The Google Pixel deflates due to its continuous problems

Acclaimed by all the media at its launch, Google's new flagship, the one that was destined to compete directly with the almighty iPhone and Galaxy has gone from occupying the front pages to a second place without much impact in the media. After the initial "hype" with high praise for its camera that came to be cataloged as the best camera that any smartphone has ever had, the expectation for the Google Pixel has cooled a lot, in large part due to the disappointment of many of its users. users when verifying that a premium smartphone, which has a starting price of € 759 in its most basic model and exceeds € 1000 at the top of the range, is having more problems than desired.

Camera issues

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The Pixel camera achieved the highest score ever for any smartphone by DXOMark, with an impressive 89 points that place it above the iPhone 7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge, the big flagships of the major companies that dominate the market of smartphones. However, when the first devices began to reach their buyers, they were met with the unpleasant surprise that the "Lens Flare" phenomenon was more common than usual. It is a reflection that is common to all cameras on the market, but we repeat, in this device it occurs more frequently than usual, as shown by some comparisons in which taking captures in the same situation with mobile devices, only the Pixel camera produces this effect.

Google has acknowledged the failure, and will fix it, albeit only in part, as It is a hardware problem and the solution that they are going to offer through software is only partial. Users should use the HDR + mode to avoid these detellos, and with the normal mode they will continue to appear as before.

Bluetooth problems

The speaker Problems have also come with Bluetooth when connecting to the hands-free of many car brands. On the one hand, many users complain that they cannot connect to their handsfree, but in addition, those who manage to connect complain that the sound quality leaves much to be desired. and the terminal ends up disconnecting after a not too long time. Finally, some say that there are no connection problems, but that when a call is made they suffer a failure that prevents the use of the hands-free.

In this case there is currently no solution published by Google, nor have they assumed any fault because they really do not know where it is. It may be an Android 7.1 problem, since it is the operating system that these terminals come standard, but the few Users of other brands who have this version already installed say that there is no problem with the Bluetooth connection, so Pixel users are somewhat baffled.

Speaker problems

Finally we have another quite general problem with the device's speaker, which causes the sound to be very distorted when it is at high volume. It is not that there is some noise, something common in many terminals, but a really annoying distortion and that prevents adequate listening to the sound of video games, music or movies. We show you a video in which this annoying problem is appreciated.

As you can see, the distortion is far from being a slight problem and it is really annoying. Reddit is full of similar cases and some users say that they have received several replacement terminals after complaining to Google and that they all have the same problem.

Too many problems for "the best mobile on the market"

When Google launched its Pixel there were many praises for a device that received very good reviews from the media, but that users did not finish seeing deserving of that Premium price, even more so when the competition in Android is so high and there are terminals with better specifications that cost half, having the same operating system. It is clear that all devices suffer from problems, even the almighty iPhone has them in all models released year after year, but in this case it seems that there are too many problems for its short life. In addition, it is not the same to launch millions of terminals and that some have problems, as with the iPhone or the Galaxy S7, than that the number of devices is much lower and so many problems appear, as it seems to be the case with the Google Pixel.

Among the availability problems and the failures that users are reporting, as well as the few and incomplete solutions that Google seems to be providing, all the hype obtained by a terminal that looked like it was going to burst the market has become something much lighter. It seems that the first smartphone "Made by Google" will not have the expected good reception, although we will still have to wait to assess it.