Google Pixel 6a

Like others above I got an Eir sim and then off to Vodafone store and got the 6a for €249.99. They didn't make me get a top up. Gonna set up the phone shortly, just backing up my old phone first!

It's pure android. Google photos is the default app. You can install something different if you don't like it.

Phone feels quite hot at the back even with light use. I read online this can be an issue. Did all the updates so the phone is now up to date. Some say it takes a few days to feel normal. Anyone else have this issue?

Thanks for the reply. Still getting hot, even after a few minutes of browsing on Chrome, it's the back that gets hot (not boiling but it heats up as if I'm playing a game that requires a lot of processor use).

I did read it can happen for the first few days so will see.

I checked all the settings, and made sure some apps were restricted, so it's not like there are any apps that are running in the background using up the hardware. Hoping it sorts in a few days, as currently it feels like a phone that can't handle simple processes, it feels like the way my iphone 6s did years ago when I had it over two years and I needed a change after having it so long as it got hot easily after light use.

Also, the battery is low and it was at 100% at 8am this morning. I thought it would have been around 50% at this stage (previous phone was and it was over a year old). In saying that I did put through a few updates this morning so maybe it was that.

Did you look it up? It does support fast charging.

If you install Ampere you will see what current you get when charging. The Xiaomi charger should be good enough. Check different USB cables. The fatter the better. If its an old cable, thats been bent a lot, it might no longer be able to do the full charger.

I get faster charging speeds on the Pixel Phone from our Xiaomi (33w) charger than our (18W) Pixel one. But it not as quick our Xiaomi phone which supports 33W. The Pixel only supports 18W.

I know my Pixel some times very rarely goes into a slow charging mode. Rebooting it get it back to full speed.

Is that with a decent USB cable?

Just checked with my 18w and the 6a is getting 2100mA. But it's at 87% and it slows down at it gets closer to 100%.

My 4a5G is getting 3400mA on the same charger because it's only 50%. On the Xiaomi charger I'm getting 3690mA.

I know these are with decent USB cables though. And your Xiaomi charger is different to mine.

There are load of different fast charging standards. The charger and the phone have to the same standard to get the best specs. I've bought a few chargers from Amazon that claim to be fast chargers but aren't.

But bad cables play a part in it.

I've never found the type of cable makes a difference just the quality. You won't know if it's 100% by looking at it. Only by testing.

The cable I got the highest current on tonight is USB-A to USB-C. It's noticably thicker than cheap cables. This one came with the Xiaomi phone. The Pixel cables are decent though.

You're really looking for the thickest shortest cable.

Thanks @Flinty997 for all the tips.

Case is on the way but it's just a cheap one from Amazon so maybe I'll get a better one soon.

Ordered this also so I'll try it with the USB-C to USB-C Google cables that came with the phone and hopefully it's fast charging so I have that option too. Very annoying you don't get a plug!

Still, for 249.99 it's a great price for the phone, the camera seems great with the OIS (the Xiaomi didn't have that, so even though it had 108mp it's not as good camera wise, no 5g on the Xiaomi I had either).

I was told by one of the staff that they were end of line... That was a couple of weeks ago. Some shops had one unit at the time, some had none...

344 on Irish Google store atm

You'll have to buy a 3 sim for €10-20, then buy €20 of Vodafone credit to get the offer, I decided the hassle was worth a tenner and I just paid the €299

They come unlocked... At least mine did

€519.99 payg on Vodafone with free Pixel A buds - €10 more expensive than the Irish Google Store. No "deals" yet by the looks of things

Yeah, usually pop up within a couple of weeks of release.

6A now at 199!

I got a 6a, great phone but really slow charge. I was using an old usb cable and generic plug and getting 1000 ma. I then tried using the cable that came with it and plugged into my work docking station getting 1900ma. Finally tried the cable with my wife's pixel 3a plug and it's at 2900ma which is probably the most I'm going to get? Looks like I'll have to buy one of those plugs unless better recommendation?

Also, I really miss the notification led. I tried an app notifybuddy but it doesn't work half the time.

I actually miss my OnePlus 3 phone even though it was ancient, it was the best phone I had but the new OnePlus phones are mad money.

Been using the phone alot for the past day. Few things about it bother me. Phone gets really hot while charging, I was video calling for about an hr on it and it also got seriously hot especially on the left side. The phone generally heats up even with casual use browsing the net etc. I know these tensor chips are known to get hot but this seems abit excessive. Seems this is a common thing with the 6a and the other 6 models since they all share the same processor.

The battery life is abit sketchy compared to my old Xiaomi 11 and it takes bloody ages to charge to. June 2023 security patch applied. Anyone else experience these issues ? In saying this the phone hasn't shown any over heating warnings and shut itself down, it performs really well, it just gets uncomfortably hot.

My 6 Pro was also very hot when I first got it. Was told it was normal and would right itself in a few days. And it did.

Charged my 6a to 100% last night, woke up this morning to find I had 56% battery left.... In battery usage it said "phone idle" had consumed 47% of my battery as I slept. Not sure what is going on here ?

Some times the health and activity trackers don't sleep.

From day one I did all the system updates to bring it up to latest security patch.