Google Pixel 6 Pro review

3 November 2021


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  • Anonymous
  • gBV
  • 03 Nov 2021

The Pixel 6 camera seems to be worse than previous Google phones. The Pixel 5 camera even seems to have better better shadows than the Pixel 6. And the Pixel 6 uses a too high amount of noise reduction.

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    • Anonymous
    • gBV
    • 03 Nov 2021

    The noise reduction is much more aggressive than previous Google phones like the Nexus 5x. Disappointing.

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      • Anonymous
      • gBV
      • 03 Nov 2021

      Google doesn't seem to use the 48 megapixel mode of the sensor. They should have used a 30 megapixel Bayer sensor for the tele camera.

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        • Puppy
        • 0p}
        • 03 Nov 2021

        So...

        - Weakest endurance among all phones with QHD Ltpo screen
        - Performance weaker than SD865 phones
        - Full of issues
        - Subpar camera , even compared to previous pixels but praised by few youtubers and those who " leak" the phones.
        - Even galaxy s21+ is great deal compared to this phone.

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          • Anonymous
          • gBV
          • 03 Nov 2021

          "Portrait photos can be shot in either 1X or 2X mode, but bear in mind that the latter is only a crop of the 1X camera."
          Not just the latter. The "1x" mode is actually a 1.52x crop.

            I really didn't expect the modest battery life.

            Great review, thank you very much !!

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              • Anonymous
              • 8Kf
              • 03 Nov 2021

              SpiritWolf, 03 Nov 2021'Photos are ridiculously clear, maybe too clear someti... moreI said about 2 weeks ago people should expect tons of sharpening and night photos would not be better than pixel 5.

              I was right , again .....

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                • Jerre
                • n76
                • 03 Nov 2021

                will you be testing the Pixel 6 (non pro) too? I had high hopes for the battery life so I hope I don't get disappointed a 2nd time.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vG@
                  • 03 Nov 2021

                  Something's wrong at GSMA? The pictures are too impressive??? , and you are saying the picture is too clear??? Perhaps were you looking out of the windows instead of looking at the camera quality??

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                    • Anonymous
                    • MK8
                    • 03 Nov 2021

                    Very disappointed with battery life, and missing very important SD card, headphone jack. Thanks Google no buy.

                      GSMarena,
                      can you please add video comparison tool for pixel 6 pro. I want to compared video quality to other flagships. Thank you.

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                        • Puppy
                        • 0p}
                        • 03 Nov 2021

                        Photos are inferior to many other phones.
                        Many have very underexposed foreground.
                        Other look like painting.
                        Even worse than samsung ( which is miles from the best).

                        Some are worse than what pixel 2 would offer.

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                          • Puppy
                          • 0p}
                          • 03 Nov 2021

                          65 celsius CPU with AC on?
                          This is worse than SD810 phones.

                            SpiritWolf, 03 Nov 2021'Photos are ridiculously clear, maybe too clear someti... moreYeah like when you zoom into the one with the pink flower, that looked super blurry too. IDK what they were looking at.

                            Either way, that standby draw is terrible. Even worse then Snapdragon 888 phones. Updates could fix this but, like many others have said, it's always better to not be there beta testers with new hardware and to wait for next year.

                              Norris, 03 Nov 2021Don`t like pixel photos, because photo samples looking unre... moreMy 808 agrees with You.

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                                • Norris
                                • SbF
                                • 03 Nov 2021

                                Don`t like pixel photos, because photo samples looking unrealistic.
                                It looks like, as if you are processing in snapseed..
                                After Nokia 808 Prureview, I have yet not seen, a camera phone that makes photo, and not draws. All new cameras draw, and this is very bad for photography.

                                  'Photos are ridiculously clear, maybe too clear sometimes.'

                                  A lot of samples are full of noise and artefacts. Main camera, that is, most important one. Actually those samples feel like shot with mid range camera. Seems like computational photography has reached its dead end and Spygle is unable to offer something new despite of better sensor.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gBV
                                    • 03 Nov 2021

                                    "GN1 1/1.31" sensor with omni-directional phase-detection autofocus"
                                    It's not omni-directional autofocus. It seems that gsmarena never learns that. Octa PD = Quad Bayer dual pixel autofocus. Octa does not mean omni! Octa = Quad x Dual

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • gBV
                                      • 03 Nov 2021

                                      The main camera is not equivalent to 26mm, but rather 24-25mm. (The full frame equivalent focal length is actually 24mm, but there might be some distortion, which leads to a diagonal field of view of 25mm, but nobody would say that a 24mm full frame lens on a full frame camera is equivalent to 25mm due to distortion..)

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • AJq
                                        • 03 Nov 2021

                                        Finally, thank you Gsmarena .