Google Pixel and Pixel XL

Yeah that would make sense.

Shame these are so hard to buy (from Google) I'd have had one by now if I could get one.

I'm after a 128GB Black XL if anyone knows where I can find one, and I'm not paying £1149 like the ones listed on Amazon! :rolleyes:
 
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So what's the general consensus on the pixel? Battery life good? Do people use the swipe down on the fingerprint scanner? I am an iPhone 7 user, I tried an s7, but found it very quiet, was missing calls on the farm. It was also a bit laggy. So I was thinking of buying a pixel from google direct, are returns handled easily if I don't like it?
 
matthewwhitton said:
So what's the general consensus on the pixel? Battery life good? Do people use the swipe down on the fingerprint scanner? I am an iPhone 7 user, I tried an s7, but found it very quiet, was missing calls on the farm. It was also a bit laggy. So I was thinking of buying a pixel from google direct, are returns handled easily if I don't like it?
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Google returns go to Germany and turnaround is pretty quick. Around 4 business days if I remember correctly.
 
kona786 said:
Mint condition, £400 I'd say.
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I wont lie, I thought that was a bit low when I read it, but having a look on eBay, they are selling anywhere from £300 to £400.

paradigm said:
Looks like I'm going to pick up a 32GB Pixel in mint condition, but no box or accessories for £275!
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No box or accessories sounds rather suspicious? Do you know the person?
 
There is no "person", I work for a mobile phone recycler, any phones that make it into stock have been sat on for a while after being checkmend searched :)
 
matthewwhitton said:
So what's the general consensus on the pixel? Battery life good? Do people use the swipe down on the fingerprint scanner? I am an iPhone 7 user, I tried an s7, but found it very quiet, was missing calls on the farm. It was also a bit laggy. So I was thinking of buying a pixel from google direct, are returns handled easily if I don't like it?
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Battery life is really good on mine, easily get a day of moderate use. I was at a wedding last weekend and left the house with 100% at 10am on the Saturday and when I got back at 1pm on the Sunday it was 36%, mighty impressive. Good to know that you can at least head away on an overnight stay and not need the charger.
No lag whatsoever. I always had Samsung phones and couldn't get over how nippy these pixels are, any Samsung I've used since is just a laggy mess in comparison.
I rarely use the slide down for notifications truth be told, it's a good feature but I don't use it much.
 
So my Pixel XL doesn't lay flat on a table. It rocks when pressed on the upper right corner or lower left corner. A quick google shows that a lot of people encountered this problem too. It turns out its easy to bend due to the slimness of the device. Its been in a case since day 1 and I never sat on it or anything like that. I just keep it in the left side pocket of my trousers. The pocket does get tight when it sit down.

But thankfully it was an easy fix. I just held the phone between my 2 hands and gently bend it the other way. Now it lays flat again.

Anyone here experienced the same issue before?
 
My nexus5x has just started bootlooping today... this might push me over the edge to buy a pixel if I can get it replaced on insurance as it is now well out of warranty.
 
I have been so impressed with the pixel. Yep it's not the slimmest and prettiest phone. But the software and day to do use is incredible.
 
Okay, that's not a boot loop then is it? Bootloop means it will boot, but then loops the boot over and over. It wont boot into recovery using a combination of key presses? (Power and vol down)
 
Well I'm just going by the definition I saw online - it loops, over and over whilst booting, close enough to me. :)

It just boots to the "Google" splash screen, buzzes, and boots back the "Google" splash screen repeat ad nauseaum.

It will not go into recovery mode - I just said that above ;) You get to the menu, if you choose recovery, it just goes back to its looping. It won't even power off.
 
So you can get to Fastboot? Surely you can adb there? (Sorry, I'm struggling with what you say as to me they contradict is all. I could be remembering things wrong off course :) )
 
Maybe I'm not being clear - so don't apologise, I appreciate your help. :)

I can get to fastboot, but it won't go into recovery. I can't seem to connect to it in fastboot mode for some reason - but I have been able to do so in the past so I know it works.
 
Happy to chat offline if you've got some time :)

Or if you have any other suggestions - I'm all ears. I've submitted an insurance claim anyway, so can always cancel it if I can get it up and running.

This happened after I did an OTA update last night.
 
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