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Pixel Fans are leaving Google and I Finally Understand Why
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I've had 5 pixel phones, and 4 of them have stopped booting after about a year of use.
Meanwhile my last Galaxy phone lasted over 6 years.
Even with their cheaper retail price, they haven't been more affordable to own for me.
That's really weird. I'm on my 4th Pixel (9 Pro), and my kids are still using my handed down 4a and 6...
The only one that has ever failed was the 4a from that firmware update that killed the batteries, and Google replaced the battery for free and now it's running like a champ
from what i've seen it seems like the pixel line just has a curse placed upon it, where every model has 1% of phones suffer from fairly major hardware problems and the other 99% are perfectly fine.
Similar experience here. I loved the Google pixel and wanted to keep loving it, but they're just not well made. My partner and I have both had them for years and they just don't last. Meanwhile, we're not big fans of Samsung, but their phones do last.
I have heard lots of things about how terrible the Pixel 6 is. I have had mine since launch with no issues. Maybe I just got lucky, I don't know.