This was the best phone I've had until I traded it in on my current Pixel 7 Pro. It has a very good camera and display. It's a good size and it performs very well. I also like that the camera bump goes across the entire width of the phone so that it doesn't rock when you use it on a desk. That's something I never understood with other phone designs like the iPhone. It's a little detail, but it's annoying to have the phone rocking back and forth while you're using it on a flat surface.

I bought this phone to replace my pixel 3a and its a huge upgrade. The screen is very sharp and the 90 hertz is just an extra bonus. The camera is amazing just like every pixel that I have owned. The battery lasts all day for me. The design is something that other may not like but i love how it looks different compared to other devices on the market. The seafoam color looks very nice and is colorful but still not too bright or flashy.

I've had this phone for 2 years now.Phone has been great. I wish I would've gotten a larger memory because with this camera quality I find myself taking an ample amount of photos. Battery life is good. Processing speed good. I honestly have had zero issues with this phone. I have children who constantly need it to watch other children on YouTube play with toys, they aren't too gentle with it either and it has withstood all issues as it presented.

This is phone provides flagship specs with higher security at a lesser price, and advanced features that other popular brands don’t not offer. The Google Spam & Call Screen feature that automatically blocks spam calls and detects robocalls. I used to get at least 3 or more unwanted calls per day and now maybe one or two per week that slips by the spam system, (usually newly created phone numbers) on these calls you can screen the call by selecting that option on the call, then read the transcript via text of the call and decide to take it or mark as spam and block this is such a fantastic system in today age of high levels of fraud calls. This advance feature alone merits a 5-star review from me since I now have peace during the day. Another great feature that is not offered by anybody else is Wait Times, Direct My Call and Hold For Me that can tell you the current hold time for a business’s customer service before you even dial, as well as the projected wait times for later in the day or week. The Direct My Call option is for who has ever forgotten the list of choices by the time an automated message is reading off. It presents the options and their associated numbers right on the screen, so that you don’t have to listen to the entire spiel again just because you were distracted for a moment. Hold For Me shows what the automated call is saying via transcript text, and you can place the call on hold (so you don’t hear any wait music) and it detects when a human comes on the line by notifying you. The problems what I experienced was the highly mentioned fingerprint reader being inaccurate & slow, Bluetooth file transfers being slow also and noticed that cellular on 4G would drop out from time to time, but all issues thankfully have been addressed with the latest SD1A.210817.037 update. The phone general performance has been excellent and battery life is good also with my screen brightness at 77%, I get around 50% battery left when I go to bed. Games like Asphalt 9 & Sky: Children of the Light run perfect. Call quality on calls is noticeably better than my prior Samsung Galaxy phone. Photos are good too; this Pixel phone checks all the boxes I expect from a flagship phone with bells and whistles that I can’t live without from this point on.

When I saw the new design and specs for the Google Pixel 6 “P6” I knew I had to give it a try as I’ve always been a big fan of the Pixel phones, going back to the original. Unboxing: The phone comes in a nice retail box “pretty much how all phones are packed now” and inside was the phone, charging cable, USB A to C adapter, sim removal tool and a small information/quick setup pamphlet, that’s it, no charger “that’s ok I have plenty”. Setting up: Setting up is pretty much the same as all other Pixel phones, I installed my Verizon sim first, and then just followed through the initial steps, add your Google account “or create one” and you are off and running. There was a system update right away so you’ll want to make sure you do that before completing. Also, I didn’t try transferring anything from my other phone, I wanted to do everything manually. Design: The Pixel 6 is pretty good sized, it’s bigger than my S21, “not by much, a lot bigger than the P5, but it does weigh a good bit more than either as the S21 being the next largest comes in at 171.6 the Pixel 6 at 208.6g is which is a good bit heavier. I don’t mind thee weight difference as I like the little bit larger screen and it’s more squared in the corners “reminds me of a Sony screen, in a good way”. Colors are nice and vibrant and the 90hz refresh rate is a noticeable improvement over any of the 60hz screens I’ve had/used. The back is all glass this time, and I actually prefer the plastic back of the S21 or the plastic covered metal of the P5, just no worry about those being broken and for me this one went in a case the day I got it. The phone itself feels very substantial and well made, really no flex to it at all and seems more like a solid one pieced unit. The buttons on the side are nice and firm plus they have a definite “click” to them, a little better than the S21s. If you are familiar with Samsung products you’ll have to get used to the power button being on top rather than the bottom and volume buttons “while on the same side are in opposite positioning”. Use: Android 12 is installed on the phone from the box and it’s definitely different than 11 on our current phones. It has the very simple basic Android interface you will be familiar with if you’ve ever used a Pixel phone and much more basic than any of our Samsung phones we currently have. I did set up fingerprint unlock and it works well, plus I’ve installed a screen protector “PET” and did have to turn up the screen sensitivity, otherwise the FP reader works reasonably well especially if you register two sets for one finger. I also have trusted places turned on so the phone stays unlocked while at home and tied to my smart watch. You can adjust the screen layout and grid size, but this time those settings are under “Wall Paper & Style” after a long press on a blank area on any main screen. The 5x5 layout max isn’t to my liking so I installed Nova Launcher. I was initially skeptical that Nova would be ready for Android 12 but to my surprise it integrated perfectly “like it was made for this phone”. With Nova I was able to remove the search bar as that cannot be removed with the Google Launcher. Otherwise that’s all I needed for tweaking and getting things running the way I wanted. I do like the dynamic colors that apply the theme color to some apps, sort of how Windows can be set to do the same. Calling Features: The signal for Verizon here in NW Phoenix isn’t that great at our house, but it’s on par with our TMO phones, “we just don’t get great service “acceptable but could be a lot better”. So I went out to test the difference in two of our worst areas. My S21 with TMO and the Pixel 6 with Verizon, and from what my tests show TMO is faster but the Verizon isn’t far behind and the Verizon signal inside two different grocery stores was better than TMO by a good bit. I accidentally turned on “Direct my Call” and was surprised that there was a live transcription you can read as the conversation carries on. For me that would be extremely useful as I have some hearing issues and if I’m in a noisy environment I can’t make out what anyone says, so this feature itself will be very handy. Performance: I’ve been doing some speed testing between the two phones “P6 vs S21” and the Geek Bench CPU scores were very close the P6 got a 1031 single core score and a 2841 multi-core score, the S21 received a 1017 single core and a 3355 multi-core score, “very close for this new Google designed CPU”. Then I tested them with 3dMarks “Wild Life” test and those came back as 6398 for the P6 and 5810 for the S21. That’s pretty amazing and a good bit faster than the S21 so I’m impressed and the performance of the phone itself seems faster than the S21 during use. Camera: The camera is where this P6 shines “for me that is”, the photos come out better than the S21, and the details it captures when zooming in and comparing photos is pretty impressive “much better in some cases over the S21”, and I don’t even miss the telephoto “so far” that the S21 has over the P6. I also went outside on a clear night, and took a photo straight up using “Night Sight” and was really impressed that it actually caught the stars above without blurring them, “a lot more showed up that I had expected. The front camera is good as front cameras go and I have no complaints how the video looked during a Zoom meeting, it’s actually a lot better than my desktops standalone 1080 camera. We also live close to an AFB and was able to capture a really cool photo of a F35 flying through the clouds overhead. I have a hard time capturing them with my mirrorless camera so I’m very impressed with the performance of the P6. I also took a picture of a flowering bush in our back yard, using the P6 and S21 and they were within a few seconds of each other. I’ve cropped the photos to a spot at 100% and you can easily see there’s more detail captured in the flowers with the P6, the S21s colors sort of run together on the flowers and you can’t make out much detail. I’ve attached a photo so you can judge for yourself. Battery Life: I’ve had no issue with the battery lasting over a day and even at the end of the day with some pretty heavy use I still had over 50% left, the S21 would always be around 35-40%, not a lot but a big enough difference. I usually don’t charge with the power cord and 99% of the time use wireless chargers, I have them all over, but the wireless charging times are decent and using a Belkin high powered wireless charger it tops up the phone way before we get up in the AM. I also have a very heavy duty case on my phone and it has no issue with charging just placement, as you have to make sure it’s placed just right on the charger or it won’t connect. Conclusions: This is the way I wish all Pixel phones were from the beginning, I really like the P6, better than my S21 or P5 that’s for sure. The screen is larger than both “and getting older I need a large screen”. The build quality is impeccable and the phone feels premium in the hand “and not because it has a glass back”, it’s just a very solid feeling phone. I’ve tried out some of the new features and things like “Live Translate” are fun to use and was impressed how it overlays the translated text on what you are looking at with Google Lens and the camera. I’ve owned so many phones I’m embarrassed to count, but this new Pixel 6 is at the top of my list as a favorite. You get a plain Android experience and can tweak it anyway you like. There’s literally 0 bloatware and that leaves more space for all my apps “ones I prefer, not what a manufacture says I have to have”. I could go on for pages with all the new features of Android 12 and what this new Pixel 6 has but I can say if you are a fan of Android phones this is going to be one of the best phones this year and I’m sure you will love owning one.