This is new — like, as of today. ‘Google’ now plans to provide genuine replacement parts for all ‘Pixel‘ phones via ‘IFixIt‘.
But the price being quoted for the Pixel 6 Pro screen is not cheap — NOT that you would expect it to be. [Also note that the screens are currently NOT available!]
Google is charging me $259 (already paid by credit card) to replace the damaged screen on my 6-month old Pixel 6 Pro — & that included FedEx shipping both ways. That looks like a bargain.
If you nominally allocate $20 for the FedEx shipping (both ways), they are only charging around $40 for the cost of repair. I know that they do a full, automated test to make sure the phone is 100% after the screen is installed. We couldn’t do that at home. Having them fix it for $40, at least to I, sounds like one heck of a DEAL.
Click to ENLARGE.Click image to access this post from last October. My prior phone mishap on the ‘Bold Coast‘.
Yes, yes, I KNOW. I can get the screen replaced — & I am. I am sending it to ‘Google’, via ‘FedEx‘, for the repair & it is going to cost me $259. So, yes, in theory, I didn’t have to get one — just use one of my old phones in the interim. Yes.
But, I have kind of attached to the amazing camera on the Google Pixel 6 Pro & would have missed not having it — & as you must know, it isn’t as if I don’t use it everyday. We have proof. Plus, as ever (contrary to what anyone thinks or believes) there is ALWAYS impeccable method to my madness. Given my early background in mainframe computers I am a rabid believer in hardware redundancy — e.g., we have 3 generators, 2 snow blowers, etc. SMILE. So, I, for the last four years or so, always have a backup for my main phone. I typically keep my previous phone as that backup. So, I DID have a Pixel 5 (from last year) as my backup.
But, Teischan wanted my Pixel 5 as a backup for her Pixel 5. She loves her Pixel 5 & dreads having to get something other than another Pixel 5! I have tried to get her a Pixel 6 but she refuses. She plans to continue using a Pixel 5 as long as she can. So, she wanted the Pixel 5 & she already has it. So, I don’t have a backup (& you can’t count my old ‘Pixel 2‘ as one, because I use that purely as my ‘Audible‘ playback device).
So, now the old Pixel 6 Pro, when fixed, will serve as my backup — for now. Come December I will trade it in for a Pixel 7 Pro and my new 6 will become the backup. SMILE. Remember, I no longer buy 2 to 3 cameras per year as I was wont to do. I just use Pixels.
I did have a ‘plastic’ screen protector on the phone. But, that did NOT have a chance. The phone fell face down onto pebbles & one just went straight through.
MIRACLE. The phone has kept on working! Even the icon beneath the HOLE (which happens to be the ‘Bank of America’ APP) still works! That is impressive.
I broke the phone on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 — my 1st day on the ‘Bold Coast‘ on this most recent trip. But I have managed to use it, without any undue trouble, till today — 2 weeks. The only that is problematic is the fingerprint reader — & to be fair there are cracks on the reader.
It had just stopped raining & it was windy. The phone was slightly damp. The wind blew my hat off. I went to catch it & the phone slipped out. Yes, I have learned.
This as you can see is NOT my first phone mishap on the Bold Coast. I dropped my Pixel 5, at ‘Cutler Coast‘, two trips back. I learnt from that. I now make sure that my phone will NOT accidently fall off.
Learnt another lesson. I now have a GLASS screen protector. That might help. But, I am also going to TRY using a lanyard when I am at the Bold Coast. That might or might not work. I trip quite often, on the Bold Coast, on my many hikes. If the phone is attached to me it could get hurt! What can I say. In the Bold Coast book I am now writing I point out that the Bold Coast can he hard on phones. I speak from experience.
Click to ENLARGE. My NEW & old Google Pixel phones.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google’.
Yes, I had known that Google was phasing out ‘Android Auto‘.
I did NOT need Android Auto to connect & use my Google Pixel 5 with my new (as of November 2, 2021) ‘Volvo’ ‘XC60’. The phone connected directly to Volvo’s (error-prone) Google-based infotainment system. That was also the case, yesterday, with my new Pixel 6 Pro. Just added the phone directly.
I hope I got my years right! SMILE. It is easy to overlook one. I got 1999 right away, BUT forgot 2000. Yikes. So, please check out my math. I will update the second chart if I have it wrong.
When I had asked for the APPs to be copied over I noticed the gap. I had to check on the old phone to see what was missing. Ahhh! Android Auto. I was slightly concerned that I might not be able to connect to my Volvo. It was NOT an issue.
First 2 pictures with it — & the ONLY pictures taken with so far. Will start, in anger, in 2022.
Over the last few years it has become a new tradition of my own making. I gift myself the latest Google Pixel phone for Christmas. Last year it was the Pixel 5 (which I used until today). In 2020 it was a Pixel 4. That said, I did NOT get a Pixel 3 in 2019. I gave that a miss. In 2018 I got myself a Pixel 2 — which happened to be the VERY FIRST smartphone I owned!
Yes, I am still quite new to smartphones. So, this yearly upgrading is kind of an over-compensation (for which I am known).
Prior to 2019 rather than phones I used to upgrade cameras. I got a new camera, on average, every 10 months! I also kept at least 2 cameras. I still have two cameras, both Panasonic, BUT I rarely use them.
Following with the Pixel 4 I — to my utter amazement — opted for using Pixel phones for my daily photography in place of expensive cameras. Age was becoming a factor. I was getting tired of lugging heavy cameras everywhere I went — & yes, I did have full-frame cameras, but ALWAYS mirrorless.
I got the Pixel 6 Pro for its camera. Supposed to have a nice zoom. I spent 10 seconds looking at it so far. I will start, in anger & earnest, tomorrow, January 1, 2022. New Year. New Pixel phone.
Moving from the Pixel 5 to the Pixel 6 Pro — staying with Google Fi as the carrier — was quite easy. Had to restart the phone. Had to mess with some Google Assistant setting. But, by & large it was OK.
I will keep you posed. Stay tuned. Happy New Year.
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
Anu’s Picture of the Day: Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS use Slideshow at bottom.
The other 6: In smaller-size here, forFULL-SIZE click below or in slideshow.
| All taken with my (Jan. 2021) Google Pixel 5. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
