Reasons not to buy Google Pixel in India

Well about 2 years back I write a blog for reasons to buy a google pixel in India [check that here] but as I've used the device over the years I get to know somethings that make the device just unbearable. I'll break them down to certain points for easy understanding.

Let me make this perfectly clear here and now I proudly own a pixel 4a and still using it and loved every minute but I believe people of India needs to know somethings about pixel phone before they actually buys the device. So, Lets get into this

1. Price: Google Pixel phones are known for their high price points, which may be considered excessive when compared to other smartphones available in the Indian market. Even though the pixel ‘a’ series is considered as a budget segment but still for some people they aren't really be considered as budget.

2. Limited availability: Google Pixel phones are not widely available in India, making it difficult for some consumers to purchase them. Most of the time the phone is not available on the online websites. And the availability in offline market is very limited to very few stores.

Google Pixel availability is at very specific places

3. No expandable storage: Google Pixel phones do not have a microSD card slot for expandable storage, which may be a deal breaker for some users. To be quite honest iPhones does the same thing and people don’t really have a problem with it so I don’t think it is going to be a deal breaking point but still for some obvious reasons if they put a SD card slot I love to have it.

There is no storage variant only 128 GB is available

4. Lack of support for Indian bands: Some Google Pixel models may not support all of the Indian cellular bands, which could lead to connectivity issues for some users. Well I don’t face any problem what so ever but I read some online articles people do face some problems. But later, they fixed with the updates, I think.

5. Limited after-sales service: Google may not have an extensive after-sales service network in India, which could make it difficult for users to get their phones repaired or serviced if they experience any issues. To be honest when I first get to know about this it is quite sad as when anyone buy a Google devices they must be expect the great after sales service similar to apple which is quite popular in India. If a person need some after sales support it can only be done via third party and the repair only be done in Mumbai I think. So, if a person lives not in Mumbai, they need to send the device through courier so basically it may take months or few weeks it quite depends on but that is not what a person buys a device for or expect this kind of after sales service.

No official service center in India.

To be honest these are only some points that I can think of there are lot others as well like there is very limited to no customization. When I first heard about android 13 update I though it will completely change the customization for the phone but after the update only limited things I can see.

Conclusion

I can’t say these are the points applied to everyone but these are some points that change the decisions to most of the people look as a consumer I always look for these points. I’m extremely upset with the after sales service if I ever need the to be repaired but that is not happen yet and I want to keep it that way. And another thing I want to add is I love the google chat support like if you are facing any kind of trouble google application just go to the chat support and they’ll actually help you which seems nice for a company who don’t provide after sales service to its customer

Reasons to switch to Google Pixel in India

Well for the starting not many google pixel devices are available and also there are many problems that are come with pixel and I'll explained them in this blog. Most of people didn't really care about pixel in India but with this blog I make sure they think about their choices again. So, let's get back to the topic and lets begin with reasons to switch to pixel

1. A best overall device

Well I purchased the google pixel thinking it'll solve all my problem but its kind of opposite but there are perks too as the device even has its problem but still manage to give best out a mid range device. Its the best overall device. Like its performance, price and camera and other things are totally worth it. Ever there is very low availability of pixel devices in market I still able to buy the device (I'll give my honest review of pixel 4a in another blog). 

2. The Google OS

Well I love the stock android I really do. From last 10 years or so i repeatedly using Motorola devices just because of stock android experience but every time I compare my phone with any phone I keep asking question why have I purchased this piece of crap. So google OS not only complement the pixel device hardware but also maintains the performance every time I use my phone. The Operating System is just amazing. This is the perfect OS for any android device even without customizations the OS really great and with Android 12 update and android 12L(beta) ready to use in early 2022.

3. Updates and Pixel feature drop

Well this is the things which only for pixel devices well the updates either security or android get really fast and on priority basis. And pixel feature drops are nothing but randomly google drop features for pixel devices only.as people already know not many companies really care about the timings of update. The pixel update are really at time at most I get update on my pixel till 5th or  day of every month.

4. the just amazing Camera

I'm not gonna tell you guys about megapixels and all search google yourself so the pixel camera is just amazing even the device has a single camera but there is no compromise in quality anywhere. At first even myself didn't really believe what people said about about in review but after using it I realize it can give a competition to an iPhone camera. I'm not comparing them but the device is capable that can compete with devices like Samsung S series. below are some camera samples have a look and decide yourself how good the camera really is

5. The battery is amazing

Earlier I used phones with 3000 mah and last about half a day or in some case a bit more but my pixel device works unexpectedly best even with battery of just 3140 mah its a little larger than by previous devices. My pixel device last easily about one and a half day in most cases and in rare case a little bit less depending on usage. The battery performance is really amazing I honestly didn't really expect this performance but the google OS is just amazing it complement the hardware in best possible way.

So, these are the best highlights of my device that is pixel 4a there are many still out there but I believe these are the best one and most useful one. The features explained above are just a few benefits of pixel devices I'm using pixel device from last 5-6 months. And these are the features I believe are most useful and amazing at the same time. 

One more thing the google OS is not really like stock android I mean it is but instead of give third party "extra" apps the Google OS gives it's own so all I can say is the google OS does have Google bloatware or extra applications that even if nobody uses still they are present in phone but good things is the apps can be disable.

That's it for todays blog see you in next until then do share your thoughts in comments.