I was thinking about going with a pixel for my next device so that I could use graphene because I've used pixels in the past and they were fine but with all these battery issues I'm having serious second thoughts.
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They are doing free battery replacements. So at least they're doing the right thing.
The battery of my Pixel 6 started to bloat and leak last week. I contacted support. After a bit of back and forth where they asked me to provide proof of purchase and pictures of the phone, they sent me a brand new Pixel 6 and told me to just recycle the old one.
I reported the issue on Tuesday, received the new phone on Friday. That's not bad support for a 4 year old device that's long out of warranty. I fully expected them to tell me to go F my self.
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I still have an old Pixel 7 Pro lying around, which I had recently used to setup a second SIM. Every time I turned it on it immediately overheated for no fucking reason. Wasn't even connected to a charger.
Old? I have a 7a and i just bought it from Google…
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Two years ago.
Shit. I guess that is old in phone years
Next you'll be saying people born in the eighties are old
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Oh shit I didn't hear about the 6a also being fucked.
I lost my 4a to their shenanigans, couldn't get it repaired and have now a Xcover 6 pro which I bought refurbished. Best modern phone: swappable battery, headphone jack, long software support, micro sd
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