Pixel 6 Pro - 5G Android Phone - Unlocked Smartphone with Advanced Pixel Camera and Telephoto Lens - 256GB - Stormy Black

Google Pixel 6 Pro is an amazing device. I opted for the unlocked version to use with Spectrum Mobile, and 256GB since I sometimes had more than 128GB on my last phone (photos, videos, downloaded maps for Google Maps and outdoors apps,etc.). First, let's address 5G service: It is hit-or-miss. It ain't the phone's fault, it's just the nature of 5G. It has very short range from towers (that's why 5G towers are popping up in subdivisions, city streets, etc.) and can't penetrate buildings like earlier services. So, don't blame the phone if 5G don't work where you are. 4G and LTE are your reliable friends. Also, even if you do have 5G showing on the phone, don't expect blazing speeds. I've tested speeds with 5G on and off while sitting in restaurants, doctors offices, city traffic (as a passenger) and at home. Sometimes 5G is 200mbps or better, and sometimes it is slower than 4G/LTE. It depends on distance from the tower, signal strength and traffic on the tower. Don't write negative reviews for any phone based on unrealistic 5G wishes. Now, about the Pixel 6 Pro: Here's what I like: 1. The very large screen lets me read without always using reading glasses. 2. Battery life seems to be very good for the amount and types of usage. I try to stay between 20-80% charge for longevity sake. 3. The cameras (3 of them) are very good. I opted for the 3-camera 6 Pro for the cameras, allowing me to capture travel scenes without the added weight and hassle of the Nikon plus it's lenses, charger, etc. We just returned from Aruba, and I didn't miss the Nikon at all. I use the wide angle (0.7x) and telephoto (4x) a lot, and it's pretty good when you use digital zoom at 20x. I use the photosphere feature often when traveling, and it's a great way to share the experiences. And, the night and astrophotography capabilities are way better than expected. Get a mini tripod and try those sometimes (astrophotography shots can take 4 minutes). As a guy that used manual film cameras before digital was possible, I would like more control of the camera functions, but there are apps for that. After your images upload to Google Photos, try the Magic Eraser editing tool you've heard about to get rid of unwanted people or cars from a scene. It ain't totally automatic, but it sure beats the old ways of doing it. I don't shoot many videos, but I might now that I have better capabilities. If concerned about scratching the cameras, apply a tempered glass protector for the camera. It's cheap and easy. And they have a cutout for the flash and microphone. 4. Phone calls are reliable and clear. No problems with dropped calls. 5. Google's Spam Filters prevent most calls from getting through. If an unwanted call (or one you can't answer immediately) rings, flip the phone face-down to shush it. Better yet, turn the ringer off before church service starts. 6. The fingerprint reader works fine for me. Take time to train it for more than one finger, and increase sensitivity before applying a screen protector. 7. There are many useful settings, so take your time and explore them. 8. International use was easy. All I had to do was call Spectrum Mobile to enable international use, then take off. They charge per minute for calls, per text message, and per MB for data (please turn off mobile data roaming). It was super easy and reliable in Aruba, although we did get a welcome to Jamaica message. Now, what I don't like: Nothing. I did my research and knew what to expect. Who would order a phone costing over $1000 (taxes, accessories, etc.) without knowing what they're getting? I could gripe that it's too tall for most shirt pockets, but I specifically wanted a big screen, so it ain't Google's fault. I could gripe about the swiping gestures, but I like them after learning how they work. There are many other smartphones out there, so do your own homework and buy one you like. Would I buy this phone again? Yes. Absolutely. But I was hoping the 7 Pro could be available before I killed my Pixel 3. Oh well, that's neither phone's fault.

I bought this P6P in 2026 and really like it. It works perfect for all I need it to do. I was concerned battery life would have degraded since it probably sat in a warehouse for 5 years, but it is great. A charge lasts all day. Yes, I know end of life for the P6P is October 2026 (unless Google extends for a second time.) I bought it because I wanted a Pixel, but hate the look of the Pixel 9 and 10 series. I think a Pixel 8 would have been a smarter buy for me, but the 6 just had a nostalgia that I liked. Curved screen, rounded body, bold colors, and the unapologetic camera bar. As device aestherics go, it's sexy, in this reviewer opinion.

Screen micro scratches from literally being a screen; I've taken extremely cautious care about this phone. it has micro scratches on all the sides of the screen. no clue as to why? like it never even left my pocket and if it did it was charging. Adaptive battery isn't function properly. no clue as to why... TBD to see what I've done wrong.. typical self. Battery overall on this phone doesn't even last; e.g. Today!. today I had 2 hours and 15 minutes of screen time with 35~% battery left. I only checked Instagram as often as hours past and notifications by unlocking the device, if it was a Whatsapp I opened and replied. not at all heavy usage. I have almost no applications for those wondering.(nothing in the background chogging on the battery) phone is like brand new(have it 13 days~, from day of posting) I've check what takes so much battery and it's the mobile data standby. tried fixing it, didn't manage.(better optimization for this please. takes 40% battery on the casual.) Fingerprint reader : It's fine for the most part; if you're trying to unlock your phone with weird gesture angles it won't really read rather it will think you're holding and not momentarily. It's decently fast, takes me to notice that I know I'm in the lock screen which isn't really fun.(not instantaneous, 1 - 3 seconds) Screen : It's awesome, the 120hz feels so smooth. not sure if the "adaptive" screen refresh rate(10 - 120 hz) actually does something but if it does you cannot notice it.(screen takes 1%-2% battery at most, so good work!) Processor : since it's googles first try I won't be cancelling them about this(they've done much better than Samsung and that's a sure) ; It overloads easily, if you open the DIALR/phone app and just spam the numbers(in the numpad for calling) you can crash the application. while I typed on the Gboard(default keyboard for this phone) It froze the current app(even sometimes made the screen unresponsive(you'll understand why it's odd.), Google needs some serious updates which don't happen as frequent as I'd like especially for a new phone(had 0 in these 13 days). Google's handling for these app crashes and freezes mean you can't really notice them since it's not crashing all the time, it freezes for like 1~ - 4~ seconds(it comes back after. doesn't reset the progress aswell) which is some great work on the development side of android handling application's with their environment's. overall Tensor needs better integration with android like iPhone's IOS has with their bionic chipset, and some heavy optimization's. by the way if you hadn't notice I'm nitpicking on purpose since the phone just came to launch and is brand new and has all sorts of new idles(environments) that Google needs to handle/fix. ehm "TENSOR" excited to see what Google does with this Phone in the future. As for first try Google you absolutely nailed it.

Best android experience you'll ever have! Smooth and awesome display! Camera better than any phone one the makket and I have pictures to prove it! For a flagship phone it's expensive in my book but way cheaper than iPhone 13 pro or Samsung Galaxy s22 ultra. So it doesn't have the bells and whistles they have. The spam calling feature alone it worth it ! And security and all so yes this phone is best for the money! And too me still expensive but you'll like it ! UPDATE: 8-21-2022 Loved my my phone but nothing but problems! Bugs or whatever. Wifi calling never worked since day one! Contacted Google and did everything and they said to take it to Asurion ( fix it tech repair) well I did and they said I needed a new motherboard! My phone was in pristine condition and in a case since I took it out of the box! No marks , scratches or anything on it! They put a new motherboard and still same problem. Now I paid $800+ for this phone brand new and Google wants to fix it . Now they want me to send it back . So I took pictures of every part of the phone because I should of automatically got a new one! Now who knows sent the phone to there warehouse and took pictures showing it was working . To be inspected at the warehouse to see if the phone is in pristine condition!!!!! There wasn't such a scratch on it ! Anything. So now I spent $800+ and no phone and they don't want to send me a brand new one! Unreal ! I will never buy a Google product again unless they make the 100% right ! With a brand new phone , that works ! I bought one other Google phone and returned it! It takes the best pictures and software is unbeatable but , if this doesn't get resolved I'm going back to Samsung! I hate iPhones so . Here's the deal I've been with android since day one!!! Seriously! Google needs some kind of quality control and stop worrying about releasing a phone every year to keep up with apple and Samsung! And start treating there customers "RIGHT," ! ITS B.S. ANYMORE AND I'M TIRED OF GETTING TREATED THIS WAY LIKE I DID SOMETHING WRONG ! Update 8-31-22: Recieved my new phone from Google and knock on wood it's working very well !

Another update: pretty much all bugs fixed after the Android 13 update, no more dropped calls or false airplane mode bug. But yeah it took them a year to make this phone usable after release. Current rating of the phone is about 3 stars since I count in the tarnished first experience too. At this point just buy the 7 Pro or wait for 8. Ive now edited my previous review to reflect my 3 months experience with this phone, and the conclusion is, its garbage. Constant connectivity problems have completely worn out any positives it had. The phone reports false airplane mode/no network 8 out of 10 times i try to make a call, especially prevalent on the e-sim. My physical sim is now completely offline somehow and never catches a network even though its active in the settings and working otherwise (checked on an iphone, perfectly fine). Update: turns out i had to go into the service menu and change radio bands back and forth from US to Europe again for the physical sim to start working, which ive done before when i first bought it. I only discovered the fix by accident just trying out my luck since the e-sim worked so there was no indication the radio bands settings could be the problem. You never know what to expect from this phone lol. Connectivity is still ass though, constantly dropping signal even in the wide open. Cameras are just about the only redeeming quality of this phone, other than that, its an ordinary Android like any other phone. I feel like even at 550$ after a partial refund its still way overpriced when you could buy a 2-300$ Xiaomi and basically have the same experience with no bugs, then upgrade it every 2 years 3-4 times and itd still cost you less than this single phone alone. Get an S22, iPhone or just about anything else instead, i can now say Google doesnt deserve the trust us consumers have put in them eagerly waiting for this Phone to come out.

Excellent smartphone with an amazing camera, smooth performance, and clean Android experience. Still a great phone with premium features.

From a lot of the reviews, I felt that this might have been a bad purchase I made. I was wrong. With the latest Android 13 update, I would say that the fingerprint sensor is almost as fast as my Samsung S10+ fingerprint sensor. I don't typically use face unlock so I don't really miss that feature. Battery wise, it is very impressive only after a couple days or a week of use. You need to have the phone learn the way you use your phone! The phone will then optimize the battery to better suit your needs. I assume this is because we don't use a lot of the apps we have on our phones, but they are "good to have" apps. I typically have my Pixel 6 Pro charged once a day and rarely do I run out of juice even though I am the type of person who doesn't charge overnight and charges the phone to, at max, 90% and try to never go below the 30% range. With that in mind, I am still getting out a good full day of use before plugging it in for charge or setting it on a charging stand. This is my first time ever using a 6.7 inch screen display. Very vivid and beautiful display! The 120hz really helps to bring the Google experience together as a very smooth and easy to use software. The biggest gripe I have about the display is the curved display.. if the display was only slightly curved like the Google Pixel 7 Pro, I think this would have been the best of the best phone released by Google ever since the Nexus 6P was released! Camera wise - takes very nice natural photos and only gripe I have with it that doesn't bother me anymore is the telephoto lens. If you are not using the lens and just using the phone normally, you will hear a loud click noise when you shake the phone. I have learned that the phone isn't broken - the camera housing was built in such a way to reduce shaking when taking a long distance photo or video. Overall, 5/5 experience from me! The phone has tremendously improved from when it was released a year ago - if the phone is still on sale (purchased at $649.99), highly recommended for a premium experience with a mid-tier price bracket.

When it was new, and everything worked as intended, it was a fantastic device. Fast, reliable, responsive, durable, amazing camera; all great stuff. However, I'm creeping up on 2 years after purchase and it's a bag of dicks. Things started going downhill after about a year. The top corner of the screen has a black dot now, the corner is gone. It's very minute and I don't even notice it most of the time, but it's there. The bluetooth is weird. The calls & messages are weird; sometimes I get'em, sometimes I don't. Connectivity is spotty, touchscreen sometimes just...hangs, up to a minute sometimes. Sometimes I just have to reboot. I keep it updated, free storage space hovers around 40-50%, I've tried factory resetting it, all to no avail. The hardware seems to be slowly failing, and there is no fixing that; it's just a slow march to death.

El móvil cumple con todas mis expectativas. Es bastante grande (cosa que no es un problema para mi), muy buenos acabados y muy bonito. Las cámaras son espectaculares y si se junta al magnífico procesado de las fotos, el resultado es muy bueno. La batería tiene una autonomía que te da de sobra para aguantar el día con un uso intenso. El único punto negativo que veo es que el lector de huellas no es demasiado bueno. Al principio necesitaba 5 intentos para desbloquearlo, poco a poco me he ido haciendo a él y ahora la mayoría de las veces a la primera y como mucho necesito dos intentos. Excepto por este último punto, un móvil de 10. Una pena que haya mucha falta de dispositivos y sea difícil encontrarlos y encima caros.

Love the color. Love google phones!

Received the order as per the schedule.

Es todo lo que esperaba excepto por 2 detalles: Contras La batería se descarga rápido No tiene reconocimiento facial Pros La cámara es excelente La carga de batería adaptable es util Reconoce canciones como shazam La IA de la cámara es muy buena

I got this phone over a year ago now for around £400. The Build Quality is great, the screen is bright and smooth. The battery is outstanding. My only complaint when it comes to getting the phone for the first time is that A. It doesn't come with a power bank so you might have to buy one separately (this isn't just this phone this is all newage flagship phones) and B. Is that there is a little rattle in the camera of a loose lense, after calling tech support they explained the situation and there is nothing to worry about but to first time buyers this can be distracting or worrying