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I'm still on the Pixel 3! I can't get off. I bounced off the Pixel 6. It's too big in my hand. The finger print sensor is in a weird spot. Android 13 is more restrictive. And worst? It's not faster or better. It's legitimately a hard _downgrade_ for me.

I have 2 Pixel 3s now (microphone died and battery swelled) but they run everything snappy! I might just keep buying Pixel 3s off eBay, its so much cheaper. My main worry is lack of security updates, especially with the webp vulnerability.

>>cobert+(OP)
I won't be moving off of the Pixel 5a until the hardware breaks. Fingerprint sensor on the back and the camera notch all the way to the left are so good. With the case on the phone, my finger naturally lands on the sensor when I pick it up and it unlocks lightning fast. I don't understand why we can't have fingerprint sensors on the back anymore :-(

>>cobert+(OP)
My wife and I are on the pixel 3 still as well. I hate the size of the 8, but that camera sure looks real nice...

Her pixel 3 is also starting to shutdown randomly which is concerning since our last phones were the bootlooping nexus 5x.

>>cobert+(OP)
Have you looked at the Zenphone 10? That appears to be the true Pixel 3 successor.

>>cobert+(OP)
The on-screen fingerprint sensor on newer models is infuriating. Unlocking the screen is always a two-action operation of "tap the screen -> wait for it to fade in / wake up -> put your finger on the sensor".

The first tap to waken the screen often fails so I have to try one or two more times.

It's a small thing but, I have to tumble with it probably 100+ times a day given how often I check my phone for e.g. Slack. It should be the smoothest part of operation, imo.

>>hueheh+Qs
On my Samsung S23 I can use the fingerprint reader without "tap to wake" just on the black screen. Is that not possible with pixels?

>>valzam+vw
Not on the Pixel 6a, at least.

>>hueheh+Qs
That sounds infuriating. My iPhone SE (2022), bought second-hand for $250, has a fantastic fingerprint reader; indeed, when I have headphones in and Siri asks me to unlock my device to do something, I slip my hand into my pocket and find the sensor with my thumb.

>>hueheh+7y
Hello fellow Pixel 6a'er.

If you go to Settings > Display > Lock Screen > "Always show time and info" and turn it on, it'll always show the time, notification icons and the fingerprint icon to show you where to position your finger. It does say that this reduces battery life.

I keep "Lift to check phone" on as if I need to unlock my phone, I'm usually going to lift it up into my hands. Unfortunately it and "Tap to check phone" are a bit buggy and don't always work correctly.

>>hueheh+Qs
I had that problem with Pixel. I switched to Samsung phones and the screen fingerprint sensor works perfectly. This might be a Pixel-only problem.

>>matttb+Sd
Yeah, both my Nexus and Pixel 1 had that issue. I lost 6 months photos and other data because of that. Now I continuously backup my entire phone to my file server when on my home wifi, and a whiff of a bootloop gets me rattled.

My current Pixel 3 has done something similar twice, but it's going good so far so

>>freedo+db
_Progress_

>>chroma+In
I have the 9 and it's a fairly good phone, but seems to have a hard time working with UK phone networks. I get patchy 4G, not sure I've ever seen 5G, and there seems to be a very magic combination of settings that allows me to actually make and receive calls (turning of VoLTE, and a bunch of other things need to be on or off). A shame, because otherwise I love the form factor and other features.