So what's the problem? Well, in short, Pixel phones haven't sold well. The ultrawide camera is decent but not on the same level as the main camera.Battery life is good, but hard to get more than a day.Under-display fingerprint reader can be frustrating.For most people, they were good and sometimes great phones but lacked the luster, specs and appeal of more premium phones from Samsung and Huawei. Previous Pixel phones have lived in that safe, quiet and crowded midtier space where phones cost between $600 and $800. Read more: The Pixel 6 is about to go on sale at Target for Black Friday All of these changes come while keeping the Pixel 6 at a midtier $599 price, which easily washes away the bad taste left by the understated Pixel 5. The phone's new cameras, Google's Tensor chip and premium ambitions follow months of hype - partly stemming from Google announcing the phone months before it was released - and its bold two-tone design.
So much so that I'd claim that the Pixel 6 is the most significant phone upgrade Google has made since it launched the Pixel line in 2016. The Pixel 6 exemplifies the best of what Google services and Android 12 have to offer. 18: The combination of price, design, cameras, processor and software make the Google Pixel 6 one of the best value phones you can buy, which is why we've given it a CNET Editors' Choice Award.