Its crazy how in 2001 i would wake up, turn my pc on, brew a pot of coffee, use the restroom, get some water, and come back to my computer for it to still be booting up and now we're complaining it takes 0.5s to get into our phones.
You're right, the progress is amazing. Though, that pixel fingerprint scanner is abysmally slow for 800 dollars. My mums 200 dollar phone's fingerprint scanner is way faster than that.
@@definingslawek4731 Yeah same, my dad has a Huawei with a physical scanner which is infinitely better than my note 20 ultra under screen fingerprint reader which doesn't work half the time lol. I miss the physical ones so much.
Having used it for a day, the 0.1 seconds (in my experience) it takes is not annoying, I was annoyed though by my iPhone unlocking instantly whenever I touched it by accident
If Google really wants to have his market share with Apple and Samsung they NEED TO SELL Pixel worldwide, not only in USA, Australia, Germany and etc but in others counties as well, that's ridiculous
@Joe well I think there's another thing about being talked about and it's about governments in order for Google to be in other countries they would have to allow Google to be another countries like China
In a time of huge global supply constraints for things like silicon this was not the year to expand availability, even though Google probably would have liked to. It'll come. Covid screwed a lot of things.
Pixels are the only Android phones which uses their camera capabalities in the third party apps via pixel core. That should be a big selling point but no one seems to focus on that
@@wildzi it's still worse than the main camera app but it's on par with iPhone cameras, in most apps that is. Apps like TikTok make the back camera look worse than 144p
@@Firstfalconfree pro tip: once in a while, take off the case and wipe down the entire phone and the inside of the case and the port/speaker areas with a lightly damp microfiber cloth. Over time, dust and debris can accumulate on the inside and etch the glass of the phone. and if you drop it very hard one day on accident-the debris can act as tiny rocks and shatter it.
@@Johnnygga That’s really interesting, thank you. I clean my phones occasionally, but as a farmer, I’m pretty rough on them, so I should definitely do it more often.
I bought the pixel 6 after watching this, as for the price it just seemed like a no brainer. The biggest drawback seemed like the battery not being much better. I've been using the phone for a few weeks now and I'm completely mystified by the comments in this video. As an example I've just been using my phone (games / streaming) for over 2 hours on a train, with loads of apps open, Bluetooth location everything on, and it's barely made a dint in the battery. It's on 81% and wasn't full when I left. Thought this should be said as the review is super misleading
As an google pixel 6 pro owner since November, I have to say my biggest gripe with the phone has been battery. Because at least for me, the phone gets hot while using regular apps like twitter and the battery just gets drained pretty fast for me. Does not last me a day, shame.
@@gjorgigjorgiev1 Well, still not good honestly. Like, kinda bad if I'm being honest. Rn in holding my phone in my hands and dude it's so hot I've never had a phone get this hot before! So Yea, smooth as heck and takes good pics but gets very hot and the battery suffers for it.
Google is trying too hard to create a differentiating design that rivals the iPhone notch, which is an iconic look. Basically everything Apple makes becomes an instant iconic classic.
In France prices are so different cause of taxes. Pixel 6 Pro remains at 899€ However iPhone 13 Pro Max or S21 Ultra cost 1259€… So Pixel 6 Pro, on the Android side at least, is a way better deal in France than in the US !
T'as moins de 'likes' ici qu'en France... Ça fait un peu bizarre cette énorme différence en terme de discrétion dans les commentaires. Je suis aussi tout à fait d'accord avec tes dires et trouve amusant d'avoir souvent avec les Pixel cette différence de placement par rapport aux marché entré les US et l'Europe ou du moins la France...
I am a fairly poor tech nerd so I am usually a flagship or 2 behind those richer than me, just got my brand new Pixel 6 and I love it, huge upgrade from the 4a I had, incredible photography, great videos, plays games like diablo 4 and wild rift on max settings at 60 FPS, good battery life, beautiful screen, 5G and just an all round great device. Oh and for those looking for a phone to vlog with or film , edit and upload TH-cam videos, the pixel phones have optical and digital image stabilisation for insanely good videos, the mic is actually better than most and with 5g you can upload your your vids waaay faster. even the pixel 4a has an incredible camera for filming with fantastic image stabilisation. You can go for a run while filming with a pixel phone and it will very gently and subtly move up and down. While Google make phones I will never buy another brand.
Upgraded this year from my One Plus 5, it started having call issues so after 5 years it was more than deserved. Got it insanely cheap, and I'm impressed with the phone's performance, and luckily the Fingerprint Sensor hasn't given me issues yet, and that's with a glass screen protector, main reason I got the phone was for Camera, and wow, it is amazing, especially for the price.
@@shameermalik5540 No bugs to report yet, nor signal issues. And that's taking into account I live in a Rural area, were there spots were signal barely comes through, and haven't had any issues yet. Battery life easily lasts me an entire day, with battery to spare. Granted I'm not into Social media too much so most usage it gets is Reddit.
I think iOS have some Shazam integration that tells you what song it is in the background but yea you have to manually switch it on from the control center. It’s not automatic
Now Playing is an amazing feature. I just switched to an iPhone after using Pixels for the past 4 years and I really miss Now Playing, Shazam on the iPhone just doesn't compare
When I was on deployment, without internet for months, my pixel picked up a song someone was playing in the shower. Which makes me wonder how much space is used to recognize songs offline. And what the criteria for that is. Do they have recognition files for songs that are popular at the time? I was kind of creeped out tbh, though I still love the feature.
@@peepeezza They have a small set of songs that they can recognize offline, its maybe 20000, I'm not entirely sure, and it doesn't take up much storage at all. And of course the list is updated regularly to include new popular songs.
I am new to your reviews and I am liking them a lot. The description you gave of the real strengths to the Tensor is one of the best I have seen, and you do understand about photography and make pertinent comparisons, which is not too common with other reviewers and reviews sites.Your list of drawbacks is also very good, and these are things which will matter in actual use. Particularly the battery life, if there is anything keeping me from getting the Pixel 6 is that. If I may add a few problems which are not often mentioned but can be a deal breaker for some: 1) Google deliberately prevents their phones, including the Pixel 6, to stream video and audio to HDMI via a dongle. This is because they want users to use their chromecast instead. But this is limiting. Latency over chromecast (wifi essentially) is high. So one cannot for instance run a steam link on the phone to stream games to a projector over LAN, because latency will cause problems. Similarly, someone simply wanting to display a presentation or other material via hdmi will be unable to. Admittedly not a lot of people will need that. But if they do, finding up that their expensive tech marvel cannot do what a few hundreds bucks phone can, and knowing that it is a deliberate choice from Google.. Well, it leaves a bit of bitter aftertaste. 2) Google implementation of audio streaming prevents some dongles and devices to receive audio. For instance your average wired phone adapter on amazon or similar will not work with this Pixel. It is possible to find compatible adapters and they are not too expensive. But the problem will affect high end DAC too, external audio interfaces which musicians might like to use on the go, and similar. Again, not necessarily a common scenario, but finding out that your high tech phone is designed so to prevent you from doing these basic things which any cheap handset can do.. It does not feel so good.
As somebody who has dabbled in photography since the days of film, $300 seems pretty reasonable for a piece of telephoto glass. That said, my Nikon still does a lot of stuff Pixel can't. Other side: Nikon can't call 911 when I fall off that ledge.
I also think the 300 is justified for the telephoto, more ram, higher rez screen with a faster refresh rate and bigger battery. I use my Sony a7iii everyday, but it still amazes me what night sight can do and o often shoot with my phone in low light situations even if I have my mirrorless camera because it's easy to produce an image that I'm happy with. That said, I can't wait for that computational photography to come to bigger cameras at least for handheld low light photos.
Even though photos may look a tad too tonemapped sometimes, I bet in the blind photo comparison, average person will pick those vs flat realistic shots
I 100% prefer Pixel shots. I prefer to be able to see more and have the possibility to darken the shadows and what not in editing software than to not be able to see stuff and have no possibility of lightening to see more later on. Pixel gives more options, even if not completely realistic to real life.
Not really a fan of the overly HDR pictures. My Oneplus 9 does the same in some situation. IMO you gotta keep it tastefull. A good HDR image is where you barely see it. Bring out the shadows when needed but keep them black, not grey. Slight clipping in the higlights isn't the end of the world either. Wish they would allow the possibility to set the HDR level.
Of course. People constantly lie to themselves about what they say they prefer vs what they really naturally prefer. So much BS pretentiousness out there these days.
@@jijoaugustian9691 How do you know it’s going to be a 10 lol. The software update might not even do anything, and there might not even be one for the camera to begin with. Speculation is just speculation until there are actual results.
Most companies do that. Even here in India and iPhone 13 pro not pro max but pro cost 1500 USD. It's insane. And I am pretty sure when then bring Pixel 6 and 6 pro to India. Both will cost 800 and 1200 respectively. And then when they don't sell much phones here they blame customer.
@@Kaavin_dixit I know. Sad tho, it's a great device and one of few with stock Android left in market. Oneplus is shit now. Oxygen OS is basically Color OS. I hope Motorola pick up some pace and launch some good phones with good software support.
I've watched a lot of pixel 6 reviews since I am waiting for my pre-order and this is by far the best and most detailed analysis I have seen. You deserve all 15 million of your followers.
@GhostRider i think it needs software updates, since they had so much new heardware to compile this year, they couldn't optimise it well enough. Updates would improve things i guess. But it was still good in battery tests, much better than what he claims, so i guess either his battery usage is super intensive or it's just consistency issue from software.
@@troytucker2573 it seems fine. It's no moto g power or anything. Will need to be charged after a day of normal use. But charges fast if you need a top off. Pretty standard.
What an incredible review! Detailed research and clear to-the-point delivery and beautiful presentation makes this channel several levels above other tech reviewers!
Except for his nitpicking. Why would I want my thumb print to be recognized under 0.5 second. Imagine the number of times you would accidentally unlock your phone because of your thumb was passing by. Marques reviews needs to be more realistic to your average user.
@@jspr1te529 wasn't as good? It's terrible for 3/4h sot. Calling it average at best is over complimenting it. Given other brand, it would have been bashed so hard
Is it possible to disable the automatic punctuation? It absolutely sucked in this video of it, so I'm nervous that that's going to be a dealbreaker for me.
Pixel 6 pro here. I managed to get a big improvement with the battery by going app by app and selecting Restricted battery use on every app that I don't need to have any real time notifications from. Example: I don't care about Twitter notifications, so I don't need it working in the background. All the games too, as soon as I stop using them, I don't want or need them in the background.
Can I just say that I think those photos look great? If that's what google's processing thinks I want my photos to look like, well, it's right. This is, as always, an absolutely wonderful review.
I can't believe there is not some slider in the camera settings where you can chose your black point. A photo in summertime and only grey in the darkest shade looks like CGI.... I want to be able to chose how much it is HDR'ing.
My thoughts exactly! when he said that the iPhone camera array is better, I disagree. I think he should have stated that as his opinion. I thought all the sample shots he took on the pixel looked way better
@@caleidoo there is? I'm surprised that MKBHD didn't mention how great the editing software is built right into the camera. All you do is click edit and then slide things around. It works great. It takes about 10 seconds
@@S7ARBOY Never owned a Pixel, but I am using a ported and extended Google Cam app on my Android phone and it has a million settings. Good to know the Pixel 6 - which I'm interested in - has also an option to change contrast, colors etc... MKBHB should have mentioned that, but I guess he reviews phones "as is", which is understandable too.
I upgraded from OnePlus 6- I keep my phone's for a while. Couldn't be happier. Camera is mind blowing, and the 5 years of updates sold it for me (also the pre order bonus of Bose headphones in UK is amazing)
I am on a oneplus 6 as well. I like the look of the pixel 6 but I already feel my OnePlus is the absolute maximum sized phone I want. How have you found going even bigger?
I realize that I'm weighing in a bit late here but I caught a glimpse of this video and after about 9 months of owning this phone, I have to say that it's still impresses me daily. First of all that speech to text is unparalleled, as far as I know. You are certainly right that the Tensor isn't about super high-end gaming and more about Google innovation. To me it's a rip off playing action games anyway on phones. I'll wait till I get home to play FPS games where I can truly feel engaged. Or get up portable console. This phone is all about productivity over entertainment for me. And this is truly a very tasteful review and I give you kudos for it!
Everything you said in your comment is very accurate and true. I too am very impressed by this smartphone, but the only thing I would've changed is the curved edges, not a fan of the edge screen but do prefer bigger and sharper displays so that's why I still decided to purchase the Google Pixel 6 Pro over the regular Pixel 6.
@Joe I mean the whole back is glass, I had to case my 3 XL too for the same reason, idk but seems kinda weird to have something so expensive that people easily drop so slippery, almost like they want that to happen.
I have a 2 XL and got a case because it was kinda slick despite being metal, and it just felt too thin in my hand... 100% getting a case for the Pro as well.
Gotta say i thoroughly enjoyed this review. It’s by far the best one I’ve seen. Everyone making these so called Pixel 6/6 Pro reviews spend 90% of the video talking about the camera and that 10% they’ll just read the specs. You really went into depth of how it functions battery life etc. Great review I’ll be scooping mine up tomorrow and see how much i like it.
It’s also to give a more complete review, you can never get the full experience after 1 day or 1 week of use. The first impression videos are what other youtubers would likely call a full review.
I wish he hadn't because he touched on the pain points I had and would have passed if I saw this video first. I kept waiting for Marques, so relied on the hype boys reports- mistake for me :) Mine is in the mail back to sender.
@@infin8one better to wait after a new product releases, I usually buy last year's flagship on black Friday deals. I got my brand new pixel 3 for 250 bucks just one year after release. This year I might go for the pixel 5.
Marques' experience with the battery life is different from my own. Today I used my P6 Pro to watch about 2 hours of TikTok, about 2 hours of Spotify, and some TH-cam videos, along with standard checking email, text messages, etc. It's almost 11 PM and my battery life is at 45% without charging in the middle of the day. Gaming probably draws more power, but I haven't used my P6 Pro for that yet.
I think the pixel 6s capability to condense high contrast image without blowing the image out is amazing, it looks weird on some pictures causing the over the top HDR effect but we're talking about information retention here, a blown out image looks more natural but it has a less fine color gradient to work with, the same effect can be achieved fairly easily in post production since the look is essentially replicating information loss. (Just mess with the contrast and blacks and whites)
That's true, but I think if you don't want to edit them a lot, like most phone users don't do I'd assume, it's better to have less of an HDR look and keep it more, while if you plan to edit them extensively, it's better to shoot in RAW anyways.
you're right. I once heard that google was hesitant to change their lenses because their ML was built on those lenses and changing them would be like starting all over again. but with much improved sensors i know for a fact that after they retrain their software the improvements will come fast, probably in pixel 7
It will. I remember when I got Pixel 2 XL at the beginning it was mediocre, still good photos, but not a ton different from competitors. However, in a couple of updates photos got to the best quality that you can get.
Hey a Pixel 6 user in 2023. Android 12 was chaotic as hell! Im glad that i'm very happy with the Android 13 update/Android 14 dev build. Fingerprint reader is solid for my use(slightly faster than this video you published an year ago) but not the fastest like those big bois in the market. Battery life improved a butt ton on Android 13, either my usage is light or the updates, but hell I've been getting 8-10h ish SoT. And the price, I'm currently in India(where tech is fricking overpriced, got this bad boi for 500 usd, when other "flagship" series like the S21/s22, iphone 13(back when pixel was competing with was basically like 1k+usd, like cmon these arent even "flagships") pixel's pricing, even with the Pixel 7 series is really good and can be a cheaper alternative for almost the same features/hardware ya get with. Tensor has been pretty decent, doesn't get hot, gaming performance is decent for an average user. Very happy with my purchase and would go for Pixels in the future as well!
@@gilanggilang9859 I live in India so yea it does get a bit warm during Summers, but temp here is crazy hjgh(40c+), so my brain and any phone will boil I've upgraded to a Pixel 7 btw
Got to meet Marques at an ultimate tournament last week! I asked what phones he was daily driving and he couldn't tell me... Now I see why! Great review!
Background music detection has been around for a while though. My Pixel 3XL got it in an update last year, I think? I don't know why it's constantly brought up as this new and amazing feature.
Ah he over pumps Huawei and iPhone while underselling Samsung and others. He made the Z Fold 3 for example, seem like a piece of China that one can't blow on.
@@InitialFailure "piece of China " so he blows Huawei (Chinese brand) but makes fun of Samsung like a piece of china (which's Korean) what??? would you please attach a timestamp?
Having watched half a dozen tech reviewers, you are the best. Good content, objective reviews. There is no need for things like jumping onto the chair, jumping into the camera or jumping anywhere. Just go MKBHD style and you will never go wrong.
Awesome to hear Marques say almost incredible... I have a lot of faith in software updates and I m sure its gonna get better... But the most disappointing thing is it doesn't ship to so many countries like India... Such a bummer
Google probably wants to build momentum and prove out the product line as worth investing more resources in. Remember, they're still fundamentally an ad company, and revenue from the phones aren't yet THAT big a portion of their revenue. Maybe the 7 or 8 will launch more widely.
Been using Android 12 on my Pixel 4 for a bit and I agree on the internet toggle being annoying. I don't know why they felt the need to combine wifi and mobile broadband when having them separate was perfectly functional
@@baranish2792 wouldn't count on it too much. Google did a similar kinda thing with TH-cam's video resolution option (which seemed totally unnecessary to me). Google is yet to change it back to the original.
That INTERNET TOGGLE! It's so true, I've been a nexus/pixel fan for years and a pure Android fan for forever, and that toggle is bugging me to no end. Great review!
Thank you for your informative + insightful review. I enjoy hearing your perspective and explanations. Appreciate you sharing about the little details and nuisances. It's been a few days with my new phone (Pixel 6 Pro) after a few years of really loving my Pixel 3. Finding lots of pros and cons too. Overall very happy with the upgrade
In an ideal world, I'd love to be able to quickly swap between the two because sometimes a black sky is more aesthetic. But seeing as most phones don't even have the option to show stars and bright lights at the same time, I think I'm still going to jump over to the Pixel 6 Pro! And hopefully turning HDR options off in settings somewhere will allow for those darker shots when wanted, too
@@markarts404 I think for someone who has basic knowledge of cameras and photography pixel would be good cause its capable of doing a lot. You just have to work with the sliders and sometimes manual mode, and you can get great results
@@markarts404 to be fair it's super easy to quickly go into the photos app and adjust the contrast and black level sliders in post if you think its too bright. Thats what I do on some of my pixel astro shots right now if i want the sky to be completely black and it takes about 5 seconds. The google photos editor is really good.
Hey Marques! Love your reviews, they cover pretty much everything I'm interested in whatever it is you're reviewing. One gripe I have is when going back on a review to double check what you said I find myself skipping through the video trying to search the timestamp where you covered that aspect. Would be a cool addition for you to start adding timestamps, especially to the reviews. Thanks!
I like nice phones, but not so much the prices of them, so I buy used. When I want a new used phone, Marques Brownlee's 2 year old video's are my go to and my step one.
Marques’s team are so insanely perfect at shooting those intro shots that companies can hire them to make promotional videos(+ads) for their products👌🏼🔥
I think we'll see how the Pixel 6 Pro ages in its screen on time as Google steadily releases updates and optimization on its first in-house designed silicon. I don't mind the lower screen on time, but I agree that it looks extremely lackluster in contrast to Apples chips. Again, we do have to remember that this is it's first silicon. It has potential. Let's see where they go with it.
@@Scoob609 I still haven't had any problems. Sorry that it was an all time low for your phone experiences, friend. I hope the next phone proves far more reliable for you.
@@TsunaXZ P7Pro user now. This is the phone the P6Pro should have been. If you're looking at the 6, skip it. Go for the 7 and onward. Definitely a far better phone
@@b1_ferg Can't justify that $200 difference tho, I mean what does P7 do better than P6 aside from the usual stuff. Honest question btw, kinda torn between those two.
This may be me reading too much into it but when the camera zooms in to Marques or even the default shot, we still see still see the stands, is that because it’s ‘almost incredible’ and not quite perfect?
Just got my 6 Pro - 24 hours in, I love it. It surprises me that none of the tech reviewers are talking much about the speakers. This is the first Android I've had that rivals iPhone speakers.
i found for speaker phone, not louder than the S20 ultra but WAY more distorted. Camera is no better than the S20 either and maybe worse in some ways. Certainly not an upgrade. Mostly its about gimmicks. Its not really better hardware or camera, it just does tricks which you can do with photo edit software and a real camera for far better results. if you haven't bought a new phone since 2017 then its a step up.
@@jamescohen disagree. I'm coming from the s21 and I like this a lot better. If hardware specs were the deciding factor everyone would use like the Sony Xperia and no one would use iPhone lol.
@@z85.xas someone who's been using it since launch, it's amazing for my needs. the fingerprint sensor has since been made faster via software updates, you get android updates faster than other companies, the AI features are super cool and Google apps seamlessly integrate with one another.
I'm very confident Google is working towards improving some of pixel's camera output. They got the hardware now and all they need is some improvements to processing, which they have already excelled in the past. Remember, they struggled with implementing new stuffs on snapdragon chips. With their own processor they have much better control and efficiency can be greatly improved on the programming side. Upcoming updates are going to be very interesting for pixel users. Enjoy the great phone! A great start to holiday season!
I hope you're right but I don't think they have an incentive to make any big improvements past its current state since they reviews and impressions have already come out.
@@borkborkbork The reviews have no impact/relation on improvements to be made. As someone who works with programming and chips, the scope of improvements is huge if you know how to play with your chip. Remember their 50MP Cam is still using less than half its potential on launch.
@@borkborkbork one reason they kept the prior sensor for 4 years is because they kept iterating the software to get more out of it. They've likely only really been tweaking the software for the new sensors for 1 - 1½ years, and they'll likely keep them for next year as well, so it's very likely we'll see ongoing improvements made.
After 3 years I upgraded from the Google Pixel 3 to Google Pixel 6. It's been a few days and i actually really enjoy it. I always love the camera quality but i can see improvement in it. The only downside right now is the finger sensor, it does take a while. As for size, I have to get used to it. Recently google added an emergency SOS feature, honestly very happy about it. Battery life has been very good considering the amount of music I listen to.
I had my pixel 2 xl for 4.5 years and just upgraded to the pixel 6. The phone is amazing. Great UI, good battery life, amazing camera quality and overall a cool-looking phone
Nice phone but to be frank with you, if every phone were to be 100% PERFECT without a flaw the they would be down right boring and people will not buy then. What do you think about it? Please reply.
Man that embargo was killing me up until the 25th. Finally we can truly see how the phone is. And with Google making their own chip, it seems like more companies may try their own chips as well which in term might mean more OS/ app stores. I'm excited for the future of tech and phones.
They are not really making their own chip, not like Apple or Huawei or Samsung. Samsung made this chip, google just told them the configuration of cores that they wanted
Speech recognition: “dramatically accurate all the time”. You said: “grammatically accurate all the time”. That was funny. Thanks for a great review, as always!
My quick take: the biggest issue with Pixel 6 is the camera processing problems & battery. However, there is 0 chance that Google doesn't drastically improve the camera software via updates as they have always done. I also wonder if the Tensor battery problems could be drastically fixed via a software update. If so, than the Pixel 6 might really be an amazing phone in a few months.
Was keen to keep my Pixel 4, but it died suddenly this week. Pixel 5s are all gone, so I decided to bite the bullet and jump in. 100% agree on the camera. I'm not a big photo snob, but even I thought some of the photos look weirdly processed. Time will tell how Google updates the phone. So far I will say the battery is miles better than my Pixel 4, which I already thought had a pretty decent battery.
Buy the phone for what it is today, not what it could potentially be. Google has 0 Incentive to update anything on these phones. They'll do it if they feel like it, but don't count on it
I've been looking for a decent review of the new Pixel 6's for a while and finally stumbled on yor review. The best, most thorough review I have watched. Now I know which Pixel 6 I will purchase. Thank you and great job on the review! It is by far the most information delivered in the most pleasant way.
@@es1151 Me too... I want to save some of my parents money lmao, they say I can get the pro but it doesn't appeal all that much to me. The size, curved edges and same internals. I like that it has the extra camera and the 120hz ltpo but idk if I really need that.
@@child3219 my thoughts exactly and now I'm also considering the vivo iqoo 7. After watching and reading so many reviews I'm now not so sure about the pixel
@@es1151 I'm not sure about the pixel. I'm a diehard Samsung user at heart and the S21+ appeals to me however in my region it's limited by Exynos. I could also wait for S22. I've watched MrWhoseTheBoss and he thinks the regular Pixel 6 is the best phone of the year. I think that has convinced me. I can use the money saved from not choosing a higher end model for something else :) I'd highly recommend the regular Pixel 6
@@child3219 omg! I used Samsung all my life this my first time to buy other brands. I watched his video too. I'll choose from vivo iqoo7, pixel 6, poco f3. I actually lost my scholarship so I will benefit from any savings. Exactly, there are so many things to spend the saved money on. The samsung one will be great too. Best luck with ur purchase!
Also, because of the way he holds his phone, he's "2 actions away" from screen brightness. I hold with one hand and use other hand for screen, so two finger swipe down instant gives toggles and screen brightness. Just in case anyone didn't know that. Cheers!
As someone who edits their photos in lightroom prior to posting to social media, I still prefer the amount of detail the pixel is giving us. If it simply just gives me low amount of noise and the most dynamic range im happy.
your not gonna get the hard work edit pic or just stock pic you get on pixel pic exactly on social media the photos will always be different when you compare it.
Having been using Pixels for years, I just do edits in Google Photos. It's kinda ridiculous how good it's gotten. Picture comes across a little cold? Slide warmth and skin tone a little to the right and...done. Does it do everything Lightroom does? lolno. Is going to compress it to shit no matter what you do? Yeah.
Yep, typically it's "almost great", or "almost perfect", which to me means almost as good as the hype. But using the word incredible seems more in-line with "expectation shattering".
Somethings I really dislike about Android 12 is the circle icons and also the lack of of the Vibration icon when your phone is set to vibrate only. I've also noticed a few things now require two taps rather than one, eg the WiFi off icon and changing profile icons.
Always look forward to the MKBHD take on new phones and other tech. He is always very clear in explaining features and the tech behind it. I am surprised no reviewer has mentioned the poor video calling quality of this phone. I have the Pixel 6 Pro, and WhatsApp video calling is horrible. Just like the previous commenter, the viewfinder is very noisy in low light - video calling with WhatsApp is just unacceptable (very zoomed in a faded out). There are hundreds of users just like me with same issue and google keep passing the blame to the app developer. Even Google's own Duo app has the issue with a lot of noise. Coming from a Pixel 3XL, this feels like a downgrade. There are some articles online suggesting a fix with the December update, which now has been halted till late January. I don't think I can wait that long, since I will miss my return period.... Always been a fan of the Pixel brand, but this experience has changed my stand. I must add that the phone does produce beautiful pics just like the previous Pixel lines, just don't expect to do live events with the selfie camera
I've been a fan of the Pixel for a while, getting the first Pixel just after my iPhone 5 died. I'm really hoping their software can catch up; on paper, this looks to be a really good option for an upgrade. Otherwise, I'll stick with my Pixel 3xl. - Perry
He didn't talk about the audio about the phones, that was something I wanted to learn more about. Other than that, I loved the review!!! I just ordered my pixel 6!!! I'm exited (:
I can tell you that the speakers are outstanding. They are loud, rich and clear. Lags a bit bass, but man they are impressive. Especially when listening to music
@@FraggyOriginal I don't know how the iphone sound but I may be able to compare them later when I'm at work. A coworker has the iphone 13 pro. And by the way I own the pixel 6. I heard the 6 pro does sound a tiny bit better than the regular 6
I'm a Pixel fan. But my fanness came with front facing stereo speakers. Face it. When you use any phone, where are your fingers? Your palms? Right over the speakers, on most phones. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The camera. But what about the phone? What about the game play? What about watching videos? You want the sound aiming at you. But only Sony and some gamer phones take that into consideration. I'm still using my 3XL. And if battery life is so yuck, on the 6 pro, and no front facing stereo speakers? I'll hang. The goods don't outweigh the cons. Thanks Marquis 👍
Watching other reviews before this makes this one better, MKBHD covers almost everything about a phone/gadget than any other reviewers, consistently. Hats off!
Its amazing to see Google pull something like this together finally. Appreciate your balanced review and the focus you bring about "is this something someone will use".
@Joe yeah I agree and the carriers also know that it's Apple and Samsung that are going to drive account switch on promotions - and that they need to stock for. You're seeing that with some of the carrier availability right now T-Mobile for example is only carrying 128 GB skus. That's a combination of the supply chain woes but also carriers not really being willing to take the risk. I'm sure Google said they had it right this time. Really, we do. But the carriers have been burned by that before - the 5 and 5a were stinkers.
@Joe Pixel Watch? You know there are watches using WearOS right? And you know who else uses WearOS for their watches? Samsung, except it'll only work on their phones unless you install a shit ton of Samsung bloatware, trying to wall-garden their stuff as much as possible, ala Apple. Also, headphones aren't part of an ecosystem, there's nothing about Pixel Buds that you'll miss using them with another phone. But do you know who else cripples their stuff when used on other phones? (Apart from Apple obviously) Samsung with all their headphones, using inferior, proprietary codecs only available in their phones. They don't even use Google's fast pair to save a buck. And don't even get me started on assistants and smart home stuff, Google with Google Home simply has the best ecosystem for that
I have to say I was a bit apprehensive when getting the pixel 6. I was to late for the 6 pro so had to settle with the lesser.model. I'm really impressed with the 6. I use s21 ultra as well and can't notice any difference in the screen quality. The pixel is faster and smoother as well. It does have bigger borders than I'm used to but you get used to it. And on another plus the screen is flat. I really recommend this device and don't think a lot of people will suffer getting the 6 over the 6 pro. The 90hz screen isn't any slower than my s22 ultras 120hz screen as far as I can tell. I really like this phone.
I'm betting on Google's just having to retrain the algorithm for the whole new sensor, they perfected the old sensor but this new one has ALOT OF POTENTIAL. If they just allowed full 50mp shots and a few camera updates will make this the 10/10 champ, it's all software issues. It's trying to over sharpen prob because it's the old Algo for the old softer sensor.
But why would they release a phone before they’ve even perfected the software? I think it’s wishful thinking to think that they haven’t already spent a TON of man hours trying to perfect the software and that what is released is essentially a beta. Some slight increases might come but it’s not going to improve loads. But at €650 it’s the best phone you can buy for sure (and with free Bose headphones?! It’s a craaaazy good deal). Can’t wait for mine to come.
For those looking to buy a P6, a year later of use I can say it’s been great. Android 13 has definitely improved the experience and it’s short comings. My downsides are: -Google Tensor Gaming Performance (G1 can’t compare to the latest chips). -Selfie camera could be better (which I hear the P7 has a better selfie camera). -Signal quality is really mediocre, the modem used is cumbersome (again, I hear the P7 fixed this) -Screen brightness is really meh. (Again again, P7 fixes this too). -Speakers could be louder Improvements: -Fingerprint scanner, it got drastically better 9 out of 10 times works perfect (but I think is that I learned how to do it properly) -Picture quality is fantastic -Android 13 experience and personalization, its just great to use and feels extra fresh (I’m coming from an iPhone) -Build Quality is chef’s kiss. It’s got a great price on Swappa, can’t really go wrong, but Id go for P7
Hi there. I’m new to pixels and thinking of getting a 6. I’m an iPhone 14 pro user, but have an extra free line, have a pretty nutty travel year ahead of me and wanted to have this as “backup” phone insurance since I’ll always be on the go. I know it won’t be anywhere close to my current phone, but that’s okay. I just hope I can tolerate the interface… I had a Samsung years ago, but it didn’t communicate well with my clients and I lost money. Soooo, sticking with iPhone, but I hear google is a bit better. Who knows. Lol Did you get it? Do you like it? I feel like as an emergency backup and extra phone I’ll be carrying this is the best deal. And if I don’t like it, I’ll trade it in. :)
@@kimberquirky That seems cool! Honestly the P7 sounds like it fixes a lot of the P6 shortcomings, but don't get me wrong the P6 is not bad at all, I just wouldn't more than $250 for it at this point. I understand where you are coming from, the 14 Pro is just way too premium compared to the P6. Just manage your expectations as to what you want from the P6, knowing that it isn't as premium as the 14 pro.
@@kimberquirky I've never owned or used any of the A series phone from Pixel but I wouldn't go for it. I definitely didn't want a budget phone and the P6 and P7 are that more premium and have better quality overall when compared to the A series. I guess at this point it depends on your budget. P7 is constantly being sold by google at $499 and you could find a P6 cheap on swappa, just make you buy it Mint or New.
It's honestly just really nice to see another pixel that's actually trying, I've been living with my 2xl just cause I can't bring myself to leave all the good features that Google just said, "nope, you thought" to. I'm so excited they're back and better than ever
Mt girl has her Pixel 2 and she is now moving on from that to this new Pixel. I just hope when she gets her hands on it she will enjoy it more than her expectations.
7:38 I held my Pixel 2 XL up to the speaker to see if it could keep up with the transcription. It did it exactly as it appeared on Marques' Pixel 6 Pro. Mine was even better because it picked up the mistake "Dramatically" and put in "Grammatically" just like it was supposed to :)
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The perfect phone for the person who is in the constant 3 month relationship. The Magic Eraser saves lives
lol upvoted
Lmao
@Joe it's a joke
probably not something to boast about
Memology 101 brothers unite 🤜
Its crazy how in 2001 i would wake up, turn my pc on, brew a pot of coffee, use the restroom, get some water, and come back to my computer for it to still be booting up and now we're complaining it takes 0.5s to get into our phones.
Wasn’t even born at that time
You're right, the progress is amazing.
Though, that pixel fingerprint scanner is abysmally slow for 800 dollars. My mums 200 dollar phone's fingerprint scanner is way faster than that.
because we are no longer in 2001
@@definingslawek4731 Yeah same, my dad has a Huawei with a physical scanner which is infinitely better than my note 20 ultra under screen fingerprint reader which doesn't work half the time lol. I miss the physical ones so much.
Having used it for a day, the 0.1 seconds (in my experience) it takes is not annoying, I was annoyed though by my iPhone unlocking instantly whenever I touched it by accident
If Google really wants to have his market share with Apple and Samsung they NEED TO SELL Pixel worldwide, not only in USA, Australia, Germany and etc but in others counties as well, that's ridiculous
@Joe well I think there's another thing about being talked about and it's about governments in order for Google to be in other countries they would have to allow Google to be another countries like China
Yeah the chip shortage is ridiculous...
In a time of huge global supply constraints for things like silicon this was not the year to expand availability, even though Google probably would have liked to. It'll come. Covid screwed a lot of things.
I'll trade you for a fairphone.
We need them in the Bahamas to phones like pixel and oneplus are really good
Almost a year, still can't get over the intro in this video. Props to the editor. Absolutely wonderful
The intro is pretty good, i gotta say.
same
The sign in front of the rocks, I am shocked at how well it filled in that area. It looks like a real world rock structure.
@@realinstagramuser. nice bait
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@@realinstagramuser. you don't even have contents in ypur channel 🤣
@@realinstagramuser. sure u r
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Pixels are the only Android phones which uses their camera capabalities in the third party apps via pixel core. That should be a big selling point but no one seems to focus on that
So no muddy Snapchat/Instagram photos basically like other Android phones?
I remember switching from iPX to Samsung S10+. The camera in that phone in apps like snapchat, ins etc. was worse than my old iP6. Never again.
I've seen someone say that somewhere else too, is there any source you could link me with information about that?
@@wildzi it's still worse than the main camera app but it's on par with iPhone cameras, in most apps that is. Apps like TikTok make the back camera look worse than 144p
@@wildzi oh and also all of the camera lens work on almost every app depending on zoom.
My heart's still pounding from when he just throws it to the floor
For real. 🤣 I found out today that the back of my S20+ is smashed to pieces under my Otterbox Defender. No idea when that happened.
@@Firstfalconfree pro tip: once in a while, take off the case and wipe down the entire phone and the inside of the case and the port/speaker areas with a lightly damp microfiber cloth. Over time, dust and debris can accumulate on the inside and etch the glass of the phone. and if you drop it very hard one day on accident-the debris can act as tiny rocks and shatter it.
@@Johnnygga That’s really interesting, thank you. I clean my phones occasionally, but as a farmer, I’m pretty rough on them, so I should definitely do it more often.
It's just spongy carpet floor so not too rough for a phone drop. Especially with a case.
@@Firstfalconfree oh yeah if you’re in a dusty environment, just clean it once a week and you should be good. 💪🏻
I bought the pixel 6 after watching this, as for the price it just seemed like a no brainer. The biggest drawback seemed like the battery not being much better.
I've been using the phone for a few weeks now and I'm completely mystified by the comments in this video. As an example I've just been using my phone (games / streaming) for over 2 hours on a train, with loads of apps open, Bluetooth location everything on, and it's barely made a dint in the battery. It's on 81% and wasn't full when I left.
Thought this should be said as the review is super misleading
Maybe he is alluding to battery life over the long term? As it degrades
As an google pixel 6 pro owner since November, I have to say my biggest gripe with the phone has been battery. Because at least for me, the phone gets hot while using regular apps like twitter and the battery just gets drained pretty fast for me. Does not last me a day, shame.
@@alexis_6266 I hope they are quick to fix this, and you can't swap batteries out iirc
whats the battery like now?
@@gjorgigjorgiev1 Well, still not good honestly. Like, kinda bad if I'm being honest. Rn in holding my phone in my hands and dude it's so hot I've never had a phone get this hot before! So Yea, smooth as heck and takes good pics but gets very hot and the battery suffers for it.
You can speed up the fingerprint reader by going into settings, display and enable increase touch sensitivity.
Omg thank you.
@MysticalKO I have not had any issues with normal touch use even with that setting enabled.
Big brain
Still really bad. I have returned mine.
@@je66184 no its not
Huge fan of the visor look, definitely separates it from other smartphones
Google is trying too hard to create a differentiating design that rivals the iPhone notch, which is an iconic look. Basically everything Apple makes becomes an instant iconic classic.
Nokia 6230
not for long
@@RandomUser20130101 lol. Nowadays it's not like that anymore.
Sorta. It's still like e every smart phone.
In France prices are so different cause of taxes.
Pixel 6 Pro remains at 899€
However iPhone 13 Pro Max or S21 Ultra cost 1259€… So Pixel 6 Pro, on the Android side at least, is a way better deal in France than in the US !
Le Pixel 6 Pro reste très compétitif en France!
Isn’t the S21 Ultra quite a lot more expensive than the 13 Pro Max?
T'as moins de 'likes' ici qu'en France...
Ça fait un peu bizarre cette énorme différence en terme de discrétion dans les commentaires.
Je suis aussi tout à fait d'accord avec tes dires et trouve amusant d'avoir souvent avec les Pixel cette différence de placement par rapport aux marché entré les US et l'Europe ou du moins la France...
It’s not sold anymore in Italy though ☹️
In France you get a 400 euros Bose headset for free also...
I am a fairly poor tech nerd so I am usually a flagship or 2 behind those richer than me, just got my brand new Pixel 6 and I love it, huge upgrade from the 4a I had, incredible photography, great videos, plays games like diablo 4 and wild rift on max settings at 60 FPS, good battery life, beautiful screen, 5G and just an all round great device. Oh and for those looking for a phone to vlog with or film , edit and upload TH-cam videos, the pixel phones have optical and digital image stabilisation for insanely good videos, the mic is actually better than most and with 5g you can upload your your vids waaay faster. even the pixel 4a has an incredible camera for filming with fantastic image stabilisation. You can go for a run while filming with a pixel phone and it will very gently and subtly move up and down. While Google make phones I will never buy another brand.
Wow that's a big comment but I just bought myself a pixel 7 and waiting for it to come
Couldn't relate to this more , thinking of upgrading to pixel 7 later this year
Are you facing any bugs and modem/signal problems? And how much does the battery last for you?
Upgraded this year from my One Plus 5, it started having call issues so after 5 years it was more than deserved. Got it insanely cheap, and I'm impressed with the phone's performance, and luckily the Fingerprint Sensor hasn't given me issues yet, and that's with a glass screen protector, main reason I got the phone was for Camera, and wow, it is amazing, especially for the price.
@@shameermalik5540 No bugs to report yet, nor signal issues. And that's taking into account I live in a Rural area, were there spots were signal barely comes through, and haven't had any issues yet. Battery life easily lasts me an entire day, with battery to spare. Granted I'm not into Social media too much so most usage it gets is Reddit.
that speech to text feature is really damn impressive
It's a huge step up from my Pixel 4's shotty speech-to-text lol
Most unbelievably impressive feature also with magic eraser. Man google has some nice software features for sure!
Impressive except for the mistake of making grammatically = dramatically.
@@gwaeron8630 it just went to do things more drammatically
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Price
01:35 - Design
02:58 - Screen
04:13 - Under-Display Fingerprint Reader
04:46 - Selfie Camera
05:08 - The "Little" Things
05:23 - Tensor Chip
08:24 - Magic Eraser
09:43 - Battery Life
11:16 - Material You
12:41 - Camera
20:08 - Pixel 6 vs Pixel 6 Pro
21:11 - Conclusion
Hope it was worth 35 likes
@@danielspangler4169 He definitely regrets it ☠️
@@darvynm541 it will get more likes
Edit: I wasn’t wrong lol
I knew it would get more likes it just seemed funny
Thanks
7:03 The “Now Playing” feature is WAY cool, other manufacturers/apps need to integrate this, I would use it ALL.THE.TIME. 👏🏽
I think iOS have some Shazam integration that tells you what song it is in the background but yea you have to manually switch it on from the control center. It’s not automatic
Ahem, Auto Shazam feature in the Shazam app
Now Playing is an amazing feature. I just switched to an iPhone after using Pixels for the past 4 years and I really miss Now Playing, Shazam on the iPhone just doesn't compare
When I was on deployment, without internet for months, my pixel picked up a song someone was playing in the shower. Which makes me wonder how much space is used to recognize songs offline. And what the criteria for that is. Do they have recognition files for songs that are popular at the time? I was kind of creeped out tbh, though I still love the feature.
@@peepeezza They have a small set of songs that they can recognize offline, its maybe 20000, I'm not entirely sure, and it doesn't take up much storage at all. And of course the list is updated regularly to include new popular songs.
I am new to your reviews and I am liking them a lot. The description you gave of the real strengths to the Tensor is one of the best I have seen, and you do understand about photography and make pertinent comparisons, which is not too common with other reviewers and reviews sites.Your list of drawbacks is also very good, and these are things which will matter in actual use. Particularly the battery life, if there is anything keeping me from getting the Pixel 6 is that.
If I may add a few problems which are not often mentioned but can be a deal breaker for some:
1) Google deliberately prevents their phones, including the Pixel 6, to stream video and audio to HDMI via a dongle. This is because they want users to use their chromecast instead. But this is limiting. Latency over chromecast (wifi essentially) is high. So one cannot for instance run a steam link on the phone to stream games to a projector over LAN, because latency will cause problems. Similarly, someone simply wanting to display a presentation or other material via hdmi will be unable to.
Admittedly not a lot of people will need that. But if they do, finding up that their expensive tech marvel cannot do what a few hundreds bucks phone can, and knowing that it is a deliberate choice from Google.. Well, it leaves a bit of bitter aftertaste.
2) Google implementation of audio streaming prevents some dongles and devices to receive audio. For instance your average wired phone adapter on amazon or similar will not work with this Pixel. It is possible to find compatible adapters and they are not too expensive. But the problem will affect high end DAC too, external audio interfaces which musicians might like to use on the go, and similar.
Again, not necessarily a common scenario, but finding out that your high tech phone is designed so to prevent you from doing these basic things which any cheap handset can do.. It does not feel so good.
As somebody who has dabbled in photography since the days of film, $300 seems pretty reasonable for a piece of telephoto glass. That said, my Nikon still does a lot of stuff Pixel can't. Other side: Nikon can't call 911 when I fall off that ledge.
In mother Russia the camera is falling into that ledge for its user…
But your Nikon must do that with multiple lense and setup. And I bet our DSLR can’t erase a person on the go.
I also think the 300 is justified for the telephoto, more ram, higher rez screen with a faster refresh rate and bigger battery.
I use my Sony a7iii everyday, but it still amazes me what night sight can do and o often shoot with my phone in low light situations even if I have my mirrorless camera because it's easy to produce an image that I'm happy with.
That said, I can't wait for that computational photography to come to bigger cameras at least for handheld low light photos.
Nice comment. The ending was funny.
Got into an accident recently and the police arrived shortly after because I didn't respond. Good feature honestly
Even though photos may look a tad too tonemapped sometimes, I bet in the blind photo comparison, average person will pick those vs flat realistic shots
Yeah, judging by Marques' blind camera tests, people tend to choose images that look like the ones made by these Pixels
I 100% prefer Pixel shots. I prefer to be able to see more and have the possibility to darken the shadows and what not in editing software than to not be able to see stuff and have no possibility of lightening to see more later on.
Pixel gives more options, even if not completely realistic to real life.
Speaking of blind-tests; I have to say that MKBHD's blind camera test is his best product.
Not really a fan of the overly HDR pictures. My Oneplus 9 does the same in some situation.
IMO you gotta keep it tastefull. A good HDR image is where you barely see it. Bring out the shadows when needed but keep them black, not grey. Slight clipping in the higlights isn't the end of the world either.
Wish they would allow the possibility to set the HDR level.
Of course. People constantly lie to themselves about what they say they prefer vs what they really naturally prefer. So much BS pretentiousness out there these days.
So what Marques is saying is that you can get a 7/10 to 10/10 camera experience sans the zoom lens on a $600 phone. That's a great deal.
After software update it can become a 10/10 if it wants to
@@jijoaugustian9691 How do you know it’s going to be a 10 lol. The software update might not even do anything, and there might not even be one for the camera to begin with. Speculation is just speculation until there are actual results.
Zoom is only on the Pro.
@@jayyaudio Because Google has always been awesome with updates. Coming from a lifelong pixel/nexus user all the way back from the G1 :,)
@@jayyaudio They said it CAN, not that it will. Key word there, they never assumed it'll actually happen
I just got my pixel 6 pro and I am absolutely loving it, I am used to iphones but this phone completely changed my mind.
That is good to hear that its cost 600-900$ but sadly in our country it's cost even more then S21ULTRA.
Most companies do that.
Even here in India and iPhone 13 pro not pro max but pro cost 1500 USD.
It's insane.
And I am pretty sure when then bring Pixel 6 and 6 pro to India.
Both will cost 800 and 1200 respectively.
And then when they don't sell much phones here they blame customer.
Most likely due to the taxes and shipping fees and all
@@chequeredflag16 i don't think that pixel will be launching in india , only options are 2-3 year old iphones or buy chinese
@@Baldgeta Samsung and Oneplus have managed to price their products same as international pricing for the past few years.
@@Kaavin_dixit I know.
Sad tho, it's a great device and one of few with stock Android left in market.
Oneplus is shit now.
Oxygen OS is basically Color OS.
I hope Motorola pick up some pace and launch some good phones with good software support.
Every time Marques posts a video:
Random dudes: *That intro
underrated comment
overrated comment that shouldn't be necessarily
I've watched a lot of pixel 6 reviews since I am waiting for my pre-order and this is by far the best and most detailed analysis I have seen. You deserve all 15 million of your followers.
Well i am just a little hesitant with his battery analysis because all the reviews say it have great battery life.
He fits so many details in without sounding like he's reading a spec sheet. I've been looking for his review since Monday morning.
@GhostRider i think it needs software updates, since they had so much new heardware to compile this year, they couldn't optimise it well enough. Updates would improve things i guess. But it was still good in battery tests, much better than what he claims, so i guess either his battery usage is super intensive or it's just consistency issue from software.
@@sagardahiya6138 it's battery isn't that impressive. Nowhere near iphone 13. It's at the high end of Android tho
Check out Thai Hunyh (I think). Hers was pretty awesome also… short and clean
Grabbed Pixel6 refurb for under $300. Seems crazy
Is the battery good?
@@troytucker2573 it seems fine. It's no moto g power or anything. Will need to be charged after a day of normal use. But charges fast if you need a top off. Pretty standard.
@@bretts6127 I'm getting it then since I don't use my phone often plus the camera looks fun to use
Pixel 5 best value 😍😍
@@bretts6127 what charger do you use for it?
"You can basically wrap at it"
So close, google speech to text, so close
It's fast. Almost. Definitely the best out
Can it translate it on the go?
nah rap at it doesn't make sense , wrap at it is another of saying something but i know that's not what markie wanted
It's because "rap at it" is grammatically wrong.
The 4a speech to text is 🤬and the auto correct I've renamed auto-incorrect.
7:44 i'm impressed even with the recognition of "Eminem" and the speed of how it captured your voice. wow
I hear ya, but TTS and Google is adamant that Eminem is a 'wrap'per.
@@hoej yea of course.. but depending on how it's being pronounced, there's a chance that m&m may appear instead.. 😅
@@MaestroSong tbh if Eminem wrapped m&m's for me I'd never unwrap that gift.
Yeah but ‘dramatically’ instead of ‘grammatically’ ?
Totally unusable 😂
Never waited so long for a review... seeing others doing like "where is Marques?!"
Perfect like always
What an incredible review! Detailed research and clear to-the-point delivery and beautiful presentation makes this channel several levels above other tech reviewers!
Except for his nitpicking. Why would I want my thumb print to be recognized under 0.5 second. Imagine the number of times you would accidentally unlock your phone because of your thumb was passing by.
Marques reviews needs to be more realistic to your average user.
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Thanks for the shout-out to the Content-Aware Fill 😎
- A Photoshop User
Correction: - A Photoshop Legend
😳
Thu legend he bhai
Legend alert
It is reallly you. Love your videos! Keep up the work!
you mean - a Pro Photoshop Teacher :)
MkBHD: " it's grammatically correct..."
Pixel: "it's dramatically correct.."
🤫😂
It also typed the wrong "rap"
i heard dramatically tbh
@@rickys3105 lol I didn't even notice that
@@AbdussSami same haha
That intro! 😳
2 hours, verified account, 196 likes. Hmm
Sus
sussy baka imposter amogus 😳😳
All intros actually 🤯😍
Better than of Google's
MKHD talented enough to do that with his tools ability 😌
watching this video with the MKBHD playlist~ Amazing!
MKBHD, you speak on beat!
The HDR is so good that it makes the photos looks flat
Over processing
Too much of a good thing I guess
@@the11thhour44 Google is a bunch of software techies. They're not film or photo experts like the people at Fuji or other major camera brands
@Pînned By Mårqúęs Brōwńlėė. what
@@edurkaya0 its a bot
Marques looks so happy to be able to go back to daily-ing a proper google flagship again.
Why are you gae? You are gae
And yet called it "almost incredible"
Battery is the problem…
@@LeoAngora I guess that battery life really wasn’t as good as he hoped
@@jspr1te529 wasn't as good? It's terrible for 3/4h sot. Calling it average at best is over complimenting it. Given other brand, it would have been bashed so hard
Just got my 6 Pro in the mail today and couldn't be happier! Incredible review Marques. That intro was just *chef's kiss*!
I got one too, how well can It play YuGiOh. Maybe it's time for a Team APS review.
Is it possible to disable the automatic punctuation? It absolutely sucked in this video of it, so I'm nervous that that's going to be a dealbreaker for me.
I was lucky to get mine on Tuesday morning, so was checking if Marques dropped a review every 2 hours for the past couple days 😅
i’ve never kissed a chef
I was wondering why did it take so long to release and now I know.
The intro is LIT!
Pixel 6 pro here. I managed to get a big improvement with the battery by going app by app and selecting Restricted battery use on every app that I don't need to have any real time notifications from. Example: I don't care about Twitter notifications, so I don't need it working in the background. All the games too, as soon as I stop using them, I don't want or need them in the background.
That voice to text was seriously impressive’
Can I just say that I think those photos look great? If that's what google's processing thinks I want my photos to look like, well, it's right. This is, as always, an absolutely wonderful review.
Over the top HDR is okay for a nature shot but some click at your parking lot would look weird.
I can't believe there is not some slider in the camera settings where you can chose your black point. A photo in summertime and only grey in the darkest shade looks like CGI.... I want to be able to chose how much it is HDR'ing.
My thoughts exactly! when he said that the iPhone camera array is better, I disagree. I think he should have stated that as his opinion. I thought all the sample shots he took on the pixel looked way better
@@caleidoo there is? I'm surprised that MKBHD didn't mention how great the editing software is built right into the camera. All you do is click edit and then slide things around. It works great. It takes about 10 seconds
@@S7ARBOY Never owned a Pixel, but I am using a ported and extended Google Cam app on my Android phone and it has a million settings.
Good to know the Pixel 6 - which I'm interested in - has also an option to change contrast, colors etc... MKBHB should have mentioned that, but I guess he reviews phones "as is", which is understandable too.
I upgraded from OnePlus 6- I keep my phone's for a while. Couldn't be happier. Camera is mind blowing, and the 5 years of updates sold it for me (also the pre order bonus of Bose headphones in UK is amazing)
Security updates though. Would have preferred if they did 4-5 updates for Android instead of 3
Is there a face unlock? I am also with OP6, but face unlock is a dealbreaker for me
I am on a oneplus 6 as well. I like the look of the pixel 6 but I already feel my OnePlus is the absolute maximum sized phone I want. How have you found going even bigger?
@@TheDownthetown no face unlock is annoying
@@maxafc4695 I bought pixel 6. They are almost identical sized actually so not an issue at all
I realize that I'm weighing in a bit late here but I caught a glimpse of this video and after about 9 months of owning this phone, I have to say that it's still impresses me daily. First of all that speech to text is unparalleled, as far as I know. You are certainly right that the Tensor isn't about super high-end gaming and more about Google innovation. To me it's a rip off playing action games anyway on phones. I'll wait till I get home to play FPS games where I can truly feel engaged. Or get up portable console. This phone is all about productivity over entertainment for me. And this is truly a very tasteful review and I give you kudos for it!
Everything you said in your comment is very accurate and true. I too am very impressed by this smartphone, but the only thing I would've changed is the curved edges, not a fan of the edge screen but do prefer bigger and sharper displays so that's why I still decided to purchase the Google Pixel 6 Pro over the regular Pixel 6.
My 6 pro is too slippery to hold lol, case hopefully arrives today 🤞
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@Joe I mean the whole back is glass, I had to case my 3 XL too for the same reason, idk but seems kinda weird to have something so expensive that people easily drop so slippery, almost like they want that to happen.
Same!!! Got the phone and I’m like Where TF is my case?!?!?! Lol. Ordered a cheap one on rush from Amazon to hold me over until my case gets here.
I have a 2 XL and got a case because it was kinda slick despite being metal, and it just felt too thin in my hand... 100% getting a case for the Pro as well.
I got my case today and my 6 pros coming Friday
Gotta say i thoroughly enjoyed this review. It’s by far the best one I’ve seen. Everyone making these so called Pixel 6/6 Pro reviews spend 90% of the video talking about the camera and that 10% they’ll just read the specs. You really went into depth of how it functions battery life etc. Great review I’ll be scooping mine up tomorrow and see how much i like it.
He didn't talk about audio
EXACTLY!
And That's MKBHD kid.....
welcome to mkbhd
I think all the reviews that came out before today were subject to the embargo too so they weren't even allowed to cover anything except new features
It's so nice of Marques to release his reviews well after the embargo so other tech TH-cam channels have a fighting chance.
It’s also to give a more complete review, you can never get the full experience after 1 day or 1 week of use. The first impression videos are what other youtubers would likely call a full review.
I wish he hadn't because he touched on the pain points I had and would have passed if I saw this video first. I kept waiting for Marques, so relied on the hype boys reports- mistake for me :) Mine is in the mail back to sender.
He said he was a lil busy
@@infin8one better to wait after a new product releases, I usually buy last year's flagship on black Friday deals. I got my brand new pixel 3 for 250 bucks just one year after release. This year I might go for the pixel 5.
He explains on the Waveform podcast that it was late because of his prior commitments to his frisbee league.
Marques' experience with the battery life is different from my own. Today I used my P6 Pro to watch about 2 hours of TikTok, about 2 hours of Spotify, and some TH-cam videos, along with standard checking email, text messages, etc. It's almost 11 PM and my battery life is at 45% without charging in the middle of the day. Gaming probably draws more power, but I haven't used my P6 Pro for that yet.
phew, its the one thing putting me off buying it refurbished.
2:49 my heart DROPPED when he launched the phone like that
I think the pixel 6s capability to condense high contrast image without blowing the image out is amazing, it looks weird on some pictures causing the over the top HDR effect but we're talking about information retention here, a blown out image looks more natural but it has a less fine color gradient to work with, the same effect can be achieved fairly easily in post production since the look is essentially replicating information loss. (Just mess with the contrast and blacks and whites)
That's true, but I think if you don't want to edit them a lot, like most phone users don't do I'd assume, it's better to have less of an HDR look and keep it more, while if you plan to edit them extensively, it's better to shoot in RAW anyways.
6 Pro not 6S
@@S1nGuLariTY_ I think he was using the 's' as a possessive noun. It is the Pixel 6 camera's capability, ya dig
@@pinec0ne Oohh lmao now I see.
@@pinec0ne Oooh now I see lmao. Well then he should've wrote "6's", punctuation fam.
I have a solid feeling the camera processing will improve with a few updates and some of the ML TPU doing its thing.
you're right. I once heard that google was hesitant to change their lenses because their ML was built on those lenses and changing them would be like starting all over again. but with much improved sensors i know for a fact that after they retrain their software the improvements will come fast, probably in pixel 7
Exactly, whereas my S21+ still doesn't make photos look 'just right' in many cases.
It will. I remember when I got Pixel 2 XL at the beginning it was mediocre, still good photos, but not a ton different from competitors. However, in a couple of updates photos got to the best quality that you can get.
True the pixel 6 is not about raw speed and specs . It's about AI and ML
Yeah, i mean it's new sensors for them, they need a little more time i guess
Hey a Pixel 6 user in 2023. Android 12 was chaotic as hell! Im glad that i'm very happy with the Android 13 update/Android 14 dev build. Fingerprint reader is solid for my use(slightly faster than this video you published an year ago) but not the fastest like those big bois in the market. Battery life improved a butt ton on Android 13, either my usage is light or the updates, but hell I've been getting 8-10h ish SoT. And the price, I'm currently in India(where tech is fricking overpriced, got this bad boi for 500 usd, when other "flagship" series like the S21/s22, iphone 13(back when pixel was competing with was basically like 1k+usd, like cmon these arent even "flagships") pixel's pricing, even with the Pixel 7 series is really good and can be a cheaper alternative for almost the same features/hardware ya get with. Tensor has been pretty decent, doesn't get hot, gaming performance is decent for an average user. Very happy with my purchase and would go for Pixels in the future as well!
is ur phone like to overheat sometimes?
@@gilanggilang9859 I live in India so yea it does get a bit warm during Summers, but temp here is crazy hjgh(40c+), so my brain and any phone will boil
I've upgraded to a Pixel 7 btw
Got to meet Marques at an ultimate tournament last week! I asked what phones he was daily driving and he couldn't tell me... Now I see why! Great review!
My top 3 favorite features: the fast speech to text recognition, background music detection and the magic eraser function. Awesome!
Background music detection has been around for a while though. My Pixel 3XL got it in an update last year, I think? I don't know why it's constantly brought up as this new and amazing feature.
@@westy1637 had it on my pixel 2xl when I bought it
1 of those features have existed for over 3 years toolbag
@@dudeimgeorge @westy he wasn't saying it was new just that he liked the feature
Eraser function will help after dating breakups.
Women: Chad who?
Men: Tiffany who?
I love this guy. Well deserved success for his effort and integrity.
lol
Ah he over pumps Huawei and iPhone while underselling Samsung and others. He made the Z Fold 3 for example, seem like a piece of China that one can't blow on.
@@bbtechbbtech 10+ years doing this and increasing his production and growing yes he deserve it
nothing funny about it
@@InitialFailure "piece of China " so he blows Huawei (Chinese brand) but makes fun of Samsung like a piece of china (which's Korean) what???
would you please attach a timestamp?
@@ko-Daegu his review of the Z Fold 3 is an entire video.
One in which I have some likes in response to his exaggerated claims of how fragile it is.
Having watched half a dozen tech reviewers, you are the best. Good content, objective reviews. There is no need for things like jumping onto the chair, jumping into the camera or jumping anywhere. Just go MKBHD style and you will never go wrong.
Awesome to hear Marques say almost incredible... I have a lot of faith in software updates and I m sure its gonna get better... But the most disappointing thing is it doesn't ship to so many countries like India... Such a bummer
Google probably wants to build momentum and prove out the product line as worth investing more resources in. Remember, they're still fundamentally an ad company, and revenue from the phones aren't yet THAT big a portion of their revenue. Maybe the 7 or 8 will launch more widely.
@@LucidStrike Yeah ur right man... Hopefully sooner... Fingers crossed
If Pixel 6 is a success, Pixel 7 will come
Supposedly there is a day one update starting tomorrow on release day. Sometimes I wish some of these reviewers would wait until final software
Exactly. Living in a third world country means no Pixels...the Tensor is a great chip for a mobile gamer
Been using Android 12 on my Pixel 4 for a bit and I agree on the internet toggle being annoying. I don't know why they felt the need to combine wifi and mobile broadband when having them separate was perfectly functional
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One software update away to fix this issue
They'll probably update it.
@@baranish2792 wouldn't count on it too much. Google did a similar kinda thing with TH-cam's video resolution option (which seemed totally unnecessary to me). Google is yet to change it back to the original.
I also hate it. Hopefully they change it. I hate how the changed the resolution settings in TH-cam as well.
That INTERNET TOGGLE! It's so true, I've been a nexus/pixel fan for years and a pure Android fan for forever, and that toggle is bugging me to no end. Great review!
Long press doesn't even toggle??
Yeah. It's just so dumb
Actually there is a separate Wifi toggle that you can add to the quick settings ;)
I have separate wifi and mobile toggles in 12. What are you speaking about?
Is the Google assistant fast enough that you can ask it to turn off wifi?
Thank you for your informative + insightful review. I enjoy hearing your perspective and explanations. Appreciate you sharing about the little details and nuisances.
It's been a few days with my new phone (Pixel 6 Pro) after a few years of really loving my Pixel 3. Finding lots of pros and cons too. Overall very happy with the upgrade
15:31 that is exactly how I want my night shots to look like. When I see stars I want the phone to see them as well
In an ideal world, I'd love to be able to quickly swap between the two because sometimes a black sky is more aesthetic. But seeing as most phones don't even have the option to show stars and bright lights at the same time, I think I'm still going to jump over to the Pixel 6 Pro! And hopefully turning HDR options off in settings somewhere will allow for those darker shots when wanted, too
@@markarts404 I think for someone who has basic knowledge of cameras and photography pixel would be good cause its capable of doing a lot. You just have to work with the sliders and sometimes manual mode, and you can get great results
I screenshot this just because it's so dope, gotta find a way to get this result on my Pixel 4a
That shot just looks like light pollution to me you can barely see any stars
@@markarts404 to be fair it's super easy to quickly go into the photos app and adjust the contrast and black level sliders in post if you think its too bright. Thats what I do on some of my pixel astro shots right now if i want the sky to be completely black and it takes about 5 seconds. The google photos editor is really good.
Priest: "Do you, Marques, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
MKB: "Well actually, I've been married to her for about a month now"
So, I've been married to this woman for about three weeks now...
What's with these dumb "jokes", he's a reviewer do you idiots not know that companies send phones to them earlier
Hey Marques!
Love your reviews, they cover pretty much everything I'm interested in whatever it is you're reviewing. One gripe I have is when going back on a review to double check what you said I find myself skipping through the video trying to search the timestamp where you covered that aspect. Would be a cool addition for you to start adding timestamps, especially to the reviews. Thanks!
Probably wants people to watch the entire video for the views to go up so don’t expect the time stamps any time soon
@@0900McShizzle he’s done it in the past no ?
A workaround: View the transcript in TH-cam. Then search for the words he'd say at that point to jump to that portion of the video
@@0900McShizzle no, he’s already done it in the past
I like nice phones, but not so much the prices of them, so I buy used. When I want a new used phone, Marques Brownlee's 2 year old video's are my go to and my step one.
Marques’s team are so insanely perfect at shooting those intro shots that companies can hire them to make promotional videos(+ads) for their products👌🏼🔥
Is that his own? That is really well done.
Well maybe MKBHD team always have a promotional video project with big smartphone company ?
Yeah really shooting it
exactly😂
they stole ur comment lol
MKBHD’s intros are getting so good that companies can use them directly as advertisements 😂
He can literally sell it to them 😂
That photo eraser is just magical especially how it just repairs the background and makes it look like nothing was ever there
Look at pixel unboxing in shortcircuit..just like mkbhd says its good for simple and small stuffs but don't get too excited. It has it limitations
@@MrBizaaro will do thanks
Samsung did it first
@@MrBizaaro absolutely bro , they are some crazy people , hats off to Linus team 🙏
Joseph Stalin did it first.
I think we'll see how the Pixel 6 Pro ages in its screen on time as Google steadily releases updates and optimization on its first in-house designed silicon. I don't mind the lower screen on time, but I agree that it looks extremely lackluster in contrast to Apples chips. Again, we do have to remember that this is it's first silicon. It has potential. Let's see where they go with it.
Spoiler. It didn't get much better. Worst phone I've ever owned by far. Top it off with the battery crapping out in 3 months.
@@Scoob609 I still haven't had any problems. Sorry that it was an all time low for your phone experiences, friend. I hope the next phone proves far more reliable for you.
Any updates? P6 users?
@@TsunaXZ P7Pro user now. This is the phone the P6Pro should have been. If you're looking at the 6, skip it. Go for the 7 and onward. Definitely a far better phone
@@b1_ferg Can't justify that $200 difference tho, I mean what does P7 do better than P6 aside from the usual stuff. Honest question btw, kinda torn between those two.
“Visors are cool”. I like how there is always something in the background relevant to the review. Like that helmet!
The background colours too. The orange top with the white bottom, just like the regular 6's back colours
This may be me reading too much into it but when the camera zooms in to Marques or even the default shot, we still see still see the stands, is that because it’s ‘almost incredible’ and not quite perfect?
RIP Daft Punk!
His background sucks! 1% effort
Just got my 6 Pro - 24 hours in, I love it. It surprises me that none of the tech reviewers are talking much about the speakers. This is the first Android I've had that rivals iPhone speakers.
How’s the battery life?
@@ericz8086 especially with the newest updates would be interesting
i found for speaker phone, not louder than the S20 ultra but WAY more distorted. Camera is no better than the S20 either and maybe worse in some ways. Certainly not an upgrade. Mostly its about gimmicks. Its not really better hardware or camera, it just does tricks which you can do with photo edit software and a real camera for far better results. if you haven't bought a new phone since 2017 then its a step up.
@@ericz8086 haven't tested it but at the end of day 1 I still had 77% so it seems pretty solid.
@@jamescohen disagree. I'm coming from the s21 and I like this a lot better. If hardware specs were the deciding factor everyone would use like the Sony Xperia and no one would use iPhone lol.
Appreciate him not being a fanboy, great review
Yeah I agree. I wish he could be like this for Apple products
More of a realistic fanboy
@@SimonCrowther1 so true 😂
He is already for the Apple Products
Great review. Just ordered my Pixel 6 and it arrives tomorrow.
How is it?
@@z85.xit was pretty decent but now I have a Pixel 8 Pro with 256 storage and wow it's a beast!
@@z85.xas someone who's been using it since launch, it's amazing for my needs. the fingerprint sensor has since been made faster via software updates, you get android updates faster than other companies, the AI features are super cool and Google apps seamlessly integrate with one another.
I'm very confident Google is working towards improving some of pixel's camera output. They got the hardware now and all they need is some improvements to processing, which they have already excelled in the past. Remember, they struggled with implementing new stuffs on snapdragon chips. With their own processor they have much better control and efficiency can be greatly improved on the programming side. Upcoming updates are going to be very interesting for pixel users. Enjoy the great phone! A great start to holiday season!
Yes! thanks, can't wait to my 6 to arrive in a few days 👍
I hope you're right but I don't think they have an incentive to make any big improvements past its current state since they reviews and impressions have already come out.
I’ll wait to see if that happens before I buy it. Ain’t buying something awful, hoping that it’ll one day be good.
@@borkborkbork The reviews have no impact/relation on improvements to be made. As someone who works with programming and chips, the scope of improvements is huge if you know how to play with your chip. Remember their 50MP Cam is still using less than half its potential on launch.
@@borkborkbork one reason they kept the prior sensor for 4 years is because they kept iterating the software to get more out of it. They've likely only really been tweaking the software for the new sensors for 1 - 1½ years, and they'll likely keep them for next year as well, so it's very likely we'll see ongoing improvements made.
Loved the daftpunk nod. "Visors are cool"
It's growing on me at least compared to the lone square with circles inside most of the other phones use.
After 3 years I upgraded from the Google Pixel 3 to Google Pixel 6. It's been a few days and i actually really enjoy it. I always love the camera quality but i can see improvement in it. The only downside right now is the finger sensor, it does take a while. As for size, I have to get used to it. Recently google added an emergency SOS feature, honestly very happy about it. Battery life has been very good considering the amount of music I listen to.
If every phone was perfect then everything would be boring.
Im currently rocking a Pixel 3a XL, thinking of upgrading to the 6. Since you made a similar jump, do you think it was worth it?
@@Adjustvolume ✌🖤😀
I've had a Pixel 3 since it was released, are you still happy with the Pixel 6? I'm ready to upgrade.
I had my pixel 2 xl for 4.5 years and just upgraded to the pixel 6. The phone is amazing. Great UI, good battery life, amazing camera quality and overall a cool-looking phone
Magic eraser looks cool. I can't wait to erase myself from all my selfies!
Nice phone but to be frank with you, if every phone were to be 100% PERFECT without a flaw the they would be down right boring and people will not buy then. What do you think about it? Please reply.
Man that embargo was killing me up until the 25th. Finally we can truly see how the phone is. And with Google making their own chip, it seems like more companies may try their own chips as well which in term might mean more OS/ app stores. I'm excited for the future of tech and phones.
@@realinstagramuser. your content is trash bro go back to tik tok
I heard bbk electronics is going for custom chips too.
Wouldn't that make the android update problem a bit more problematic
They are not really making their own chip, not like Apple or Huawei or Samsung. Samsung made this chip, google just told them the configuration of cores that they wanted
@@philistine3260 huawei's kirin 9000 was made by samsung too if im not wrong
Speech recognition: “dramatically accurate all the time”. You said: “grammatically accurate all the time”. That was funny. Thanks for a great review, as always!
Lol I also heard dramatically, but yeah grammatically definitely makes more sense
Haha the irony.
My quick take: the biggest issue with Pixel 6 is the camera processing problems & battery. However, there is 0 chance that Google doesn't drastically improve the camera software via updates as they have always done. I also wonder if the Tensor battery problems could be drastically fixed via a software update. If so, than the Pixel 6 might really be an amazing phone in a few months.
Was keen to keep my Pixel 4, but it died suddenly this week. Pixel 5s are all gone, so I decided to bite the bullet and jump in.
100% agree on the camera. I'm not a big photo snob, but even I thought some of the photos look weirdly processed. Time will tell how Google updates the phone.
So far I will say the battery is miles better than my Pixel 4, which I already thought had a pretty decent battery.
I was thinking the same thing with battery. Maybe a software will fix the battery issue.
Buy the phone for what it is today, not what it could potentially be. Google has 0 Incentive to update anything on these phones. They'll do it if they feel like it, but don't count on it
@@brokenSnake They do have an incentive to update for a couple of months, just to bump up the sales, which I think what these comments are expecting.
@@brokenSnake they have fixed the battery life issue tho
I've been looking for a decent review of the new Pixel 6's for a while and finally stumbled on yor review. The best, most thorough review I have watched. Now I know which Pixel 6 I will purchase. Thank you and great job on the review! It is by far the most information delivered in the most pleasant way.
As someone who has used the regular pixel 6 for a few weeks now, the battery life is more than sufficient and does not take away from the experience!
Do you find the 6 good that u dont need the 6 pro. I dont know which one to get.
@@es1151 Me too... I want to save some of my parents money lmao, they say I can get the pro but it doesn't appeal all that much to me. The size, curved edges and same internals. I like that it has the extra camera and the 120hz ltpo but idk if I really need that.
@@child3219 my thoughts exactly and now I'm also considering the vivo iqoo 7. After watching and reading so many reviews I'm now not so sure about the pixel
@@es1151 I'm not sure about the pixel. I'm a diehard Samsung user at heart and the S21+ appeals to me however in my region it's limited by Exynos. I could also wait for S22. I've watched MrWhoseTheBoss and he thinks the regular Pixel 6 is the best phone of the year. I think that has convinced me. I can use the money saved from not choosing a higher end model for something else :) I'd highly recommend the regular Pixel 6
@@child3219 omg! I used Samsung all my life this my first time to buy other brands. I watched his video too. I'll choose from vivo iqoo7, pixel 6, poco f3. I actually lost my scholarship so I will benefit from any savings. Exactly, there are so many things to spend the saved money on. The samsung one will be great too. Best luck with ur purchase!
Also, because of the way he holds his phone, he's "2 actions away" from screen brightness. I hold with one hand and use other hand for screen, so two finger swipe down instant gives toggles and screen brightness. Just in case anyone didn't know that. Cheers!
Thanks! That is definitely helpful!
Clutch!!
As someone who edits their photos in lightroom prior to posting to social media, I still prefer the amount of detail the pixel is giving us. If it simply just gives me low amount of noise and the most dynamic range im happy.
your not gonna get the hard work edit pic or just stock pic you get on pixel pic exactly on social media the photos will always be different when you compare it.
Having been using Pixels for years, I just do edits in Google Photos.
It's kinda ridiculous how good it's gotten. Picture comes across a little cold? Slide warmth and skin tone a little to the right and...done.
Does it do everything Lightroom does? lolno.
Is going to compress it to shit no matter what you do? Yeah.
Would love to see how the Pixel 6 is now after some updates. Any big differences?
In the waveform podcast he said he went back to Galaxy because the Pixel 6 kept getting buggier and slower with each update
@@CallMeVidd Damnnn... !
@@CallMeVidd galaxy s22?
"Almost Incredible" may be the highest compliment I've seen Marques give to a phone in a long time.
True.. So that says ALOT
Yep, typically it's "almost great", or "almost perfect", which to me means almost as good as the hype. But using the word incredible seems more in-line with "expectation shattering".
He literally said that it cant top other flagships
For pixel 6 - yes incredible value. Not necessarily the same for pixel 6 pro. I think that’s what he meant
@@1_jahwarrior why are you trying to decipher the title when you can just watch the review lol
Missing the charging port when trying to plug the cable. I felt that. 😭
where is macbook review?
@@kobalov1 more testing needed?
10:52
Somethings I really dislike about Android 12 is the circle icons and also the lack of of the Vibration icon when your phone is set to vibrate only.
I've also noticed a few things now require two taps rather than one, eg the WiFi off icon and changing profile icons.
Always look forward to the MKBHD take on new phones and other tech. He is always very clear in explaining features and the tech behind it. I am surprised no reviewer has mentioned the poor video calling quality of this phone. I have the Pixel 6 Pro, and WhatsApp video calling is horrible. Just like the previous commenter, the viewfinder is very noisy in low light - video calling with WhatsApp is just unacceptable (very zoomed in a faded out). There are hundreds of users just like me with same issue and google keep passing the blame to the app developer. Even Google's own Duo app has the issue with a lot of noise. Coming from a Pixel 3XL, this feels like a downgrade. There are some articles online suggesting a fix with the December update, which now has been halted till late January. I don't think I can wait that long, since I will miss my return period.... Always been a fan of the Pixel brand, but this experience has changed my stand. I must add that the phone does produce beautiful pics just like the previous Pixel lines, just don't expect to do live events with the selfie camera
Hi, please, could they fix this issue?
That is the best look I have ever seen on a phone with the case on, I've never seen anything like that, so clean
I've been a fan of the Pixel for a while, getting the first Pixel just after my iPhone 5 died. I'm really hoping their software can catch up; on paper, this looks to be a really good option for an upgrade. Otherwise, I'll stick with my Pixel 3xl. - Perry
The pro is a beast.
Pixel 3XL gang 💪🏼 still working just fine i love it
How is the notch 😂😂
@@baderch981 it doesn't bother me at all
Respect you can stick up with having a notch like that
He didn't talk about the audio about the phones, that was something I wanted to learn more about. Other than that, I loved the review!!! I just ordered my pixel 6!!! I'm exited (:
I can tell you that the speakers are outstanding. They are loud, rich and clear. Lags a bit bass, but man they are impressive. Especially when listening to music
@@Thrill_DE okay yay, that's good to know, I'll update my experience when I get it on here!
I heard they are decent, but can not hold up to the iphone speakers
@@Thrill_DE so a significant improvement over the Pixel 5 in that regard? That was pretty much the only thing I was unsatisfied with on my 5
@@FraggyOriginal I don't know how the iphone sound but I may be able to compare them later when I'm at work. A coworker has the iphone 13 pro. And by the way I own the pixel 6. I heard the 6 pro does sound a tiny bit better than the regular 6
I'm a Pixel fan. But my fanness came with front facing stereo speakers. Face it. When you use any phone, where are your fingers? Your palms? Right over the speakers, on most phones. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The camera. But what about the phone? What about the game play? What about watching videos? You want the sound aiming at you. But only Sony and some gamer phones take that into consideration.
I'm still using my 3XL. And if battery life is so yuck, on the 6 pro, and no front facing stereo speakers? I'll hang. The goods don't outweigh the cons. Thanks Marquis 👍
Watching other reviews before this makes this one better, MKBHD covers almost everything about a phone/gadget than any other reviewers, consistently. Hats off!
Its amazing to see Google pull something like this together finally. Appreciate your balanced review and the focus you bring about "is this something someone will use".
@Joe What Samsung ecosystem
@Joe Samsung's ecosystem is a walled garden apple ripoff joke, just use Google's
@Joe It’s an imitation of Apple’s, except not well done
@Joe yeah I agree and the carriers also know that it's Apple and Samsung that are going to drive account switch on promotions - and that they need to stock for.
You're seeing that with some of the carrier availability right now T-Mobile for example is only carrying 128 GB skus.
That's a combination of the supply chain woes but also carriers not really being willing to take the risk. I'm sure Google said they had it right this time. Really, we do. But the carriers have been burned by that before - the 5 and 5a were stinkers.
@Joe Pixel Watch? You know there are watches using WearOS right? And you know who else uses WearOS for their watches? Samsung, except it'll only work on their phones unless you install a shit ton of Samsung bloatware, trying to wall-garden their stuff as much as possible, ala Apple.
Also, headphones aren't part of an ecosystem, there's nothing about Pixel Buds that you'll miss using them with another phone. But do you know who else cripples their stuff when used on other phones? (Apart from Apple obviously) Samsung with all their headphones, using inferior, proprietary codecs only available in their phones. They don't even use Google's fast pair to save a buck.
And don't even get me started on assistants and smart home stuff, Google with Google Home simply has the best ecosystem for that
The punctuation marks there when you're doing a voice message is a game changer.
I have to say I was a bit apprehensive when getting the pixel 6. I was to late for the 6 pro so had to settle with the lesser.model. I'm really impressed with the 6. I use s21 ultra as well and can't notice any difference in the screen quality. The pixel is faster and smoother as well. It does have bigger borders than I'm used to but you get used to it. And on another plus the screen is flat. I really recommend this device and don't think a lot of people will suffer getting the 6 over the 6 pro. The 90hz screen isn't any slower than my s22 ultras 120hz screen as far as I can tell. I really like this phone.
How is yours doing with bugs?
The helmet in the background being a reference for the cameras lip is so cool
"visors are cool, come on."
That Thomas Bangalter's helmet, One of famous Daft punk duo.
2:57 the most emotion I've ever heard in mkbhds voice
I'm betting on Google's just having to retrain the algorithm for the whole new sensor, they perfected the old sensor but this new one has ALOT OF POTENTIAL. If they just allowed full 50mp shots and a few camera updates will make this the 10/10 champ, it's all software issues.
It's trying to over sharpen prob because it's the old Algo for the old softer sensor.
Which means there's a chance thay can totally mess it up.
@@Rishi3404 it's Google, They won't. They've had 4 phones of perfected camera software, I'm sure they're capable enough to do it again.
@@R3dd_1247 they got it right the first time and never really had to upgrade it drastically after that bc their sensors remained the same.
But why would they release a phone before they’ve even perfected the software? I think it’s wishful thinking to think that they haven’t already spent a TON of man hours trying to perfect the software and that what is released is essentially a beta. Some slight increases might come but it’s not going to improve loads. But at €650 it’s the best phone you can buy for sure (and with free Bose headphones?! It’s a craaaazy good deal). Can’t wait for mine to come.
Yeah I think you are right. They don't want to change too much at once.
For those looking to buy a P6, a year later of use I can say it’s been great.
Android 13 has definitely improved the experience and it’s short comings.
My downsides are:
-Google Tensor Gaming Performance (G1 can’t compare to the latest chips).
-Selfie camera could be better (which I hear the P7 has a better selfie camera).
-Signal quality is really mediocre, the modem used is cumbersome (again, I hear the P7 fixed this)
-Screen brightness is really meh. (Again again, P7 fixes this too).
-Speakers could be louder
Improvements:
-Fingerprint scanner, it got drastically better 9 out of 10 times works perfect (but I think is that I learned how to do it properly)
-Picture quality is fantastic
-Android 13 experience and personalization, its just great to use and feels extra fresh (I’m coming from an iPhone)
-Build Quality is chef’s kiss.
It’s got a great price on Swappa, can’t really go wrong, but Id go for P7
Hi there. I’m new to pixels and thinking of getting a 6. I’m an iPhone 14 pro user, but have an extra free line, have a pretty nutty travel year ahead of me and wanted to have this as “backup” phone insurance since I’ll always be on the go.
I know it won’t be anywhere close to my current phone, but that’s okay. I just hope I can tolerate the interface… I had a Samsung years ago, but it didn’t communicate well with my clients and I lost money. Soooo, sticking with iPhone, but I hear google is a bit better. Who knows. Lol
Did you get it? Do you like it? I feel like as an emergency backup and extra phone I’ll be carrying this is the best deal. And if I don’t like it, I’ll trade it in. :)
My friend told me to get a 5a but that seems so old. You have me thinking about a 7! Thanks for your great comment!
@@kimberquirky That seems cool! Honestly the P7 sounds like it fixes a lot of the P6 shortcomings, but don't get me wrong the P6 is not bad at all, I just wouldn't more than $250 for it at this point.
I understand where you are coming from, the 14 Pro is just way too premium compared to the P6. Just manage your expectations as to what you want from the P6, knowing that it isn't as premium as the 14 pro.
@@kimberquirky I've never owned or used any of the A series phone from Pixel but I wouldn't go for it. I definitely didn't want a budget phone and the P6 and P7 are that more premium and have better quality overall when compared to the A series.
I guess at this point it depends on your budget. P7 is constantly being sold by google at $499 and you could find a P6 cheap on swappa, just make you buy it Mint or New.
It's honestly just really nice to see another pixel that's actually trying, I've been living with my 2xl just cause I can't bring myself to leave all the good features that Google just said, "nope, you thought" to. I'm so excited they're back and better than ever
me, too. i heard this edition was 'getting back to what the 2 and 2xl were'. However, I wish it had ultra slo mo.
@@specfever2 pixel 2xl still has super camera .
@@elforensico78 yeah I'll probably get it... 😃
@@specfever2 hmmm pixel 6a?
Mt girl has her Pixel 2 and she is now moving on from that to this new Pixel. I just hope when she gets her hands on it she will enjoy it more than her expectations.
7:38 I held my Pixel 2 XL up to the speaker to see if it could keep up with the transcription. It did it exactly as it appeared on Marques' Pixel 6 Pro. Mine was even better because it picked up the mistake "Dramatically" and put in "Grammatically" just like it was supposed to :)
That picture of Marques and Mac is so perfect! Their expressions are amazing! So happy that was included
at 2:49 I had an heart attack when he super casually threw the phone