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Another garbage phone to show off. Google Pixel has been highly unreliable. My OG pixel XL bricked twice within 2 years. My Pixel 3 had defects that forced me t

Another garbage phone to show off. Google Pixel has been highly unreliable. My OG pixel XL bricked twice within 2 years. My Pixel 3 had defects that forced me to take calls on speaker phone otherwise the mic wouldn't work after the warranty expired. Meanwhile, my wife is still rocking the iPhone 7 with some degradation in battery life, but pretty much everything else working as it should. I don't regret jumping into the Apple coolaid one bit. I wish instead of "cool features", they'd spend some time improving their supply chain. You expect some quality from a $1000 phone. And in case it seems subjective, look up lawsuits for faulty hardware for pixel phones. I’m not making this up.

wffurr 5y ago
My Pixel 2 was solid and reliable up until it stopped getting security updates last year. One year in on a Pixel 4a and zero complaints with it so far.
williamscs 5y ago
Maybe it's an odd-number issue with the Pixels? My wife is using my old Pixel 2 with reduced battery life, but otherwise no issues. My Pixel 4 XL is still working great.
- ehsankia 5y ago
  I've had Pixel XL, 2XL, 3, 4XL and 5. They've all worked 3-4 years (I pass them on to various members of my family). The only one I had any issues with was the 4XL, with the back plate peeling off, and Support just swapped it for me after 5m online chat.
danellis 5y ago
What about it is garbage?
jasonvorhe 5y ago
Your experience isn't always representative - and mine isn't either, of course. I've been buying Nexus devices since the Galaxy Nexus and I owned every Pixel device so far and the only genuinely bad experiences where the following: - Nexus 7 from 2012 became slow as hell due to storage issues after a year. It worked fine after I RMAd it. - Pixel 2 XL had a terrible display on the first charge. I got it replaced and the new one was way better. - Pixel 4 XL got replaced once because the phone got quite hot while charging. The replacement has been working well. I know a lot of people who definitely had more issues with their Samsung and Apple devices.

wffurr 5y ago

My Pixel 2 was solid and reliable up until it stopped getting security updates last year. One year in on a Pixel 4a and zero complaints with it so far.

williamscs 5y ago

Maybe it's an odd-number issue with the Pixels? My wife is using my old Pixel 2 with reduced battery life, but otherwise no issues. My Pixel 4 XL is still working great.

ehsankia 5y ago
I've had Pixel XL, 2XL, 3, 4XL and 5. They've all worked 3-4 years (I pass them on to various members of my family). The only one I had any issues with was the 4XL, with the back plate peeling off, and Support just swapped it for me after 5m online chat.

danellis 5y ago

What about it is garbage?

jasonvorhe 5y ago

Your experience isn't always representative - and mine isn't either, of course. I've been buying Nexus devices since the Galaxy Nexus and I owned every Pixel device so far and the only genuinely bad experiences where the following: - Nexus 7 from 2012 became slow as hell due to storage issues after a year. It worked fine after I RMAd it. - Pixel 2 XL had a terrible display on the first charge. I got it replaced and the new one was way better. - Pixel 4 XL got replaced once because the phone got quite hot while charging. The replacement has been working well. I know a lot of people who definitely had more issues with their Samsung and Apple devices.