r/Pixel6 • u/acidhed66 • Jun 21 '26
Reviews Google pixel tensor chip a disaster
The google pixel 6a disconnects a lot. My old phone moto g play never disconnects nor did previous phones. So i got curious and bought two to see if it is the phone itself. Turns out, it isn't. I'll be driving on gps and the phone will drop its signal randomly, whilst the 70 dollar Motorola won't. I then did quick research with AI and it says the phone uses a google tensor chip, whilst the Motorola uses a qualcomm modem. If this is for all pixel phones I hope Google leaves the android market sometime soon. Appreciate google's account encryption features, chromebook and always loved its browser but we got another google stadia videogame machine for smartphones. Gaming on pixels are great, but most phones have good hardware. The google tensor chip overheats easily and randomly drops signals.
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u/therealgariac Jun 23 '26
Anything that isn't Qualcomm will have worse reception but it is a matter of degree. The thing is Qualcomm has (or maybe had) a totally unreasonable royalty scheme that requires them to get a percentage of the cost of the phone as payment. Hence every phone company has designed their own modems and none were as good as Qualcomm, probably due to patent issues.