Unusable.
I'm switching.
Everyone keeps saying they're swapping off the pixel six pro
because the bugs they've encountered have rendered it unusable.
But I can't afford to just buy a new phone on a whim.
And I honestly haven't encountered any of the bugs they keep saying
are ruining their experience.
That's not to say I haven't experienced any bugs though.
I bought the pixel six pro the day all the reviews said it was pretty great.
I was upgrading from the pixel 3 XL and a big part of
it was to get the two extra cameras and a new battery
that wouldn't have me charging it twice a day.
So far I've been incredibly impressed with it.
Phones are great now, especially compared to just a few years ago.
I've been super impressed with the camera.
I've taken some absolute bangers with no effort at all.
But let's get into the bugs that others on YouTube
and Reddit have been experiencing.
First up, we have complaints about the fingerprint scanner.
It's not that quick.
That's a fair point, but I found it incredibly reliable.
Even with wet hands opened up fingers after washing up,
I do kind of miss the rear capacitive scanner of the pixel three,
but the Under-screen
scanner is more useful more often, like when the phone's down on a desk.
I've saved my right thumb twice, and this probably helps a lot with the accuracy,
but it's not ruining my life to have it on the screen for an extra
20 milliseconds anyway.
The light it uses to scan
your fingerprint is pretty bright though, since it's not an ultrasonic one.
So if you're in the dark and you have a small thumb
or miss the scanner, you might go blind for a second.
I'll admit I don't take that many phone calls because I'm not old as ****,
but the ones that I do take are always clear,
and I've never had a drop out like some have reported.
As for the Bluetooth connection that I use to connect to my car every day,
I did actually have trouble connecting back in December,
but that fixed itself shortly after and I've had no issue since.
Quick Rapid Fire bugs I haven't heard that I found on Reddit.
Basically, if the phone can do it, then Reddit says it stopped working for them.
These include the notification shade pulling down during calls and stuff
being pressed top to wake, not functioning, alarms not functioning.
Google assistant not working.
I haven't experienced any of these bugs, but that doesn't mean
that they're not real or anything, just that your mileage may vary.
And as a part of several user groups on Facebook, the gimbals
cameras and apps, they're full of people complaining about the product.
The Internet gets very vocal when things don't live up to their standards.
Like I said at the beginning, I have experienced bugs, though
I do get the occasional system.
UI has stopped message and when I click okay, the message goes away
and nothing happens or changes.
But occasionally the phone will quickly reset in about 3 seconds
and it's all back to normal except your apps have been closed,
which is annoying, but I think it's only happened
about once a week, which is more than I'd like it to,
but I'm not about to buy an iPhone over it.
The only other bug I've had might have more to do
with Facebook Messenger, since it's the only app that it's happened with.
Basically, if I'm talking to someone and then lock the phone with Messenger
still up when they reply and I get a notification,
if I press that notification to unlock the phone
and go back to the conversation nine times out of ten, it'll freeze the app
so I'll have to swipe up and kill the app and then reopen it.
But it's only on Messenger, and Messenger
is actually notorious for causing problems on everyone's phone anyway.
So now we know not every user experiences a thousand bugs a day that make the pixel
six pro unusable.
We can pivot a little bit and start talking about my more general experiences
with the pixel six pro after four months of using it.
Starting with its design, she sexy thin bezels,
a big 6.7 inch curved edge screen and clicky as hell buttons.
A lot of people dislike curved screens because it makes it harder
to fit a screen protector, and it may make the phone more prone to cracks.
I would put myself in this camp, but also the back
swipe gesture feels really smooth on the curved edge
round the back, there's the camera bend, which I also think looks great.
I find it more functional because it sits flat on a table
and it keeps my fingers out of the way of the lenses.
Plus, with a case on it isn't a pocket lint trap like some other
phones on the market.
Also, back to the curved screen, making it more prone to cracks
I actually dropped my phone
from a two meter high shelf straight onto tiles, and it's completely fine.
There's a small looking thing on the case now, but that's all not bad.
The Pixel six pro was the first phone to ship with Android 12,
which is the biggest visual overhaul in a while.
I like it.
It looks nice and the bigger bubbles are very touch friendly.
Some things I'm not a fan of though, are combining the Wi-Fi and mobile
data functions because it takes an extra tap and that's just outrageous.
I think it's an Android 12 thing, but now if you try to turn on a smart light
while your phone is locked using either device controls or the Google assistant,
then your phone will ask you to unlock it before it turns on the light.
And that's also a pretty big inconvenience as it makes the home screen
while on the pixel stand far less useful as a home hub or control center.
Google, please change this.
It'll only respond to my voice anyway.
And if anyone else has
my phone, it's not the end of the world if they turn off the lights.
One of the big things that came with Android 12 was material you
which updates the system UI and first party apps to match your wallpaper.
It looks nice.
I have my wallpaper set to actually update to a new one each day,
so every time I wake up
I get not only a new wallpaper, but a whole new phone color scheme.
It's really exciting
to see what theme I'll have that day and it keeps things feeling really fresh.
Some real mountains morning vibes
The battery has been pretty great for me.
It definitely improved after using it for a few weeks,
and I think that's because of the adaptive battery
settings taking a bit to figure out how you use your phone.
I usually go to bed with about 20% left after getting six
to 8 hours of screen on time.
The biggest battery bonus are 4K video recording and gaming,
so you'll definitely get a lot less if you do a lot of those, a few smaller things.
I love the feel of the haptics while typing and interacting with the body,
but the vibrations for phone calls and notifications
just aren't strong enough for my liking.
So if it's on a desk, you might actually miss some calls.
But 120 Hertz Adaptive Refresh rate is also good and keeps the phone
feeling snappy.
I haven't noticed it not updating to 120 hertz
like some people have reported, but maybe I'm just not as aware of it.
The screen is also pretty bright and definitely visible
in broad daylight or in my contact with the glare while driving.
On average, I probably use it at about 50% brightness.
A massive Swiss flag to me is the voice of text.
That's actually now done on device.
It's incredibly quick and you can activate it
with either a touch or by asking Google to type for you.
Here's a quick example of how good it is
when Mister Bilbo Baggins of Baghdad announced that he would shortly
be celebrating his 11 first birthday with a party of special magnificence.
There was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton, Bilbo's very rich
and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the shire for 60 years.
Ever since his remarkable disappearance and unexpected return, the riches
he had brought back from his travels had now been a local legend,
and it was popularly believed, whatever the old folk might say,
that the back end was full of tunnels stuffed with treasure.
Now to possibly the best thing on the six p the cameras,
almost every photo I take impresses me, and some have absolutely shocked me.
One caveat is that Google's processing can be a little crunchy
at times with the new senses especially the telephoto lens.
But I'm hoping they'll work this out over time.
But overall, I get some absolute bangers out of this thing.
The camera app is simple and still gives me
control over the highlights, shadows and white balance if I want it,
but it's already correct.
99% of the time,
coming from the pixel three,
I was hoping that the processing would be a bit quicker on the six pro
but you can definitely still catch it processing
if you snap a photo and then immediately check on it.
You can kind of see it pop in.
Another processing delay affects the wide angle camera while shooting,
where it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the HDR processing
and noise reduction.
So you get a lot of noise around the edges of the preview when you move the camera.
But this all gets fixed once you take the photo
and it finishes processing.
The only other issue
that is actually kind of annoying is the lag between zooming in and swapping
from a digital zoom of the one X lens to actually using the force telephoto.
If they can get this quicker and an update, that'd be great.
Use some predictive Google algorithm magic or something.
I don't know.
As for the video, I think it's the best I've ever seen out of an android.
And sometimes I even prefer to have the iPhone mainly in skin tones,
which I think the iPhone usually over processes and moves a bit too much.
I think I might do a dedicated video on the pixel six pro's cameras
where I can go more into detail about the raw photos
and the different modes with a ton more samples and comparisons.
I like my pixel six pro it's a great phone and at least for me, basically bug free.
I'm planning to run it for at least two or three years like I did with my pixel
three XL or any unfortunate accidents that may be in its future.
But if there's anything you guys want me to look deeper into.
Let me know down below.
Or if you just want to tell me
that your pixel six pro has been the biggest thing in the world.
Also leave it down below and you guys will see me in the next one.
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