No joke, I lost mine in the woods, and it was inside of a faraday bag. I went to my cell phone company, got a new phone and a new sim that same day. I also went to Google and did an erase of the Pixel.<p>The next day, I went back to the woods and found my Pixel, still inside the faraday bag. The erase order hadn't gotten to the phone. It still hasn't. That's right: to this day, I've kept the phone in that bag, waiting and praying for some way to reverse the wipe command I gave to Google. One day, Google will enable me to reverse that wipe order, I have faith.
I used to be a big fan, but they lost me when they stopped letting me access my data. On Google ROMs apps can store data that the user can't access. It is fucked up. This is my device and my data. So I switched to LineageOS as they respect my autonomy.
I have a Pixel 4xl with the common battery ribbon connector problem.
Google replaced the battery once within the first year, and then again a year later. Then, a year later the problem came back. I went to the same store, and was told Google would not fix the battery again.. that after 2 times it's a motherboard problem and that isn't under extended warranty like the battery.<p>So I went on Amazon, bought a new battery for $18 including tools, and installed it as a first timer in 20 minutes. Works great.<p>Not every consumer is able to do that. So Google just burns them.
I stopped buying Google Pixel when my Pixel XL randomly stopped working... something to do with the flash chip. Google said basically "Oh, well, buy a new one".
The Pixel business has failed<p>Forget about challenging Apple...the Pixel line barely competes with Samsung. There is no way this is a win for Google, and its long past time they gave it up.<p>Quality and software issues (from Google!) plague these phones. Even now, there is a trending story of an update that is causing phones to get hot...and this is from Google who controls the software, hardware, deployment...<p>And then there is the pure junk like the Pixel Watch and the upcoming tablet...inferior products that should never have been brought to market. Were even 100k Pixel Watches sold?<p>I was loyal until my Pixel 3 swelled to the point I was concerned it would catch fire<p>After that, back to Samsung...no problems since<p>Even if the Pixel phones were great products...they don't sell in volume. Time for Google to accept that Samsung runs the Android market.