was the last display that was completely trouble-free for me and I truly loved how it looked. But the call quality of that phone was wretched which is why I traded it.

This ideal situation doesn't exist, so I have a bunch of phones and grab the one I think will suit me best at any given moment. I'm getting the Pixel 6 Pro not entirely because of what it is now, but to get a sense of where Google might take it and its successors in the next few years.

 

[5105973]

Really? Hmmm, that's interesting. I've generally found the S21 Ultra camera to be great. My only gripes would be shutter speed is still a little slow and face blur can be a problem when trying to take pics of the kids. Otherwise it's been really good for me and the zoom is best in class.

But that's just it, shutter speed being a hair slow and the face blur is noticeable to me coming from an iPhone 12 mini. Now oddly enough I have the same dang problem on my 13 Pro! I've gotten some jaw dropping beautiful portraits with the 13 Pro. I've never had a camera do better, not even my Canon DSLR has done better (because I suck as a photographer) but the 13 Pro excels. But it is not good at impromptu snaps. My 12 mini is amazing at that job. Most of what I do is impromptu snaps, so the S 21 Ultra is often fuzzy for me. I'm a bit concerned the Pixel 6 Pro may be the same. I'll find out, I guess.

 

[valinda]

Best Buy sent me an email 10 hrs ago, "We're working on your pre-order, but it's taking us a little longer than expected". I guess goggle is sending late to Best Buy too. Hope I get it in a weeks time.

 

[840quadra]

Phone is STILL sitting in IL, no progress whatsoever. Could have been delivered today had someone done the very difficult task of picking up a box, and loading it into a truck. .

They're great. I would say up there with the iPhone if only ever so slightly not as good. If iPhone is 10/10, these are a 9.
And anyway, until iPhones let you have haptics active on key presses they can keep them. Maybe in iOS 21. ?

That is an accessibility feature that is totally lacking on the iPhone. Having that little tap back is really nice, and is a tactile way to know you bumped / added an unexpected key, or provided some other spurious input. When Apple was touting the "Taptic Engine" back when the iPhone 6s came out, then later the bigger version in the iPhone 7, I thought they would announce haptics in typing both times.

Nope.

All said, you can (and I did) install the Google Gboard keyboard on my iPhone, and enabled Haptics in that app. I actually miss Gboard on my iPhone and the themes / backgrounds I run on my Pixel. I set both the screen and keyboard to the same background for a "material esque " design feel.

 

[Aneres11]

Phone is STILL sitting in IL, no progress whatsoever. Could have been delivered today had someone done the very difficult task of picking up a box, and loading it into a truck. .



That is an accessibility feature that is totally lacking on the iPhone. Having that little tap back is really nice, and is a tactile way to know you bumped / added an unexpected key, or provided some other spurious input. When Apple was touting the "Taptic Engine" back when the iPhone 6s came out, then later the bigger version in the iPhone 7, I thought they would announce haptics in typing both times.

Nope.

All said, you can (and I did) install the Google Gboard keyboard on my iPhone, and enabled Haptics in that app. I actually miss Gboard on my iPhone and the themes / backgrounds I run on my Pixel. I set both the screen and keyboard to the same background for a "material esque " design feel.

Yeah I downloaded GBoard on my iPhone but I was so inaccurate with it. I couldn't adjust.
I think the iPhone keyboard is the best out there, so with added haptics it'd be incredible.

 

[840quadra]

For those keeping with the Samsung S21 Ultra - I'm surprised you even went for the 6 or 6 Pro. Seems at best a parallel move (and likely a slight downgrade).

I wouldn't agree with that.

While I am bias as I don't buy / own Samsung Phones, there is no denying the advances / features their devices have. In that same regard, Google has some significant secret sauce they put into their devices too. Tensor is new, but Google has a storied history of pumping up features and software on older Pixel phones. Additionally, there are Android software features that come first, and some only on the Pixel line. Not to mention the vanilla Android experience with no carrier or OEM software additions to it.

To some, those software perks mean more than 10X Zoom, or a better display.

Yeah I downloaded GBoard on my iPhone but I was so inaccurate with it. I couldn't adjust.
I think the iPhone keyboard is the best out there, so with added haptics it'd be incredible.

My biggest slip is the spacebar location. Once I adapted I seem to do okay with it. I disable most of the Auto-correct features and such on Apple keyboard anyway, so the Gboard experience (with the added haptics) really is nice for my use case.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

Yeah I downloaded GBoard on my iPhone but I was so inaccurate with it. I couldn't adjust.
I think the iPhone keyboard is the best out there, so with added haptics it'd be incredible.

Using whatever you feel comfortable with is always the best. I have iPads and Android devices and I think Gboard is the best keyboard. I prefer that to Apple’s idea of “flick keys”. I just can’t get the hang of that and I am not a big fan of Microsoft’s Swiftkey Keyboard.

 

[vine-boating]

Using whatever you feel comfortable with is always the best. I have iPads and Android devices and I think Gboard is the best keyboard. I prefer that to Apple’s idea of “flick keys”. I just can’t get the hang of that and I am not a big fan of Microsoft’s Swiftkey Keyboard.

you use gboard on iPhone?

 

[noobinator]

I’ve seen lots of reports that the FP sensor doesn’t work on the regular 6 if you install a glass protector. Most are saying it works at best 25% of the time with one installed.

 

[vine-boating]

Is the pixel 6 pro better than the 13 pro max?

 

[5105973]

Best Buy sent me an email 10 hrs ago, "We're working on your pre-order, but it's taking us a little longer than expected". I guess goggle is sending late to Best Buy too. Hope I get it in a weeks time.

Shipping of everything is an absolute mess right now. I've got an Apple Watch sat in Shanghai for days with no news of an end in sight. We desperately need some home repairs but a friend in the industry has warned now is a bad time. He's had trouble sourcing some basic supplies.

I'm tempering expectations for the holidays. I'm worried even shopping now is too late for some things. We are a family that's fine with hand made things but I've also never seen a more time constrained, stressful time as now. So even an old fashioned holiday with craft gifts is probably going to be hard to pull off.

 

[jamezr]

For those keeping with the Samsung S21 Ultra - I'm surprised you even went for the 6 or 6 Pro. Seems at best a parallel move (and likely a slight downgrade).

I have the S21 Ultra and just got the Pixel 6 last night and have the 6 pro coming 11/12.
I would not compare the S21U to anything other than the 6 Pro.

I love my s21U but the stutter speed on the camera is slow. Which means moving objects come out blurry. This is not new as this has plagued Samsung for years.
Shutter speed is not an issue on my 13PM or Pixel 4XL or Pixel 6.

But all that aside. I really enjoy the Pixel experience. There is nothing like in IMHO. You just can't beat the overall smoothness of Android on a Pixel. The notifications and how they are displayed is elegant and useful. AOD is very useful to me. Then there is the music feature that shows the current song playing in the background feature on the lock screen.
So many little nuances that make the Pixel a great overall user experience.

 

[The Game 161]

Mine has arrived but dunno think I may return it and get the s21 ultra again until the issues are sorted with android 12, battery life and the camera fixes