Google Pixel 3

I really despise this phone – the hardware is very nice but there are so many ways in which I think the software sucks that I don’t even know where to start.This is an absolutely horrible phone, a death waiting to happen!the designers must be 20-something kids, because any adult who uses a phone in the real world would never want one that is so distracting and so difficult to use. The worst feature of this entire phone is the phone app itself. For instance, I almost just crashed because I had an incoming call but nowhere on the phone could I see anything that said answer, whereas my previous iPhone would have had a nice clear incoming message with a big button that said answer. When you do take a call, for any number of reasons you may end up with a tiny little icon in the upper-left corner that let you return to the call. Tough to hit, especially if you have adult size hands, and especially if you are driving at the time. They pack it full of features, but don’t make the most common items the easiest to use.Then they add in a bunch of Auto features, but I can’t tell you the number of times I type something and it filled in a word that was wrong and I had to go and delete but it had typed.Then there is the Bluetooth – for whatever reason it does not play well with my car, and I frequently answer a call only to find neither can hear each other until I take it off Bluetooth.Then there are times when it’s connected to the Bluetooth of the car, but I do something such as play a voicemail in the voicemail does not play through the car even though they are supposed to be connected.

I really despise this phone – the hardware is very nice but there are so many ways in which I think the software sucks that I don’t even know where to start.This is an absolutely horrible phone, a death waiting to happen!the designers must be 20-something kids, because any adult who uses a phone in the real world would never want one that is so distracting and so difficult to use. The worst feature of this entire phone is the phone app itself. For instance, I almost just crashed because I had an incoming call but nowhere on the phone could I see anything that said answer, whereas my previous iPhone would have had a nice clear incoming message with a big button that said answer. When you do take a call, for any number of reasons you may end up with a tiny little icon in the upper-left corner that let you return to the call. Tough to hit, especially if you have adult size hands, and especially if you are driving at the time. They pack it full of features, but don’t make the most common items the easiest to use.Then they add in a bunch of Auto features, but I can’t tell you the number of times I type something and it filled in a word that was wrong and I had to go and delete but it had typed.Then there is the Bluetooth – for whatever reason it does not play well with my car, and I frequently answer a call only to find neither can hear each other until I take it off Bluetooth.Then there are times when it’s connected to the Bluetooth of the car, but I do something such as play a voicemail in the voicemail does not play through the car even though they are supposed to be connected.

Item arrived as described, sealed and unopened with all accessories and documents included, and arrived just before Christmas Eve, sooner than promised!Update: Have transferred from iPhone 6 to Pixel 3 and though it was tricky to transfer my data, was able to do it successfully including contacts, texts, music, photos, notes and most of my apps. Battery lasts more than 24 hours, and all phone functions are great especially the cameras and the speakers.The pure Android 9 software is a delight to use and much smoother than iOS based devices.

This phone is GREAT except for ONE MAJOR FLAW – the battery life is terrible! I mean, I am blown away by how awful. On a full charge, with regular use, the battery runs out after about 5-6 hours. That is just not acceptable at all in a brand new, high tech, high end expensive phone like this. It’s really a shame too, since everything else on this phone is so stellar. Especially the photos. But my previous, 2 year old, $175 Motorola phone has a battery life that’s twice as good as this one out of the box. Google really needs to figure out the battery issue because otherwise this is a great phone, but the battery life is simply unacceptable. I returned mine.

This phone is GREAT except for ONE MAJOR FLAW – the battery life is terrible! I mean, I am blown away by how awful. On a full charge, with regular use, the battery runs out after about 5-6 hours. That is just not acceptable at all in a brand new, high tech, high end expensive phone like this. It’s really a shame too, since everything else on this phone is so stellar. Especially the photos. But my previous, 2 year old, $175 Motorola phone has a battery life that’s twice as good as this one out of the box. Google really needs to figure out the battery issue because otherwise this is a great phone, but the battery life is simply unacceptable. I returned mine.