When will I get my trade-in mailer to return my phone? From the trade-in confirmation screen: "You should receive a prepaid Trade In kit within seven business days after your new phone ships. Use this kit to send us your old phone". You will get an email confirmation that the mailer is being shipped to you, and that email will contain tracking info.
How does payment work with this trade-in? You pay for the entire phone up-front. The trade-in value will be credited back to your method of payment after your trade has been mailed in and assessed for value.
Does the trade-in mailer come with the delivery of the Pixel 6a/buds? No, it is a separate mailing.
Get 10% back in Store credit on Google Store purchases
Sweeten the deal and get a 10% google store credit for future google store purchases, if you sign up for Google One 2TB storage plan for 1 month (cost is $9.99/mo)
https://one.google.com/
WARNING: This relates to the 10% discount for purchasing 2 TB of Google One Storage. If you are upgrading your current paid plan, such as 100 GB, to the 2 TB plan, you will not receive the 10% credit for your purchases until the current billing cycle ends. Only then will purchases provide you the 10% credit 30 days after your order ships. Your subscription will immediately update to 2 TB but your billing account is still your old plan until the next billing cycle. You need to either wait to buy the phone, risking it goes OOS, or use a different Google account.
WARNING: I just upgraded and it gave me 10% credit. To the extent the above warning implies that you must wait to buy phone with store credit, this appears to be incorrect. You do may need to wait 30-60 days to receive the credit, depending on when your billing period starts and when the credit issues, which means you may be hit with a $9.99 billing cycle or two before the credit shows up, but $50 - $9.99 (x2) = $30.02 net profit if this occurs. The real danger is forgetting to cancel, set a Google calendar entry to downgrade/cancel your Google One. YMMV.
Q: What's a good case?
A: I bought this one because I wanted more protection and to show off the beautiful sage green color... and because Amazon has next day delivery and I want it NOW: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&
I saw a $105 Refund Credited to PayPal / credit card. What is this?
Some are seeing a partial refund/credit, however this has typically been charged to the account again (i.e. you won't keep it as an extra discount). Speculation is this has something to do with the Pixel Buds portion of the offer. This is not believed to be related to the trade-in aspect of this offer.
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the reviews stating the slow finger print reader is concerning.
If i can go back in time, I would not buy the pixel 6 because the fingerprint reader is embarrassingly slow and misreads if you change lighting conditions. It's simply awful and makes checking the phone a chore. I hate it. No screen protector issue, not my phone (it was exchanged), and it's a common complaint. If you are coming from a phone that had even an average sensor, this will annoy you to no end.
The Google Tensor chips have such unreliable and poor mobile connections that a significant number of users have to reboot regularly or toggle airplane mode on/off just to get data working. It always happens when i drive. Check reddits pixel subs for more info. It doesn't look like any of those issues will be fixed because they simply aren't fixed in the flagships.
It seems to be an issue when you transition towers, so if you travel a lot or travel through dead zones, it'll happen more frequently. An unacceptable problem most in-studio reviews don't address, but real-world users struggle with, and have been since launch.
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the reviews stating the slow finger print reader is concerning.
If i can go back in time, I would not buy the pixel 6 because the fingerprint reader is embarrassingly slow and misreads if you change lighting conditions. It's simply awful and makes checking the phone a chore. I hate it. No screen protector issue, not my phone (it was exchanged), and it's a common complaint. If you are coming from a phone that had even an average sensor, this will annoy you to no end.
The Google Tensor chips have such unreliable and poor mobile connections that a significant number of users have to reboot regularly or toggle airplane mode on/off just to get data working. It always happens when i drive. Check reddits pixel subs for more info. It doesn't look like any of those issues will be fixed because they simply aren't fixed in the flagships.
It seems to be an issue when you transition towers, so if you travel a lot or travel through dead zones, it'll happen more frequently. An unacceptable problem most in-studio reviews don't address, but real-world users struggle with, and have been since launch.
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What if the back is scratched or frame has dents. Seems like you get nothing but troubles from the trade in
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When I switch to data the problems all go away. Two of the apps are Jack in the Box (pretty much unusable) to the game Artery Gear (periodic timeouts). McDonalds every once in awhile lags while loading offers or location.
But for those 3 apps, I'll use 10 others on Wifi that have no problems. Haven't really tested it too much to see if it's a Google thing, just my phone thing, or my Wifi.
It is a head scratcher.
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Pixel 3a
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $295 -> Sweet spot IMO, for a cracked-screen Pixel 3a
Pixel 3 XL
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $292.50 (lesser than 3a)
Pixel 4
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $265
Pixel 4 XL
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $257.50
Pixel 4a 5G (1.5 generations newer)
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $260 (lesser than 3a or 3a XL)
Pixel 5
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $225 (Least of all Pixel 3 and above)
Pixel 5a
Good: $300
Cracked screen: $230
Also, I wish Google did trade-ins like Samsung does - discount the trade-in value instantly and opt to charge it if the TIV differs or trade-in device is not sent. Rather Google charges for full price and the tax for the full price, which I think would not reflect in the refund - this itself would amount to about $30 lost depending on the state and is a significant amount.
Eg.
Pixel 6a: $449
Tax for Pixel 6a: $46
Total: $495 (Paid today)
Refund for Trade-in: $300
Effective price: $195
If the discount was applied upfront, the tax would be $15 instead of $ 46, a savings of $31.
Effective price would have been $149 + $15 = $164 instead.
Anything to know about the transfer process?
[edit] Pulled the trigger...I got the unlocked ones. Will it still be easy to transfer my current 4a's from AT&T to Google Fi?
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