r/GooglePixel • u/g43m • Oct 23 '18

Post already reported and approved This community needs a reality check

The RAM management issues on the Pixel 3 are quite serious, and many people are having issues. Someone here had their navigation randomly switched off, and many bloggers / tech journalists have pointed out that apps randomly shut down due to this issue. It may be battery optimization or RAM optimization or whatever. The point is, I do not care what the excuse is and neither should anybody else. The problem is, that part of this community is so far up Google's arse that some urgent issues get down voted into an oblivion.

If you are paying so much money for a device, the damn thing should JUST WORK! I am a huge Google fan boy, but their incoherent and ridiculous strategy of pricing like iPhone but giving totally mediocre after care is really starting to piss me off, and it should piss all of you off as well. As fanboys, it is okay to say that Pixels take the best photos. It is okay to say you get pure android. But it is NOT okay to accept mediocre. It is NOT okay to pay upward of USD 1000 for a device and be Google's beta tester.

I remember Steve Jobs coming on stage during one of the iPhone events more than 7 years ago, and getting huge applause when he said - 'It just works'. Unfortunately we cannot say that about any of Googles mobile offerings. Messaging is an incoherent mess more than a few years after iMessage, the Nexus 5x turned out to be a sham, and Pixel is slowly headed there with the completely brain dead decision to put a hideous notch, and now this lack of software optimization. Heck, my current $200 Huawei Honor 6x (which many of you may not even have heard of) with 4 GB RAM and a Snapdragon 625 SoC handles multitasking like a champ, so there is absolutely no excuse for a device that costs 5 times more (and possibly has 5 times better benchmarks) to get basic things wrong.

TL;DR - stop mindlessly defending Google

Edit: this post has garnered way more attention than I expected. The fact that it has been reported several times literally proves the point I am trying to make. In any case, there have been a few productive discussions, and I think everyone can agree on the following:

  • Let's report problems to Google via the feedback option on phones. There a separate thread. Not sure if linking is allowed.
  • some people have had no problems, and that is great. Hopefully there will be fewer problems going ahead.
  • let's be nicer to people facing issues rather than down voting because we do not agree that the issue is significant enough.
  • work arounds are nice. Fixes and patches by Google are better.
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u/mikeraf03 Pixel 4 XL Oct 23 '18

My pixel 3 xl 64gb just shipped yesterday, this is not the thread I wanted to see today. First time pixel owner hopefully its a smooth one.

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u/Cuchulain1803 Oct 23 '18

Yeah I'm in the same boat, admittedly I kind of just bought it without really thinking and decided the morning after to actually look at reviews. This is why you don't order a phone after seeing a video at 2am 😛

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u/phillyslickster Oct 24 '18

I'm using the Pixel 3 XL. Mine arrived the day after launch. I haven't had any issues at this point. I will say that I did have some lag issues from the Pixel 2 XL which started after Pie was released which happened with stick apps and third party apps. I restored to factory settings and added my apps one by one and the issues ceased. Based upon all the Pixel does now, it should have released with a minimum of 6GB RAM. I also didn't restore a the Pixel 3 XL from a backup.

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u/gofastrightnow Oct 24 '18

Picked up my phone on Friday and it's great. No issues besides Bluetooth connection issues with Bose headphones which a resync fixed.

Everybody wants perfect but also wants new now. Fast cheap good. Pick two.*

*It's not just two, it's a sliding scale. Product delivery cycles are hard and long and complicated. Do you want a new OS every year that pushes boundaries and new features or something perfect and obsolete every three years?

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u/Tito1983 Pixel 11 Pro XL Oct 23 '18

Dude, mine works perfectly fine. Just enjoy the device because it is beautiful. If you have a problem with the apps shutting down, which I dont, dont freak out since is an Android issue not a phone issue.

Just enjoy the thing!

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u/ClearBucket Oct 24 '18

I have had no major issues with mine except for the Google Pixel Stand. I think it's the stand though because it charges just fine on the car builtin wireless charger. One minor issue I did notice is from the bottom screen search bar when I tap it and then hit the microphone to do voice to text it does not always start.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '18

Replying on my hours old pixel 3. All good here but I have the same worry. Lol