Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL

[5105973]

Now my delivery is scheduled for tomorrow! However I won’t know until I get home if it’s my fault for not being there or they just didn’t complete their route again. I had a family emergency and had to leave home.

Tomorrow I’ve got a friend taking over my school carpool drive for me but I still may have to leave again. I do wish I were a bit earlier on all the routes. Sometimes I am, so it’s a bit confusing.

I haven’t said explicitly what I’m waiting for but by now anyone can probably figure it out.

This is a bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of dog lovers and owners on this thread and I wanted to warn my friends so your dogs don’t suffer like mine did. There’s a recall of dog food due to poisoning dogs with too much Vitamin D. My dog’s food isn’t on the list, but that list will be expanding as the FDA continues to take reports from vets. I can’t say what my dog’s food is until I get confirmation from the vet that the food was what made her sick. But you’ll know if your dog’s food is a problem. I’m cooking for my dog now and she’s already improving. You can’t miss the symptoms. Okay, PSA over.

Back to topic. Regardless of what Apple decides to do with pricing I think it’s important to be flexible and ready to embrace any platform. I say this as I try to type this post on my Xr and encounter all kinds of odd glitches with the keyboard and auto fill. I am so exasperated. I don’t know if there’s something amiss with my iPhone or they’re getting sloppy with iOS. I suspect the latter.

My S9+ has been smooth. I’m slowly getting reacquainted with my Pixel 2. Unfortunately I do think I’m a bigger phone person now than the days I was on the SE. My middle aged eyes appreciate more screen. So I know I can’t make this a main phone again but I appreciate getting a sense for this plainer Android experience again.

 

[OdT22]

My wife and I received our new P3 XLs last Saturday. All is well so far, but swapping to Android after being on iOS since the iPhone 4s was offered, it has been a bit of a steep learning curve for us. Some daily tasks have quickly become easier while some others have been surprisingly challenging. Hardware is great. No complaints there. Some built in features have been a lot of fun. We love the always on display most.

Miss a few office productivity apps, but imagine they will become evident as I go along.

The experience has been good enough so far that we remain positive and have sold our iPhones (much faster than we thought possible).

Thanks for everyone's contributions to this thread. We lurkers are depending on you! Lol

 

[Awesomesince86]

Spoiler alert: they won't.

I don't expect them too either. I'd say at best the iPhone 11 models will remain the same price as the current ones. I can see them bumping the XR models up in price however.

 

[AustinIllini]

What about me about the whole thing is Google will likely follow suit. Maybe not as expensive but who knows?

I don't expect them too either. I'd say at best the iPhone 11 models will remain the same price as the current ones. I can see them bumping the XR models up in price however.

 

[epicrayban]

The pink Pixel 3 is seriously gorgeous in person:

With my white.

 

[5105973]

When I got home late last night, I didn’t see a notice that any delivery attempt had been made by FedEx. They just rescheduled it yet again for “by end of business today.” So I don’t have any way of knowing if they even showed up.

When I had gone to pick up the kids at school UPS tacked a form to my door to notify me of a delivery attempt for a different package plus I got an email notification.

This is so weird. I have been waiting almost a full week now for this phantom package.

Oh well, another day of door vigil.
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The pink Pixel 3 is seriously gorgeous in person:

With my white.

The pink Pixel 3 is seriously gorgeous in person:

With my white.

That is gorgeous. They both are. I’m struck anew how the camera doesn’t protrude so far from the body that you have to sweat over case thickness. It doesn’t appear to protrude at all.

Why Apple, why?

 

[Fernandez21]

When I got home late last night, I didn’t see a notice that any delivery attempt had been made by FedEx. They just rescheduled it yet again for “by end of business today.” So I don’t have any way of knowing if they even showed up.

When I had gone to pick up the kids at school UPS tacked a form to my door to notify me of a delivery attempt for a different package plus I got an email notification.

This is so weird. I have been waiting almost a full week now for this phantom package.

Oh well, another day of door vigil.
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That is gorgeous. They both are. I’m struck anew how the camera doesn’t protrude so far from the body that you have to sweat over case thickness. It doesn’t appear to protrude at all.

Why Apple, why?

Have you tried calling fedex and telling them you’ll pick up the package at one of their service centers?

 

[AustinIllini]

I have the Not Pink and it looks very off-white. I'll be honest, I case it so it doesn't make a big difference

 

[blueridgedog]

Pre-ordered the black XL. Had it for some time. Have to say I am happy. Price was the only objectionable point of the experience. There is better tech in the Android world, but day one updates to Android keep me on the Pixel.

Though I am a big big fan of OSX, I am not so much for IOS. I do like being able to control my boot loader and kernel though I have drastically reduced my phone hacking in recent years.

 

[5105973]

Have you tried calling fedex and telling them you’ll pick up the package at one of their service centers?

No, if it would just arrive on the day they tell me it should that would be ideal. I really don’t want to leave the house at all right now if I can help it for other reasons...watching over my sick dog and waiting to sign for a UPS delivery as well. I’m lucky today I have a friend picking up the kids for me. She just happens to be off work today. If this stretches to tomorrow I’m out of luck and will have to do what you suggested. And that’s really not a drive I care to make this week.

 

[noobinator]

Finally got my 3 XL that I ordered 3 weeks ago. I put on a wet apply, plastic screen protector right now so I have to wait 12 hours or so before I can use it extensively. I wish the glass one's worked nicely on this phone. Seems every one on Amazon and hearing about them from people in forums has some issues with not adhering completely due to the slightly curved edges.

 

[5105973]

My wife and I received our new P3 XLs last Saturday. All is well so far, but swapping to Android after being on iOS since the iPhone 4s was offered, it has been a bit of a steep learning curve for us. Some daily tasks have quickly become easier while some others have been surprisingly challenging. Hardware is great. No complaints there. Some built in features have been a lot of fun. We love the always on display most.

Miss a few office productivity apps, but imagine they will become evident as I go along.

The experience has been good enough so far that we remain positive and have sold our iPhones (much faster than we thought possible).

Thanks for everyone's contributions to this thread. We lurkers are depending on you! Lol

I tried to look to see if you posted which iPhones you came from but didn’t see a mention. Sorry if I missed it. It’s been a bit hectic and I’m a bit addled the past week.

So what iPhones did you last have and what made you both decide to take the leap to Android and Pixel in particular?

I hope you continue to enjoy your new phones. For my husband, there was a bit of frustration that his favorite banking apps didn’t accept biometric authentication.

 

[Fernandez21]

No, if it would just arrive on the day they tell me it should that would be ideal. I really don’t want to leave the house at all right now if I can help it for other reasons...watching over my sick dog and waiting to sign for a UPS delivery as well. I’m lucky today I have a friend picking up the kids for me. She just happens to be off work today. If this stretches to tomorrow I’m out of luck and will have to do what you suggested. And that’s really not a drive I care to make this week.

Ok. I'm lucky, my FedEx center is only a 10min. drive from my house. I usually just have them hold it there because it's easier for me on packages I have to sign for.

 

[noobinator]

Ok. I'm lucky, my FedEx center is only a 10min. drive from my house. I usually just have them hold it there because it's easier for me on packages I have to sign for.

Google doesn't allow that option on Pixel Phones unfortunately.

For other FedEx deliveries I do this too if it's expensive.

 

[OdT22]

I tried to look to see if you posted which iPhones you came from but didn’t see a mention. Sorry if I missed it. It’s been a bit hectic and I’m a bit addled the past week.

So what iPhones did you last have and what made you both decide to take the leap to Android and Pixel in particular?

I hope you continue to enjoy your new phones. For my husband, there was a bit of frustration that his favorite banking apps didn’t accept biometric authentication.

My wife had the 7 plus and I had the 8 plus. Both solid devices that we were content with for the most part.

The mutual decision was based a bit on the pure adventure of doing something new, and a bit of a rejection of iOS. iOS has become a bit stagnant in our opinion(s), and we don't care much for a limiting operating system in principal. File manipulation and sharing was the biggest one for me. The locked down approach of iOS has bothered us increasingly for many years. Much more so with iPads than with iPhones, but still, the identical problem.

The second half of 2018 has been a big shift for our personal computing, which began with us giving up on the iPads, (after several frustrating years and various editions of them). That led to us trying two new Windows' Surface Pros last August. The escape from the 'walled garden' was a very pleasant and empowering move for both of us. We have since sold our shared iMac and my old 2015 MBP. She still loves her Surface Pro, but I later chose to go to something a little more conventional in form. That choice had me deciding between the new Macbook Air and the Suface Laptop 2, with the nod eventually going to the windows device.

All of which was a lot of fun to learn and explore. So, we began to question what we've missed since the very early days of Android. Which brings us to today.

The Pixel was most appealing to us because of the camera and also because of the bare Android OS with promised updates. We had very negative experiences with andriod/samsung during the beginning days of smart phones, and that wasn't something we are willing to risk again, leaving the Pixel being the most attractive to us.

We also live very rural, where our only choice of provider has been a small company that works great at home, but is a pain every time we travel. Their selection of phone choices has never been great, not to mention no competition for them on their prices or plans.

Google Fi happens to have teamed up with that small provider (US Cellular), meaning we finally have a choice in better phones and competitive pricing that will work at home, along with better service when we travel (we hope).

So far, so good. Leaving the apple ecosystem has been an adventure, but a liberating one. (I do still have an ipod with airpods, and an apple music family subscription FWIW)

We are both pretty comfortable with using Windows, macOS, and iOS. But not with Android, yet. We figure we should be, at least to some degree. Here we go. Challenge accepted! ;-)

 

[Fernandez21]

Google doesn't allow that option on Pixel Phones unfortunately.

For other FedEx deliveries I do this too if it's expensive.

I was able to do this with my Pixel 3 order. Although I had to first miss the delivery for them to allow me to pick it up.

 

[AustinIllini]

My wife, the non-techie of the family has actually expressed interest in using a pixel 3. First time ever. I think her XR is within the return period, too.

 

[noobinator]

I was able to do this with my Pixel 3 order. Although I had to first miss the delivery for them to allow me to pick it up.

Yeah Google isn't able to block that from happening if an attempt was made. They block you having it held before an attempt is made. Not sure why.

 

[5105973]

My wife had the 7 plus and I had the 8 plus. Both solid devices that we were content with for the most part.

The mutual decision was based a bit on the pure adventure of doing something new, and a bit of a rejection of iOS. iOS has become a bit stagnant in our opinion(s), and we don't care much for a limiting operating system in principal. File manipulation and sharing was the biggest one for me. The locked down approach of iOS has bothered us increasingly for many years. Much more so with iPads than with iPhones, but still, the identical problem.

The second half of 2018 has been a big shift for our personal computing, which began with us giving up on the iPads, (after several frustrating years and various editions of them). That led to us trying two new Windows' Surface Pros last August. The escape from the 'walled garden' was a very pleasant and empowering move for both of us. We have since sold our shared iMac and my old 2015 MBP. She still loves her Surface Pro, but I later chose to go to something a little more conventional in form. That choice had me deciding between the new Macbook Air and the Suface Laptop 2, with the nod eventually going to the windows device.

All of which was a lot of fun to learn and explore. So, we began to question what we've missed since the very early days of Android. Which brings us to today.

The Pixel was most appealing to us because of the camera and also because of the bare Android OS with promised updates. We had very negative experiences with andriod/samsung during the beginning days of smart phones, and that wasn't something we are willing to risk again, leaving the Pixel being the most attractive to us.

We also live very rural, where our only choice of provider has been a small company that works great at home, but is a pain every time we travel. Their selection of phone choices has never been great, not to mention no competition for them on their prices or plans.

Google Fi happens to have teamed up with that small provider (US Cellular), meaning we finally have a choice in better phones and competitive pricing that will work at home, along with better service when we travel (we hope).

So far, so good. Leaving the apple ecosystem has been an adventure, but a liberating one. (I do still have an ipod with airpods, and an apple music family subscription FWIW)

We are both pretty comfortable with using Windows, macOS, and iOS. But not with Android, yet. We figure we should be, at least to some degree. Here we go. Challenge accepted! ;-)

It sounds like you both are really well equipped to break out of the walled garden then. You’re barely in it.

When I decided to break out, with my last non Apple phone being a T-Mobile Dash, I did so because I was drawn to the Note 7. The whole idea of the s-Pen was very enticing. And I did enjoy that phone. So did my husband, who doesn’t like to be left out of an adventure.

That was the phone that caused us to end up with two AT&T lines apiece on our family plan. We did a BOGO which has now turned into a nightmare as a result of two recalls for the Note 7.

I’m still very reliant on iOS. I can’t see myself giving it up entirely anytime soon, but I am growing more and more frustrated and disappointed with the way things are going. Apple as a company used to seem so much smarter and vibrant even with Tim Cook at the helm.

It does not help that I am not doing anything complicated or professional, yet am having terribly inconvenient bugs as just a very basic user doing very basic things. For example, my phone just went crazy scrolling up and down all over this thread when I decided to cut out a paragraph mentioning my other phones. I have no idea what just happened.

But I’m not quite as angry and disgusted as a lot of other forum members. I’m just going to try and be patient and see what happens. Craig Frederighi has got to get his team to fix this. Then maybe I’ll learn how to properly spell his name instead of taking a wild guess. Very wild. I’d have looked it up but I was afraid of freezing my iPhone again.

I am really hoping that a certain someone will really like the Pixel 3XL and tell me that Google has finally pulled their head out of their...well, I just hope they have it together better than last year anyway.

 

[OdT22]

It sounds like you both are really well equipped to break out of the walled garden then. You’re barely in it.

When I decided to break out, with my last non Apple phone being a T-Mobile Dash, I did so because I was drawn to the Note 7. The whole idea of the s-Pen was very enticing. And I did enjoy that phone. So did my husband, who doesn’t like to be left out of an adventure.

That was the phone that caused us to end up with two AT&T lines apiece on our family plan. We did a BOGO which has now turned into a nightmare as a result of two recalls for the Note 7.

I’m still very reliant on iOS. I can’t see myself giving it up entirely anytime soon, but I am growing more and more frustrated and disappointed with the way things are going. Apple as a company used to seem so much smarter and vibrant even with Tim Cook at the helm.

It does not help that I am not doing anything complicated or professional, yet am having terribly inconvenient bugs as just a very basic user doing very basic things. For example, my phone just went crazy scrolling up and down all over this thread when I decided to cut out a paragraph mentioning my other phones. I have no idea what just happened.

But I’m not quite as angry and disgusted as a lot of other forum members. I’m just going to try and be patient and see what happens. Craig Frederighi has got to get his team to fix this. Then maybe I’ll learn how to properly spell his name instead of taking a wild guess. Very wild. I’d have looked it up but I was afraid of freezing my iPhone again.

I am really hoping that a certain someone will really like the Pixel 3XL and tell me that Google has finally pulled their head out of their...well, I just hope they have it together better than last year anyway.

Lol! Much agreed on all.

We too were attracted to the Note line. So much potential there, though after trying the apple pencil for a while, I think the operating systems all have some refinement to go. The Surface Pen is equally 'not quite there yet' on Windows in my experience. Works great for some navigation and probably for artwork too.. (I will never know about that myself), but not as a primary integrated device such as a standard mouse & desktop configuration is. Perfect for markup on screenshots though. MS has done a good job there, and it's a feature that should have come sooner. Can't wait to see where this goes in the future. But until then, I need what works now.

Don't hold me to it, but my current opinion is that I just expected too much from tablets and smartphones during the past years. Constant frustrations of file management and sharing information with others outside of the same ecosystem or software I use. Email syncing nightmares, subscriptions, ..cloud this and cloud that, what a mess I've made for myself by trying to be 'too mobile' I suppose. All, problems I never have on either Windows or MacOS. I should have recognized this fact sooner, in hindsight. Lesson learned.

I guess we are at least familiar with it all, which I think is a better position than not being aware at all.

We wouldn't be surprised if we own another ipad or mac, someday. But it will be AFTER a lot changes. Doubt it'll be in the next iOS or MacOS.

Meanwhile, the smartphones are now regarded as severely secondary devices for us. The real stuff will happen at work or when I get home. About 50% of my workday is spent mobile, and I'll still do some things in the field. But I'm done fighting simple tasks that can be done far easier on an ancient computer.

 

[5105973]

It’s finally here!

But but but...

Now I don’t know what to do. Do I take it out and make sure it’s in good working order? Or do I leave it pristine in its package and just hope if anything is wrong that G honors the warranty without too much fuss. ??

I guess I leave it alone. Somebody doesn’t like their toys played with before they get to see it.

 

[Awesomesince86]

The December security update is the reason I bought a Pixel. At launch my phone had trouble keeping apps in memory and the speakers has distortion at lower volumes. Otherwise the phone was great. But being a Pixel phone and a priority for Google, they've fixed both issues in the December update. Any other major phone release and I'd likely be waiting months at best and more likely until the next major version release.

 

[epicrayban]

RAM management definitely appears better after December patch.

 

[MarkX]

Miles better.

RAM management definitely appears better after December patch.

 

[5105973]

I’m glad RAM management was able to be fixed with a patch and relatively quickly, too. Same with the volume distortion.

I remember waiting for the pink screen fix to come out for my S8+ while the clock was ticking down on my return period. I gambled and lost in trusting the software fix would be the solution I was looking for and meanwhile the fix rolled out to everyone but AT&T customers. We were dead last. I realized how much it sucked to be at the mercy of the carriers for updates. Too many middlemen.