Pixel 6 or wait for Pixel 7

affi0x

Hey everyone.

I am currently with the Pixel 3. It is EOL and the battery is struggling to last through the day. So I need a change.

After seeing all the leaks from the Pixel 7, it seems that the only major change is the new Tensor G2. Other than that, the phone is almost identical to the Pixel 6.

Is it worth paying the price difference (~$100) for the Pixel 7? Or do you think it is worth getting the Pixel 6 at a lower price now that the 7 is to be released?

Thank you!

BHydden

affi0x while weighing up the decision, remember that extra $100 buys you not just the upgraded chip but also a whole extra year of support (p6 EOLing in 2026 while p7 will likely EOL in 2027)

Max-Zorin

affi0x

Also consider there may be pre-order incentives on the Pixel 7 as speculated in the article below. Considering this, it bring the price more in line with the Pixel 6.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/google-pixel-7-pro-tipped-to-come-with-killer-preorder-gift-the-pixel-watch

italian_job

depend on the prize you may get in your country and if the prize matter for you, in my country, in Europe, we may get the 6 for around 450 € and the 6 P for around 620 € of course with an year less of support...

abcZ

$200 in google store credit for the P7....
And the prices are actually the same for the P6 and P7.

nrt

abcZ $200 for 7 pro. $100 for 7.

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Matth

I just came here as I wondered about that. I have pre-ordered a Pixel 7 Pro, and hope that the port won't take too long. And thanks for the link to the donation, so I could add my small share to that.

Approximately how long do you expect it to take, once you got the phones?

McNotfalljoghurt

Well I just recently decided to go with the 6 Pro as I got it from eBay. Someone got it with a mobile contract but did not use it because he was an Apple heavy user. Therefore I gut it insanely cheap and practically unused with the receipt and everything.

Maybe you can also find a deal like that. Then it might be worth. Otherwise I would likely also choose the newer version.

Link

I was thinking of getting a 7, but considering previous experiences with brand new Pixels (it feels like we are beta testing a product), I decided on a tried and true 6a.

abcZ

Link Hate to break it to you, but the 6a and even more so the 7 are the bug fixes applied to the 6.

affi0x

As my Pixel 3 is still usable, I'll wait until the 7 has GrapheneOS available. When this happens it will also most likely already have had fixes for any initial issues.

abcZ

nrt That's just the store credit, which isn't worth anything because they don't have anything else.

Wonderfall

abcZ Doesn't make much sense to say that 6a and 7 are "bug fixes". 6 had a lot of firmware issues but a lot of those have been fixed. There isn't something wrong inherent to the hardware. 6 and 6a are perfectly usable devices, and so will the 7 which brings some hardware improvements.

abcZ

Wonderfall They are very nearly identical in just about every respect.
So ask yourself why create a new iteration of basically the same thing? The answer is BUG FIXES.

And if you think that hardware doesn't include bugs too, I've got news for you.

Wonderfall

abcZ There is no doubt that Pixel 7 is more of a refinement than a major improvement over the 6, but new iterations happen all the time in the smartphone world. Google has been releasing new Pixels every year and this year makes no exception. Furthermore, Pixel 7 brings nice efficiency improvements so why not release a slightly better phone that will be selling pretty well anyway?

Most of the bugs you're referring to are related to firmware (low-level code that interacts with hardware) and software. Again, a lot of those have been fixed, and they will keep getting fixed. Hardware can have issues, and every hardware has issues to some degree, but there's no point in vaguely talking about them to make a weird point about why Google had to release a new product with evident hardware refinements.