Google Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro

I have the newer Nest Wifi. Bought two main units for about €100 each, but one is plugged into VM router and the second one acts as a mesh.

Overall they've been really good and have improved reception a lot over 3 floors. I've both of these on the ground floor with one hidden on top of the kitchen presses out of sight, so sort of close to the next floor.

If you do buy them, DON'T just plug your Ethernet devices into your old modem. The new Google router will handle your IT security configuration. If you plug into your old modem it will be bypassing any security and be very exposed online.

I had 4 devices plugged in, now just have the console plugged in and it's been fine, was a bit concerned it would be a worse set up but it's

The only negative is the potential cost, have seen some cheaper mesh options from lesser brands but you have the voucher, and, as everything is automated, you don't have the option to configure your options i.e. can't do router level VPNs if that matters to you.

Call VM to request ipv4 mode as you need that enabled to set up bridge mode.

I got an email from some crowd called Shipcloud saying a parcel was sent by Ingram Micro Services GmbH to me....IM assuming its not spam....I have ben waiting months for this and of course the one weekend its due to arrive I will be away....does anybody know if a courir will be OK if my wife signs for it?

Decided to be even more brave and sign up to the Android 12L Beta, now that its on version 3. I must say I will not be going back to where I was. Phone feels snappier, apps all working as expected, this feels very much like the proper version of Android 12. Im not experiencing any silly lil buggy things like keyboard behavior or rotation while showing video causing funny display issues. Very different experience once connectivity issues and s/w issues seem more stable (Im sure its not flawless)

Phone is driving me bonkers.

Staying connected to headphones when it shouldn't, not staying connected, and then today, saying it was connected but the music was still coming out of my phone!?

Never had these issues before with the last 4 Samsung phones I've had 😔

Yeah, installed it yesterday and no issues so far.

If anyone is in the same boat as me, and has been waiting for the original offer since the start of November, I contacted them and said I'd be happy with whatever gets me headphones fastest at this stage, seeing as there has been at least 2 waves of the QC45's while people who bought on release day still wait for the 700's. In the end, they emailed me to say they've cancelled my order for the 700's, and will send me the QC45's along with a voucher.

Wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of people get sent the 700's now 😂

Updated to the Android 12L beta, and my fingerprint scanner is MILES better than it was, pretty much works every time now.

That's why the tracking originally runs off of DHL, who provide a link to the An Post site in their detailed tracking, and you'll only get information from that link when An Post have it in their system. 😉

If I load the beta of 12L, will I lose my user data?

Ah, nice one! thanks

Yea the beta is very smooth and fingerprint sensor has improved too. It's a superb phone.

Only downside I'm seeing with the 12L beta so far is that you need to hold on the lock icon to unlock now, rather than a tap when using smart lock. Bit of a backwards step.

same here too, got mine this morning AnPost.. White Bose QC45, there nice and the noise cancelling is solid.

Mrs Cyrus is looking at one of these to replace her P30 pro, camera is the priority.

What are people doing for storage these days on photos, she takes a lot of pics and videos and i see very few manufacturers are leaving micro sd slots ( was going to give her my s21 ultra but only realised yesterday there is no expansion on that either!)

She has them backed up to amazon photos as well, but likes to keep a physical copy, maybe we need to move away from that.

Google is 30 a year for 200gb? thats ok !

+1 for this. Just install the Onedrive app and in settings you can set to back up to cloud automatically (over wifi and/or cellular data). You can then have that sync a local copy on your laptop/pc or even to a external hard drive. You can probably also do this with any of the major cloud storage services like Googles also.

I'd try swapping on Adverts maybe - someone might want to swap Black 700s for those.

Google won't help, a third party looked after this promo.

Yeah, if you're comparing the Pixel 6 Pro with headphones, I'd still defo go for the P6. If you're going Samsung S22+, you'd have to go the 256GB version, as the 128 "only" has 8GB RAM. You can offset that extra cost if you get the free buds and sell them. Samsung's One UI is decent these days. The best thing they ever did was drop Touchwiz, it really slowed down their phones.

The price of phones today is ridiculous. I used to buy a flagship at least once a year for €600. This is going right up to about 6 or 7 years ago. Now you're looking at €1500 for a true flagship. I would love the S22 Ultra, as I've had a good few Notes over the years. I just can't justify the price, though.

My P6 is still in the box. I still can't get past the slow charging. Was in Italy for a few days recently and had heavy phone use with Strava tracking ski runs, google maps in use driving around and watchign Netflix etc. on airport transfers.

The ability to plug in my OP7T for 20 mins and get a mountain of charge is still keeping me away from running the P6. Considering selling it at this point.

Supposedly google have dropped another new OTA update for P6/P6P mid month. Haven't said what it is. I'm running the L beta so can't check.