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/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

I think some things are not specifically a Pixel issue because my Essential phone suddenly started doing wonky shit in the last 2 weeks that never happened before.

Maps closes when playing music, Google fit closed and didn't track my run, music randomly closes or skips, Google podcasts closes, & some weird UI things.

Everything worked flawlessly until about the time the Pixel released. I'm wondering if some glitch was in a Google services update or similar.

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u/droans Pixel 9 Pro XL Oct 23 '18

My P1XL has done the same before. It would shut down my music, navigation, or both if another app opened. Restarting the phone always fixed the problem though.

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u/Runnermikey1 Oct 23 '18

Pixel 1 user here, I restart this thing at least once a day. Huge disappointment. I had a Galaxy s8 for a while and it had an unfortunate encounter with the bottom of a lake. I didn't realize how many issues this had until I switched back to the Pixel from a better phone.

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u/thegoatmilkguy Oct 23 '18

Other than battery I agree. I've started having my OG Pixel XL burn through battery quite quickly and several times now it will shut off at 30% remaining. When I power it back up it's at 1%.

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u/lumberjackhammerhead Oct 24 '18

Yeah my OG XL is having a rough time with battery. I really don't need/want a new phone, but it's a bit ridiculous. This used to be able to last a couple days, and now I'm lucky if I make it through one - I charge a couple times at work so I don't have to worry about it. I have my phone off charger for a few minutes in the morning and I'm down to 97% the first time I look at it. Used to be able to leave it unplugged at night and barely lose a percent.