{"id":52381,"date":"2022-08-22T00:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/discounts-and-gifts-for-bugs-google-trying-to-trick-people-into-buying-new-pixel-phones\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T00:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T00:30:48","slug":"discounts-and-gifts-for-bugs-google-trying-to-trick-people-into-buying-new-pixel-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/discounts-and-gifts-for-bugs-google-trying-to-trick-people-into-buying-new-pixel-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">In case some of you have missed it, Google&#8217;s been\u2026 very generous lately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company offers some exceptional trade-in deals and gifts with your Pixel purchase, and that&#8217;s\u2026 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">wonderful<\/span>.  Who doesn&#8217;t like a bargain?  That&#8217;s the same question I asked myself before shelling out $900 for a Pixel 6 Pro about ten months ago.The irresistible offer, which I wish I had resisted, included my Pixel 6 Pro and a pair of Bose 700 headphones, worth about \u20ac350 at the time.  My cousin bought a Pixel 6, and as Google was running out of Bose 700s, they switched to Bose QC 35II, which were even pricier at the time, and added a \u20ac75 Google Store voucher, exceeding \u20ac400 in value and virtually selling the Pixel 6 for \u20ac200-250, down from its original \u20ac650 price at launch, in Europe.  For the record, US buyers received a free pair of Pixel Buds A with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro purchase.Even back then, though, I thought to myself: &#8220;Why so generous, Google?&#8221;.  The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro were already noticeably more affordable than flagship phones from <!-- HTMLTagInstance html-tag-31a4446e-8f65-44a9-8e42-fb5271acbb55 -->Samsung and <!-- HTMLTagInstance html-tag-db524f36-08cf-4589-8c64-742049c4492e -->Apple, and Google&#8217;s expensive gifts made it all seem almost too good to be true.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Because\u2026 it was too good to be true.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Google will pay you $200 and give you a Pixel 6A for your iPhone 13 Pro Max or $300 for an old iPhone 7, iPhone 8<\/h2>\n<p><!-- ImageTagInstance gallery-92dc7ce7-08bd-46cb-a8f9-5d68e227b682 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-92dc7ce7-08bd-46cb-a8f9-5d68e227b682\" class=\"single-image-container\" style=\"margin: 24px auto; width: 100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 56.253740275284%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392156-350\/pixel6atradein.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392156-500\/pixel6atradein.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392156-800\/pixel6atradein.jpg\"><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392156-image\/pixel6atradein.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Google will pay you in order to exchange your iPhone for a Pixel.  - Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Google will pay you in order to exchange your iPhone for a Pixel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The initial idea for this story was sitting in a document for many months, and the reason I decided it was a good time to bring up the topic was another &#8220;too good to be true&#8221; set of deals that Google made available.<\/p>\n<p>This time the incredible deals concern the newly-launched <!-- HTMLTagInstance html-tag-989e05f3-4b1c-4577-91c4-e69edfcf5f4b -->Google Pixel 6A.  Let&#8217;s take a look at some trade-in deals across Europe and the US.  As of now, Sundar Pichai &#038; Co allow you to trade in your:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iPhone 7, iPhone 8 for up to $300 (US)<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy S10 for $300 (US)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iPhone 4S for \u20ac90 (Europe)<\/li>\n<li>iPhone SE 2016 for \u20ac150 (Europe)<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy S9 for $175 (Europe)<\/li>\n<li>iPhone 8 for \u20ac250 (Europe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<section class=\"widgetOffers\">\n<\/section>\n<p>This by itself is unbelievable value, as a phone like the iPhone 4S is worth virtually nothing right now.  The most impressive trade-in deals are for the old iPhone 7 and iPhone 8, though.  These phones are over five years old at this point, and Google is ready to give you up to $300 if you were to switch to the Pixel 6A, bringing the price of the excellent mid-range phone down to just $150. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">But that&#8217;s not all\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the Pixel 6A went up for pre-order in the US, UK, and Europe, Google gave out a pair of Pixel Buds A with it, worth 100 bucks.  This offer is gone for now, but at the time, combined with some of the trade-in deals for old iPhones, this would&#8217;ve given you a Pixel 6A for practically $100, which is:<\/p>\n<p>1. Hilarious<br \/>2. Almost suspiciously surprising<\/p>\n<h2>Did Google always know the Pixel 6 series was going to be problematic, and are the gifts trying to buy your happiness and patience?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- ImageTagInstance gallery-e461b4e8-d0c4-4663-81f2-0f9448c44dcd --><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-e461b4e8-d0c4-4663-81f2-0f9448c44dcd\" class=\"single-image-container\" style=\"margin: 24px auto; width: 100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 56.253740275284%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392157-350\/pixel-6-trade-in-deals-bose-pixel-buds-a-gifts.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392157-500\/pixel-6-trade-in-deals-bose-pixel-buds-a-gifts.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392157-800\/pixel-6-trade-in-deals-bose-pixel-buds-a-gifts.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392157-image\/pixel-6-trade-in-deals-bose-pixel-buds-a-gifts.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Too good to be true or just good enough to make up for the bugs?  - Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"392157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392157-image\/pixel-6-trade-in-deals-bose-pixel-buds-a-gifts.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Too good to be true or just good enough to make up for the bugs?  - Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Too good to be true or just good enough to make up for the bugs?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All these suspiciously amazing deals bring me to the original question I had.  Are Google&#8217;s incredibly generous deals and gifts a way to compensate for what the company knows to be buggy devices, or is Google just ready to sell some phones at a loss on the way to establishing itself as a serious player? <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Xiaomi&#8217;s known to do the latter.<\/span>Of course, we can&#8217;t know the answer to this question.  However, I can give you two perfectly different perspectives on the fact that Google gave away so many gifts and good deals for the buggy Pixel 6 series:<\/p>\n<p>The first one is my perspective as a Pixel 6 Pro owner who also happens to be a tech enthusiast.  I think the pair of Bose 700 headphones I received absolutely doesn&#8217;t make up for the buggy phone I bought for \u20ac900, which stayed buggy for 10 whole months (things seem to be getting better with Android 13, but we&#8217;ll talk about that in a future story).<\/p>\n<p>My cousin, on the other hand, who, as I mentioned, paid \u20ac650 for a Pixel 6 and a pair of the latest at the time Bose QC II, was more than willing to tolerate the totally broken fingerprint reader on his Pixel 6, which Google took about a month to fix.  He loves his Bose headphones and uses them all the time, so whatever Google&#8217;s intention was, it seems like the gifts bought his happiness and patience.  I told him he could return the phone, but he didn&#8217;t want to.  Despite the inconsistent performance from the Pixel 6, he thought he was getting good value.<\/p>\n<h2>Pixel 7 series: Is it worth pre-ordering a potentially buggy phone in exchange for a pair of earphones and a good trade-in deal?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- ImageTagInstance gallery-fb952c3e-e96e-4f76-8650-dab0a927a83e --><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-fb952c3e-e96e-4f76-8650-dab0a927a83e\" class=\"single-image-container\" style=\"margin: 24px auto; width: 100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 56.25%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392154-350\/google-pixel-7-watch-pixel-tablet-pixel-buds-pro-io.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392154-500\/google-pixel-7-watch-pixel-tablet-pixel-buds-pro-io.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392154-800\/google-pixel-7-watch-pixel-tablet-pixel-buds-pro-io.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392154-image\/google-pixel-7-watch-pixel-tablet-pixel-buds-pro-io.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"I wouldn't risk pre-ordering another Google phone again.  - Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"392154\" loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/392154-image\/google-pixel-7-watch-pixel-tablet-pixel-buds-pro-io.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"I wouldn't risk pre-ordering another Google phone again.  - Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t risk pre-ordering another Google phone again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I know that&#8217;s a very personal and even a family-centric story, but I actually like the fact that I can work with practical examples here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See, my mum and aunt happen to be using a Galaxy S9 and an iPhone 8 right now.  Both of them want and frankly need a new phone at this point.  My aunt says the iPhone 8&#8217;s poor battery life and low storage are getting harder to ignore, and my mum&#8217;s Galaxy S9 (which, as you can imagine, I have to use sometimes) is a laggy mess &#8211; no nicer way to put it.Of course, they aren&#8217;t up to date with the latest and greatest on smartphones, which means I had an important decision to make on behalf of them: Do I recommend a Pixel 6A, which they could effectively get for as low as \u20ac200 ( Galaxy S9 trade-in and the free Pixel Buds A) and \u20ac120 (iPhone 8 trade-in and the free Pixel Buds A), or do I make the wiser choice of not repeating a potential Pixel mistake again?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I chose the latter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, will Google continue the trend of incredible gift bundles, trade-in deals, and buggy flagships?  We won&#8217;t have to wait for too long to find out, as the <!-- HTMLTagInstance html-tag-741c1358-d5b5-4c83-9d30-25fe65bba86a -->Pixel 7 series has already passed through the FFC, meaning a launch is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for now and Google&#8217;s only hope remains Android 13. As hinted above, I&#8217;ve installed the update on my Pixel 6 Pro, which now seems to be more stable than ever.  I&#8217;ll give myself another week or so just to make sure <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">how fixed the Pixel 6 Pro is<\/span>and then I&#8217;ll tell you all about it in a new story. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Until then, I would think twice about Google&#8217;s awesome deals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','950812218873147');fbq('track','PageView');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case some of you have missed it, Google&#8217;s been\u2026 very generous lately. The company offers some exceptional trade-in deals and gifts with your Pixel purchase, and that&#8217;s\u2026 wonderful. Who doesn&#8217;t like a bargain? That&#8217;s the same question I asked myself before shelling out $900 for a Pixel 6 Pro about ten months ago.The irresistible &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/discounts-and-gifts-for-bugs-google-trying-to-trick-people-into-buying-new-pixel-phones\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Discounts and gifts for bugs: Google trying to trick people into buying new Pixel phones?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51972,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/iphone-13-mini-from-a-pixel-6-pro-users-perspective-this-is-why-people-buy-iphones\/","url_meta":{"origin":52381,"position":0},"title":"iPhone 13 mini from a Pixel 6 Pro user&#8217;s perspective: This is why people buy iPhones?","date":"August 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This story's been a long time in the making and had to be written despite the fact that Google quite literally just launched Android 13, which like all previous updates, is supposed to fix the Pixel 6.Clearly, one person didn't have the immense amounts of patience to wait for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38840,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/losing-faith-in-google-bug-sends-my-pixel-6-pro-into-hardware-coma-pixel-6a-security-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":52381,"position":1},"title":"Losing faith in Google: Bug sends my Pixel 6 Pro into \u201chardware coma\u201d;  Pixel 6A security issues","date":"August 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I think I've had enough...The Pixel 6 Pro is the best-looking phone I've ever owned, and it comes with the best camera on a phone I've ever had. 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