Current Events > 4 months with my Pixel 6 Pro, I miss my iPhone 12 Pro.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Long time Apple user, and I got suckered in with the tensor chip, magic eraser, and camera quality.

But honestly, Google Chrome sucks ass (I really dislike this grouped tab bullshit, and now it constantly bugs me with "follow this site" prompts), tensor chip is nothing special (thought it'd make the phone/OS experience more stable, but I'm experiencing random bugs like transparent notification bar, Google Maps thinks I'm in a different state until I restart the phone, random crashes), and the video recordings on Pixel sucks compared to iPhone.

The camera for stills is freaking amazing sometimes, but in other times, the photos it produces look so fake: way too HDRy, with no way to disable that crap.

The only thing I really like about android over iOS is the easy file management and adblocking. But that's it.

I'm going to probably trade this phone in for the iPhone 14 Max.

/blogfaqs

Bummer, I have a Pixel 6 (not the pro) on the way so I'm hoping I don't get too many bugs after I apply updates. I know it's a new chip and things are still getting worked out and Google has been sloppy at best on that front. The GPS bug in particular sounds annoying. Did you use a DNS adblock? IMO It's the only way to go on android.

Kombucha posted...

Bummer, I have a Pixel 6 (not the pro) on the way so I'm hoping I don't get too many bugs after I apply updates. I know it's a new chip and things are still getting worked out and Google has been sloppy at best on that front. The GPS bug in particular sounds annoying. Did you use a DNS adblock? IMO It's the only way to go on android.

The GPS bug is with Android Auto; I haven't gotten hit with that bug with just the phone.

I use AdGuard VPN; unsure if that's DNS or not. That functionality exists for iPhone but you can't pick individual apps for it to apply to. So apps that are finicky with AdBlock, you have to turn off the whole thing.

Pixels have always sucked and have a hipster fanbase who try to be edgy even though both Samsungs and Iphones are leagues better.

IdiotMachine posted...

The GPS bug is with Android Auto; I haven't gotten hit with that bug with just the phone.

I use AdGuard VPN; unsure if that's DNS or not. That functionality exists for iPhone but you can't pick individual apps for it to apply to. So apps that are finicky with AdBlock, you have to turn off the whole thing.

Pretty sure AdGuard implements their DNS with the VPN so that would be the same. Also that's good I guess, that it isn't just with the phone. There's quite a bit of posts over on Reddit with people complaining about things not working that would be a dealbreaker for me, such as hotspot etc (after updating), so hopefully my road bumps are minimal.

Kombucha posted...

Pretty sure AdGuard implements their DNS with the VPN so that would be the same. Also that's good I guess, that it isn't just with the phone. There's quite a bit of posts over on Reddit with people complaining about things not working that would be a dealbreaker for me, such as hotspot etc (after updating), so hopefully my road bumps are minimal.

Oh yea, updates are a hit or miss. The last December update, Google pulled it because it kept screwing up.

Speaking of updates, what's with having to wait until the carrier releases the update, and not when Google releases it?

And finally, I can't believe I forgot this, but iMessages and Facetime is greatly missed.

Pixels used to have the best cameras but they sat on their ass for far too long on the same hardware that everyone caught up and surpassed them. They also prided themselves on software, but other OEMs caught up there too. Even on software updates, Samsung has been on a tear these last few years by issuing the monthly security patches even before Google.

All of this to say, I don't know what the hell the point is now to get a Pixel.