As much as some love the new pixels, I am still blown away by the 6p.
I'm running with the beta on Nova and have almost everything that the pixels have and it looks like what I want it to.
The size of the phone is good so I don't want a smaller version of it, the front facing speakers are great, being unlocked and getting fast updates is a huge part of it too.
My issue is why change the design to partially mimic Apple or Samsung? The glass portion on the back is just stupid and completely useless and is a deterrent for going without a case if a person wants to.
Even though I know Google will never put a SD card back in since they are pushing everything to the cloud, they actually need to follow Samsung on this and bring it back..
For me, finding a phone to replace the 6p with all of it's strengths is going to be very difficult because the choices are few.
5 things added, 1 removed, and never add 1 thing to the pixels would change this and I don't think that I am alone...
1..add a SD card
2..add front facing speakers
3..add the IR blaster
4..add a removable battery
5..ADD THE DAMN FM RADIO
Remove the glass back
Never add a curved screen
Someone will want waterproofing but waterproofing screws up the sound from the speakers too much so water resistant is OK by me.
Sure I know my list stands a snowballs chance in hades of happening with Google.. and that's a real shame because if they actually did this and keep it in a body that wasn't prone to scratches and breaking easily people would buy them out..
I know that my 6p doesn't have all of these things, and neither does the pixels but until I can get these in 1 package I'm not going to even consider buying another phone from anyone.. I'm tired of having to settle for something that I have to make tradeoffs on.. I'm not holding my breath either because I know the manufacturers aren't willing to chance folks holding on to 1 phone and not buying a new phone every year..
I don't have any negatives about my 6p for the way it works and am happy with it's performance, but there are these things that I want in my next phone..