Google Pixel 3
52 reviews
Overall great phone with one major problem – Great camera quality and runs smoothly. I personally think it's a little small, but some people may prefer that so I can't say it's a negative. I did have a problem where the power button would get stuck and open up the menu with the "Emergency" button, where the phone automatically called the local emergency services multiple times. I fixed this… Read more
by heating the button with a hairdryer and cleaning it, but it was quite stressful to deal with and the issue returned a couple of times. This seems to have happened to many people with the Pixel 3. I'd otherwise give it a 4/5 if it didn't have this problem.
Actually unbelievably sturdy – My google pixel 3 got dropped on a gravel hill and driven over by a van. Has a screen protector and tech21 case. It still somehow functions perfectly, no dead spots or cracks in the screen, no bends or dents. Super impressive.
Simple SMS too complex for Pixel 3 – I have had the Pixel 3 since Feb 22 when purchased new. In the last few days SMS has stopped working & there is no support from Google to get the problem fixed. Show details
Positive reviews
Google pixel 3; – Satisfactory mobile good photo but problem in battery . I use phone for business purposes. Good GPS system and google voice and enjoyed most of the features and software and hardware Show details
2nd pixel and I love it – I haven't had any issues with either of my pixel phones (2 & 3). I upgrade my pixel 2 to the pixel 3 about 12 months ago. Everything works as it should and happy with performance. They break as easily as iPhones though when you drop them, but have been easy enough to get the screen replaced. Show details
Great camera for travel – Always had Apple products but switched to Google last year after much research on the cameras. Travelled to Russia, Baltic states and Switzerland so plenty of great scenery. Took my big Nikon SLR too but really can’t tell the difference between the photos, except at night. Here the Google night sight shone. Way better photos from the phone. Love… Read more
the ease of the onboard editing facilities too. Colours are brilliant and crisp. I am a very fussy photographer and just have to get the perfect shot so love the Google with it’s fast camera start. Bought the XL and worth the extra. Also use with a full cover so no worries after dropping it many times on concrete etc. I don’t notice the chin at the top that others have negatively reviewed. Very fast charge and great battery life. Sometimes music can sound a bit tinny if not through earphones. Love everything about the Google Pixel 3.
Negative reviews
3 year old Pixel 3 bricked EDL issue – 3 year old Pixel 3 bricked. Will not turn on. Connecting it to a PC via USB appears as QUSB_BULK* and that's it. Can't access files or anything. Tried multiple hold down power button, volume button combinations from tips after reading online about EDL issue with Pixel 3s but nothing has worked. It does not turn on. Thankfully had an old… Read more
Sony Xperia so was able to use that instead but really disappointed that a 6+ year old phone works better (at least it turns on and I can make a phone call!) compared to a 3 year old one.
Will not buy Pixel again.
Avoid. Phone bricked and google don't care – Phone has been good until the issue where having the latest updates will brick your phone rendering completely useless. Please avoid buying, google "pixel 3 bricked" for plenty of threads about it.
Does the trick, buy still not good enough – Battery life is quite poor. Microphone does not work well when talking on speaker phone. These two factors mean I wouldn't buy this phone again. Everything else works fine. I like the camera. Show details
Recent reviews
This phone is the definition of a horrible design – This phone has three major design flaws that render it among the worst phones ever created for it's price range. lets get to the point: 1. The worst thing about it is the charging input on the phone itself is their own unique pixel 3 design that is best described as the input slot of a monstrously busy wench who caters to men of all sizes. The… Read more
slot is somehow wider than the cable it came with (stock cable) and caused me nightmares since the first day I purchased. This was the only phone I ever refused to pay insurance for as I never crack or damage my phones and have NEVER experienced problems with the charging or audio input sockets. From day one it would take me between 20 seconds and 2 minutes to position it in a way where it is actually allowing charge to happen. Over time it somehow became even more difficult to get this working and two years later takes me between 2 minutes and 15 minutes to position so It can charge. All of the two cables I purchased off eBay haven't even been able to provide a charge despite them being exactly the same as the stock cable. Disgraceful.
2. There is no f^*((&(*^( 3.5 mm audio jack on the phone? This is ridiculous. As someone who records themselves and others speaking through a lavaliere mic this is most vital. Only a cruel monster of a man would remove such an important feature. Who ever made the decision to remove it I really hope they receive a boss that is equally as cruel and stingy as they were when they decided to remove this product.
3. NO EXPANDABLE STORAGE! (this was not advertised by my local Vodaphone shop who deceived me into choosing this product without mentioning this rather important fact). Didn't even know non expandable was a thing. Fools.
P.s. there is no Wireless charger that came with this phone. Out of principle I'm not buying one. If google want another dollar from me for releasing such a disgraceful product they will have to pry it from my cold dead body.
Was it worth it for the camera? Hell no. Camera features make each photo use up ridiculous storage. The google drive is slow as hell and requires you to manually move them out of your phone And there are much better phones with equivalent cameras without all these horrible design flaws.
worst phone ever made - lots of bugs – I've had this phone replaced twice, and twice it had similar issues relating to speaker quality (people having trouble hearing me on speaker). Since the recent update on the phone, almost everything is faulty: messaging faults, captions turning on without being programmed to, screenshot functionality really bad, and on and on. Show details
too expensive for such a phone – for that price expected more. no jack, low memory, no memory stick. Google changing policy reducing benefits for the owners, doesn't hold what has proposed. Text must have at least 30 words
USB c port faulty – After six months the USB c port was unuseable, headphones and charging, seems a common problem. If it was a automotive problem there would be a global recall. To solve the problem I purchased a wireless charger and bluetooth headset. Show details
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Worst phone I've ever owned – From day 1 this phone has had issues. Reboot loops, unlocking itself when sitting in the centre console of my car!?!? Power button sticking, poor speaker volume. Also made in China. Nasty phone, avoid . Show details
Without a doubt the worst phone I've ever had – Very poor call quality (and can't actually understand many voice messages due to poor audio), high rate of call drop out, takes an extraordinarily long time to turn on/restart, camera/gallery does a weird loud ticking thing for a few seconds every so often. I went to update my Samsung and was talked into this. Never again. Show details
Promises fudged – Promised free storage?! The phone sends ads to your Gmail account and just announced charging for photo storage. Why buy the phone of there are no advantages for Google customers? Expensive accessories! If you buy the cheaper versions, they don't work properly. (Recharge cables) Show details
Moving up from the 2XL to the 3a XL the build, feel and strength of the 3a is terrible – Having the google pixel 3a XL for a few months now I have realised I made a mistake purchasing this phone. The 3a feels cheap compared to the 2XL I had previously. Now having an issue with the screen having failed due to heat with no support from Google at all, the pixel 2 stood up to the same amount of heat with no issues the 3a is obviously a cheap build. Very disappointed. Show details
Good phone – The best aspect to this phone is it's excellent camera quality. Captures high quality photos that are true to the true colouring of the subject. It's good to use at night as well. Battery life isn't the best, but still is a good phone overall. Show details
Awful – Usually I really cannot be bothered writing reviews but being such an expensive phone and having such a painful experience with it I thought I would. - Atrocious battery life - Poor performance (regular freezes, occasional inexplicable lag) - Unresponsive touch screen (I gave up using 'Double tap to wake' after a month or two as it didn't work… Read more
more often than it did work) - I am without a doubt forgetting many issues I've had with this phone over the last 12 months that I've had it, but I think I've got the biggest ones.
I do not recommend this phone.
Good camera and price – I honestly had to send mine back because I received a phone with a broken camera. It was a pretty awful process and took lots of hours of customer service. I wish Google had a store I could have gone to. The phone runs smoothly. The only problem now is that autocorrect was a lot better on iPhones. Now I just have more typos. They have a lot of… Read more
different settings, but honestly maybe too many. It's cool to customize, but I've accidentally overridden some settings with others.
Bad quality on phone call, worst phone i ever had – Worst phone i ever had on phone call, then only things i missed was the night mode selfie. I have switch back to Apple, i won't switch back to google anymore. Oh, a few functions they were marketing doesn't work in Australia. I shouldn't buy that on first place. Show details
Hands down the worst battery life on any phone ever – Software-wise, I would consider this smarter than an iPhone, in general, except for the fact the Google Assistant never worked. Read every instruction including online and phone support with Google to resolve, and even they couldn't resolve the issue. Claimed in would be fixed in an update, but never happened in its 12 months of life. Over the… Read more
last 2 months, battery life slowly started to diminish to the point where the phone eventually died from complete battery failure. Google wouldn't replace it under warranty because of a small crack on the corner of the screen. So if you would like to flush $900 down the toilet slowly, buy a Googe Pixel 3. Money well wasted.
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Great Price Great camera – I bought this one because google offered this set for $600 when they cleared stock and moving to pixel 4. For that price point this phone is great. The camera is the best and on par with other top of the range phones out there. I believe this comes down to the native camera app that comes with this phone and not available to other phones - can't… Read more
be downloaded from the Playstore! No audio jack but it comes with usb C to audio adaptor. The battery is ok , the fast charging is really efficient, the screen is very clear and the finger print location is quite logical (at the back of the phone, top center). So far I have used this for nearly 4 months with no issues at all (no tempered glass just jelly casing which can be bought easily online).
Good but not perfect – Ive had this phone for about 3 months. Already I am seeing lagging and stabilization problems. Video recording is often terrible due to lagging and lack of stability. Literally, the only good thing is the camera and camera features. BUT im sure there are other phones out there with amazing cameras with good software Show details
Worst mobile phone ever! – This Google pixel 3 XL is by far the worst mobile phone ive ever owned. The only positive thing I can say about it is it has a really good quality camera. I had to download a messaging app just so my family members that don't own a Google handset could receive photos and messages from my Google pixel 3XL? Absolutely ridiculous,the keyboard is… Read more
glitchy all the time,this phone isn't even 12 months old,it's 8 months old,never been dropped or damaged. I had to outlay 200 bucks to upgrade my lease plan to get a real phone-good old Samsung Galaxy s10 plus. Don't waste your time and money buying or leasing a Google pixel 3 XL,there's plenty of other mobile phones that are way better than this peice of *.#$.
Poor call quality, blinking, – My 64GB Google Pixel 3 is now 9 months working. I bought it from Harvey Norman, still has a warranty. I have not any problem with its screen, or its software. I am also happy with its camera, But, overall, I won't buy a Google Pixel mobile phone anymore, because I have lots of problems with call quality. I have tried two mobile network providers.… Read more
The problem existed with both of them. while I had not such problems with my previous mobile phone (HTC). I reckon, the problem comes from some conflict in Google pixel and the mobile network.
Disappointed – I bought this phone after a couple of years on a OnePlus One and thought I would try a Google phone after friends reporting being happy with their older Nexus. Regretful purchase, within one day I noticed the phone is plagued with glitches (phone cannot be unlocked as the pattern screen disappears), battery life is very low and worst of all the… Read more
call quality is terrible especially in transport (tram, car etc). Speakers also will randomly cut out and have to yell so other party can here me talking. Would not recommend and will stay away from Google phones from now on. The phone does not come cheap yet does not reflect quality. Shame
Worst Phone I have ever bought – The battery doesn't last, there are a lot of bugs and now it keeps restarting repeatedly so I can't even access it. Google's warranty system and tech support is terrible. Show details
Thoroughly dissapointed – My only issue was with call quality. The phone did not cope well with poor signal at my desk and when driving through the city. My replacement older Samsung S8 did not blink. This was despite Google replacing my phone 3 times. Show details
Disappointed – Came from a Samsung and I'm pretty disappointed. It's a good looking phone but that is where it ends. Lacks features, poor battery life and glitchy. Once my contract is over I will be going back to Samsung.
Average – Phone doesn't quite work smoothly sometimes, camera quality isn't what's advertised, just an average phone good enough for small tasks. Easy to use UI with simple layout. Great for just having a different phone. Show details
Perfect brick for today's world – This phone can act as a heater in winter cause it gets warm really quickly after short use. It also occasionally stops or restarts so gives me a break from using too much phone. The battery does not last much so again it gives me a break and reason to walk around to charge my phone. When I use too much mobile data, the phone drops the network… Read more
connection and I have to restart my phone to get the network bar again. Call quality is a bit wanky sometimes. I have yet to use it as a hammer though but soon I shall.
On a serious note, please search google pixel self restarting or not opening in google and you will find the number of people that have this problem. In addition, they do not have service centre so it is not as easy to get it fixed like other brands. I upgraded from pixel 1 xl after it was unfixable after 2 years use. I regret this phone.
Best Flagship Phone still – I swapped from Android to iOS for years and as a freelancer, I need a all in one phone that can take photos, edit easily, email and be interactive. The Pixel 3 is it. The issues that have been plaguing this phone were fixed with the Android 10 system update. My screentime is 7-9 hours with a average battery life of 13 hours. Show details
No customer service – I always used iphone and switched to pixel 3 but it was bit hard to use and there is actually no customer service centre and i bought it from telstra store and they said i need to call google direct. The issue was head phone and charger socket didnt work on it and google said your screen has crack in it and they cant help me. Show details
Great camera. Speaker and Bluetooth hit and miss – This phone has the best camera ever! So happy with how the Google technology all links together (photos, mail etc) however, I have not had any success in getting the Bluetooth to work every time. It's a bit hit and miss. Speaker for phone calls is not great either. Show details
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