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My experience using Pixel 7 is it has the smoothest UI of any Android phone I've tried - including flagships like S23 and Xiaomi 13T. Also the author assumes G

My experience using Pixel 7 is it has the smoothest UI of any Android phone I've tried - including flagships like S23 and Xiaomi 13T. Also the author assumes Google wants to do on-device AI processing, but given Google's desire for user data they may be uploading pictures and videos in the cloud just for the sake of having the data (and maybe use it to train say self-driving AI models ).

Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
My experience with my Pixel 6 Pro is also amazingly snappy UI and great software, but absolutely crap battery, the worst of any smartphone I've ever had (and I suppose that's the chip's fault, because the battery itself has a normal amount of mAh). The model is also quite unreliable, to the point that I sometimes disable 5G and 4G because they do more harm than good. I could live with the modem issue (3.5G is OK for 99% of my smartphone usage anyway), but having to care so much about battery running off is a quite important drawback for daily life. The fact that they seem to be keeping the same path with the chip makes me think that I'll have to look for another brand for my next phone.
- KJBweb 3y ago
  Got the 6 Pro too, me battery life isn't great either, but I WFH so I just mitigate with a power bank or spot charge for the times when I am on the go all day. Never had issues with reliability though, I've been really impressed with the hardware aside from the battery.
  - Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
    Sorry, potentially very confusing typo. "The model is also quite unreliable" should read "The modem is also quite unreliable". I only have reliability problems with the data connection (specifically 4G and 5G), in other aspects the phone works fine.
- dd_xplore 3y ago
  I haven't used 3G/3.5G in over a decade now(almost). Even 90% of our carriers have disabled 3G services , some are 4G/5G only and others support 2G/4G/5G

Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago

My experience with my Pixel 6 Pro is also amazingly snappy UI and great software, but absolutely crap battery, the worst of any smartphone I've ever had (and I suppose that's the chip's fault, because the battery itself has a normal amount of mAh). The model is also quite unreliable, to the point that I sometimes disable 5G and 4G because they do more harm than good. I could live with the modem issue (3.5G is OK for 99% of my smartphone usage anyway), but having to care so much about battery running off is a quite important drawback for daily life. The fact that they seem to be keeping the same path with the chip makes me think that I'll have to look for another brand for my next phone.

KJBweb 3y ago
Got the 6 Pro too, me battery life isn't great either, but I WFH so I just mitigate with a power bank or spot charge for the times when I am on the go all day. Never had issues with reliability though, I've been really impressed with the hardware aside from the battery.
- Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
  Sorry, potentially very confusing typo. "The model is also quite unreliable" should read "The modem is also quite unreliable". I only have reliability problems with the data connection (specifically 4G and 5G), in other aspects the phone works fine.
dd_xplore 3y ago
I haven't used 3G/3.5G in over a decade now(almost). Even 90% of our carriers have disabled 3G services , some are 4G/5G only and others support 2G/4G/5G