Comment by gib444

9 hours ago

> Just be careful with the 8

Don't forget the notorious vertical pink line issue! Luckily that had (has?) an extended warranty programme.

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randlet  3 hours ago

My Pixel 8 failed with the exact failure mode (supposedly) covered by that extended warranty [0] program after owning it for 18 months. I had a very frustrating back and forth with Google support and in the end they refused to fix it under warranty because it wasn't manufactured in a specific batch.

Flagship phone turned into a useless device after 18 months of ownership due to a manufacturing issue and I've got no recourse. I'm done with Pixel and Google in general.

[0] https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15009955?hl=en

  • gib444  3 hours ago

    Wow, that's shitty. There's certainly plenty of company in the 'never buying a Pixel again' crowd.

    I've not heard anything good about Google's support in general.

    Their partner repair company which did my screen replacement tried to refuse because it was running GOS - had to use all my charm to convince her to do it.