Google Pixel 6/Pro - just over the horizon?

I've got to ask, Jeremy are you a writer by trade? If not you should be ;)

Hardly - I work in a law firm, so have been cursed with an affliction that causes me to review and edit, rinse and repeat over and over till I finally have it where it (hopefully) gets my point across - and then do one more round of edits to ensure I screw it up a little. ;)
 
Many of us with pixel 3 and 3xl phones have suffered for a long time with broken sensors which, despite several service and other threads were just plain blatantly ignored by Google. Most all those threads were even simply closed by Google. Just god-awful customer service. But users smarter than me determined it to be a software issue which was never addressed by Google in the monthly updates. My question is whether this issue would transfer to a pixel 6 when the 3 is backed up to the 6?
 
Many of us with pixel 3 and 3xl phones have suffered for a long time with broken sensors which, despite several service and other threads were just plain blatantly ignored by Google. Most all those threads were even simply closed by Google. Just god-awful customer service. But users smarter than me determined it to be a software issue which was never addressed by Google in the monthly updates. My question is whether this issue would transfer to a pixel 6 when the 3 is backed up to the 6?
I would manually backup my important files and set up as new. Just in case
 
Oh yeah the countdown is on. In the meantime here's me getting it done taken on the Pixel 3a. It came out really good.
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I may opt for the standard 6 with the orange on the top. Also, I read that the 6 may only cost about $750 USD, and the Pro about $1050.
 
I may opt for the standard 6 with the orange on the top. Also, I read that the 6 may only cost about $750 USD, and the Pro about $1050.

I saw that as well!! That is a great price. It is going to be a long 30 day wait!

There is a Pixel 6 Pro with my name on it somewhere out there lol
 
I just don't see the pixel 6 starting less than the pixel 5. I'm thinking 850 and 1050...
 
I'm figuring $799/$1,099, and will take anything below that as a pleasant surprise.

That's about a 38% increase to go to the Pro, which is a lot, but at least they are actually delivering a lot of 'pro' boosts to the point that it's not an absurd difference - to those who value those enhancements.

If the Pro comes in at that or lower, that's where I'll land.

Then it's just a matter of whether the goldish color is more of a gold or more of a peach color in person (tough to say from photos). If it's gold, definitely going that, because while I hate gaudy looking phones, it'd look spectacular if it matches well to this emblazoned across the back...

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Here's another preview (main sensor wise) of what the Pixel 6 Pro will be able to do against the top of the line iPhone. Also this guy does great camera comparisons. When we get leaked camera samples from the 6 Pro I'll disappear until the actual announcement date. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/gsdKRm0MZ48
 
Here's another preview (main sensor wise) of what the Pixel 6 Pro will be able to do against the top of the line iPhone. Also this guy does great camera comparisons. When we get leaked camera samples from the 6 Pro I'll disappear until the actual announcement date. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/gsdKRm0MZ48

Interesting showcase. I anticipate that Google will do a better job getting the most out of that sensor through AI than Vivo, yielding better results, which bodes quite well as the Vivo's output was generally very nice.

Of course, we'll have the usual camera wars with groups claiming victory separately for the iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy, Huawei, etc - and every one of them will be right, for themselves.

The biggest draw for me to the Pixels for cameras (disclosure - I shoot very little video) is the simple fact that they are the most consistent in delivering at least a great result every single time, and are frequently the best, regardless of conditions (dynamic range, lighting, motion, etc), barring challenges that require a special lens it may not have had in the past (telephoto/wide angle).

If I were better educated on how to use the variety of manual settings on a phone that offered them, to optimize the output, or if I were trained and interested in doing manual post-processing, my preference might change, but I fall in with the overwhelmingly vast majority of users who rely on the phone to do all of the 'heavy lifting' and simply want to be able to open the app, take a shot, and get great results without taking the time to fiddle with individual settings - time that is a luxury often not available when opportunity only presents itself briefly.

The other attraction to me in Pixel renditions is that the results they provide are nearly always truer to life in terms of color and texture rendition. Rarely blown out, skin tones are true, contrast is spot-on, excessively bright/dark/mixed scenes portrayed accurately with minimal blowout of the bright or crushing of detail in the dim.

I'm excited to see how much stronger the Pixel's camera is than its predecessors, but honestly I'm even more excited for how much better it will evolve over time. Much like their AI on the Sony IMX363 when it first launched, it should grow stronger and stronger in performance as they continue to optimize their AI for the Samsung sensor (let's just hope we don't stay with the GN1 till the Pixel 10...)
 
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Hardly - I work in a law firm, so have been cursed with an affliction that causes me to review and edit, rinse and repeat over and over till I finally have it where it (hopefully) gets my point across - and then do one more round of edits to ensure I screw it up a little. ;)

Want to edit some of my novels, so they can be published? Haha.
 

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