Some Pixels Have Problems (techtimes.com)

An anonymous reader quotes Tech Times: Pixel owners have so far reported on camera issues, audio issues, LTE band 4 connectivity problems and others, but the random freezing remains among the most persistent ones. While most previous issues have already received a fix, users have been complaining about the Google Pixel or Pixel XL randomly freezing since November and it seems Google has yet to get to the bottom of this. The official Pixel User Community forum has a long thread on the matter and the discussion started a good while back [in early November]...

[U]sers reporting on the Pixel Community Forum run different apps and they haven't found a common denominator just yet, and some don't have any third-party apps at all, further suggesting that the issue might not be caused by a third-party app. On the other hand, some Pixel owners got rid of this issue by uninstalling a third-party app called Live360 Family Locator, but others didn't even have the app installed and still experienced the issues.
Despite the problems, "most Pixel owners thus far have been quite pleased with their device," notes BGR -- though Softpedia also reports on some users complaining about "static and distorted sounds when at the three highest volume levels."

Comments

WTF?

[adolf]

I thought the main benefit of a Google phone was that it worked well, and tended to be cheap.

This one isn't cheap, and doesn't work well.

Re:WTF?

[Higaran]

Yes, google really screwed up on this year, they literally built a iphone clone, running android, and got rid off all the things that made their phones great, including the name.

What the hell is a "Pixel"?

[Anonymous Coward]

I was looking at my monitor looking for dead pixels and wondering how you would know which pixels are dead?
Could we please maybe add a FUCKING SENTENCE to describe what the FUCK you are talking about!?

The problem could be Android

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm on a different Android phone and recently upgraded to the latest version of Android and dealing with freezes and extreme sluggishness almost daily.

Typical problem rate for smartphones?

[yobtah]

Smartphones are complex. A few examples of any given model will have problems. iPhone, Galaxy, Pixel, all of them. Does anyone know what typical problem rates are? Are the problem rates for Pixel phones close to typical? If so, there's nothing notable to see here.

Re:Not just Pixel

[drinkypoo]

it's not overly problematic, but when it does it completely freezes the device until some watchdog kicks in and it reboots itself.

Reboots itself? Luxury! Why, in my day we had to hold the power button down for five seconds.