Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro

[RedTheReader]

I logged into the store and it appears that the regular 6 is available during Launch week still. I didn't check Pro, but also not sure which model you are after.

Ah yes, I was after the Pro! It somehow escaped my mind to mention.

Maybe try Google Fi or Verizon. I’m sorry I don’t know any options other than trying Best Buy in person. I checked B&H photo and they only show “Coming Soon.”

On Google’s site, the black is still available through Fi. I have no intention of signing up with Fi though, but I think I’ve read that their phones are unlocked. If so, does anyone know if I can just slide in a different SIM without ever activating it with Fi?

Also, when you say try Best Buy in person, you mean on launch-day, right?

Thanks for the suggestions by the way! I hope B&H gets it up for pre-order. They usually run long pre-orders, so it’s a little odd to see this missing after everyone else is back-ordered.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

Ah yes, I was after the Pro! It somehow escaped my mind to mention.

On Google’s site, the black is still available through Fi. I have no intention of signing up with Fi though, but I think I’ve read that their phones are unlocked. If so, does anyone know if I can just slide in a different SIM without ever activating it with Fi?

Also, when you say try Best Buy in person, you mean on launch-day, right?

Thanks for the suggestions by the way! I hope B&H gets it up for pre-order. They usually run long pre-orders, so I’m wondering if maybe Google isn’t supplying them with that many.

It might require you to either enter your Fi account or create one.

 

[840quadra]

Regarding having my Apple Watch keep its plan while the main sim is in a pixel..



So Apple must handshake more with your iPhone than they did back in the day when I originally did this hack. As soon as the phone booted with my secondary sim it pulled the plan from the watch.

WHY!!?? 🤬🤬

Going to try to pair with my 13 pro which uses E-Sim on vz as its main, then migrate the ATT sim back to the pixel 3. Right now my main phone is an Xs max, which is paired to my watch.

 

[jamezr]

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Regarding having my Apple Watch keep its plan while the main sim is in a pixel..



So Apple must handshake more with your iPhone than they did back in the day when I originally did this hack. As soon as the phone booted with my secondary sim it pulled the plan from the watch.

WHY!!?? 🤬🤬

Going to try to pair with my 13 pro which uses E-Sim on vz as its main, then migrate the ATT sim back to the pixel 3. Right now my main phone is an Xs max, which is paired to my watch.

Can you just connect through Bluetooth? Won't get all the features but maybe just nofication?

 

[840quadra]

Can you just connect through Bluetooth? Won't get all the features but maybe just nofication?

Good suggestion, what I am after is the cellular link so I can get iMessage notifications when I am traveling with just the watch and my new pixel.

Tried adding my att sim to my iPhone 13 pro as a 2nd sim, paired my watch to it and later put in airplane mode and removed the sim. The watch detected change and removed the plan.

Apple killed one of the best hacks that used to work flawlessly and the watch is even more tied to the phone that it was years ago when the series 3 came out. Super unhappy!

I have switched my main sim back to my pixel 3 to continue prepping and just trying to live with the wifi only connection.

Search may be on for a new wearable and iMessage friends may have to wait for responses.

 

[Tig Bitties]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/qc9vhe

 

[Heat_Fan89]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/qc9vhe

I read the impressions and it had a little of both. Some liked the 6 Pro, some liked the basic 6. One person even thought the 6 Pro felt cheaper than the Pixel 6. Honestly, you can't go wrong with either phone.

 

[Tig Bitties]

So happy to see this coming on the Pixel 6 phones, I'm a huge Voice-to-text guy, my iPhone 12 Pro Max is absolute crap in this department, my Pixel 4 XL is significantly better, but the Pixel 6 line will bring it into a whole new level of amazing;

 

[Tig Bitties]

I read the impressions and it had a little of both. Some liked the 6 Pro, some liked the basic 6. One person even thought the 6 Pro felt cheaper than the Pixel 6. Honestly, you can't go wrong with either phone.

I like this comment;

I came on this sub to write nearly the same exact post. I was dead set on buying the 6 for the size, but after handling the pro I immediately felt like the 6 wasn't a "smaller" phone. Just a more budget phone. That happens to be barely smaller. And I mean barely.
If the only reason you're getting the 6 over the pro is size . Trust me just go with the pro. I just had to cancel and reorder the pro. Smh

 

[Heat_Fan89]

So happy to see this coming on the Pixel 6 phones, I'm a huge Voice-to-text guy, my iPhone 12 Pro Max is absolute crap in this department, my Pixel 4 XL is significantly better, but the Pixel 6 line will bring it into a whole new level of amazing;

Apple may have the edge on hardware but it has become pretty clear that Google makes their phones shine with AI and software. Apple hasn’t caught up with that.

 

[Tig Bitties]

This is like Star Trek tech from the future;

 

[Heat_Fan89]

I like this comment;

I came on this sub to write nearly the same exact post. I was dead set on buying the 6 for the size, but after handling the pro I immediately felt like the 6 wasn't a "smaller" phone. Just a more budget phone. That happens to be barely smaller. And I mean barely.
If the only reason you're getting the 6 over the pro is size . Trust me just go with the pro. I just had to cancel and reorder the pro. Smh

I read that comment as well but I asked myself is a slightly better phone worth $300 more when I will probably dump it in a year or two with another Pixel. For me the answer was a big no. That said the 6 Pro looks to be a very nice phone but i’ll gladly take the budget phone. Hell, my P4a did a nice job and cost far less than the premium Pixel 5.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

This is like Star Trek tech from the future;

That was amazing !

 

[Tig Bitties]

I read that comment as well but I asked myself is a slightly better phone worth $300 more when I will probably dump it in a year or two with another Pixel. For me the answer was a big no. That said the 6 Pro looks to be a very nice phone but i’ll gladly take the budget phone. Hell, my P4a did a nice job and cost far less than the premium Pixel 5.

Good point. Bottom line the big deal here is Tensor and cameras on both phones. The built in AI seems like Star Trek stuff on both, and the cameras should be jaw dropping on both.

Android 12 coupled with Tensor is truly next gen on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.

 

[840quadra]

So happy to see this coming on the Pixel 6 phones, I'm a huge Voice-to-text guy, my iPhone 12 Pro Max is absolute crap in this department, my Pixel 4 XL is significantly better, but the Pixel 6 line will bring it into a whole new level of amazing;

Read your post to both phones at the same time. iPhone 13 pro, and my Pixel 3. Both did well. Edge to the Pixel but only because it knows Google branding better for it’s own text to speech.

My experience, the iPhones do well in both noisy and quiet environments for me. I use voice to text constantly on both platforms.


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iPhone 6 versus the Pixel 3. Recorded at the same time. The iPhone 6 is stuck on iOS 12.4.2. YMMV but I don’t consider Apple’s ability to be that bad. Maybe I have a decent voice for their TTS engine, or something. IDK.

 

[Tig Bitties]

Owning my 12 PM this year it seems to be about 70% - 75% accurate on voice-to-text. Where my Pixel feels like 90% accurate.

Neither are perfect at all, but the Pixel get my speech correct better than the iPhone.

When speaking a paragraph the iPhone would mess up several words and take a good several seconds to auto correct. The Pixel would maybe mess up one word and auto correct in an instant.

 

[Mellofello808]

Read your post to both phones at the same time. iPhone 13 pro, and my Pixel 3. Both did well. Edge to the Pixel but only because it knows Google branding better for it’s own text to speech.

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My experience, the iPhones do well in both noisy and quiet environments for me. I use voice to text constantly on both platforms.


::EDIT::

iPhone 6 versus the Pixel 3. Recorded at the same time. The iPhone 6 is stuck on iOS 12.4.2. YMMV but I don’t consider Apple’s ability to be that bad. Maybe I have a decent voice for their TTS engine, or something. IDK.

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I have both iOS and Android. My Android phone is in a entirely different league with voice dictation. It is so bad on my XS max, that I am hesitant to even use dictation at all, since it often means going back to correct words, even if I clearly enunciate every word.

Meanwhile I can be walking down a noisy street with Galaxy buds in, and Google rarely misses a beat.

Just my personal experience, but there is no question that google is far ahead in the field of speech recognition.

 

[The Game 161]

 

[Aneres11]

just seen a Tweet (tried to embed but not working), with a reviewer (an Apple fan boy) saying that the haptics on the Pixel 6 Pro are the best he’s ever used. Outside of the latest iPhone. Twitter handle is @SnazzyQ

 

[tbayrgs]

just seen a Tweet (tried to embed but not working), with a reviewer (an Apple fan boy) saying that the haptics on the Pixel 6 Pro are the best he’s ever used. Outside of the latest iPhone. Twitter handle is @SnazzyQ

That’s Quinn Nelson–has a longstanding YouTube channel as well (Snazzy Labs). He’s an admitted longtime Apple user but I find he’s quite objective when talking tech and won’t hesitate to rip into Apple if they deserve it (see his stuff about the Mac Pro). That’s high praise coming from him.

 

[soulreaver99]

My Pixel 6 Pro came in yesterday courtesy of TeamPixel. Did a quick unboxing. Can‘t post or talk about pictures from the camera yet due to embargo rules but I have been enjoying this phone so far.

 

[Aneres11]

These pics were taken from a now deleted tweet by Detroit Borg. Who I didn’t think did anything other than unbox Apple cases and watch straps lol.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Pixel 6 Pro

 

[840quadra]

Owning my 12 PM this year it seems to be about 70% - 75% accurate on voice-to-text. Where my Pixel feels like 90% accurate.

Neither are perfect at all, but the Pixel get my speech correct better than the iPhone.

When speaking a paragraph the iPhone would mess up several words and take a good several seconds to auto correct. The Pixel would maybe mess up one word and auto correct in an instant.

I have both iOS and Android. My Android phone is in a entirely different league with voice dictation. It is so bad on my XS max, that I am hesitant to even use dictation at all, since it often means going back to correct words, even if I clearly enunciate every word.

Meanwhile I can be walking down a noisy street with Galaxy buds in, and Google rarely misses a beat.

Just my personal experience, but there is no question that google is far ahead in the field of speech recognition.

Great points and feedback (both of you). As with any of these devices, different people will have various experiences. Overall I am impressed with both platforms and am amazed how far we have come with technology.

We have come a long way since 1993 and the Quadra 840av !

These pics were taken from a now deleted tweet by Detroit Borg. Who I didn’t think did anything other than unbox Apple cases and watch straps lol.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

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Pixel 6 Pro

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Can’t wait to test between the two myself to see how far night shot has come since my Pixel 3.

I am a bit dubious on the 13 Pro shot. It honestly looks like a shot taken with night mode disabled, or, not properly activated. Night mode does some strange things to colors / shadows that I don’t see in that picture.

 

[Tig Bitties]

 

[Aneres11]

Great points and feedback (both of you). As with any of these devices, different people will have various experiences. Overall I am impressed with both platforms and am amazed how far we have come with technology.

We have come a long way since 1993 and the Quadra 840av !


Can’t wait to test between the two myself to see how far night shot has come since my Pixel 3.

I am a bit dubious on the 13 Pro shot. It honestly looks like a shot taken with night mode disabled, or, not properly activated. Night mode does some strange things to colors / shadows that I don’t see in that picture.

I’d like to think Detroit Borg would know how to activate it though. And I thought the iPhone auto enabled it’s night mode?
A lot of other Apple fans are seemingly dubious about this shot