[NonAnonCoward]

My experience has been Pixel phones suck for calls in general. I know of 3 people with Pixel 3As that intermittently can’t receive calls. Often it takes 2-3 calls to these people in order to get 1 to go through. Setting the phones to prefer 4G has so far fixed the problem most reliably but the whole calling stack on pixel phones needs some work IMO.

[withinboredom]

This is one thing I miss about the old Windows Phones (Nokia/Metro interface sucked, but damn) because it was a phone first, computer second. Most phones these days are computers (or cameras) first, phones last.

For example, the WP would progressively disable things to keep the phone on for as long as possible. At 2am, after a night out, I'd usually be the only one who had a working phone to call a cab (pre-uber days) -- but that was the last feature to stop working before it died. IIRC, you could disable this functionality, but I don't know why you would want to.

[hackmiester]

BlackBerry had this too. May it rest in peace.

[larntz]

I have a pixel 6 pro and this has been my experience since they day I got it. I even had it replaced and still have to reset the cellular modem several times per week because I get the no service `!`.

Starting to believe it is a T-Mobile service issue in my area. Previously had a pixel 2 on Verizon and never had a problem. Planning to leave T-Mobile in the near future.

[zdragnar]

Pixel 6 on AT&T, I don't think I've ever had this experience.

Phone calls sound much better than my previous carrier (some cheap mvno) and things generally Just Work.

Only complaint is that it's missing some things I hadn't realized were not stock Android, such as per-app volume control. I just might switch back to LG after this one dies, though the battery seems to be holding up much better so who knows.

[mook]

Switching back to LG might be difficult; they are no longer making (Android) phones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Electronics#Mobile_devices

[zdragnar]

Well, there goes that plan :(

[beart]

I have a 6A on T-Mobile. Exact same issue for me.

Do you use wifi calling when you are at home? It has been my experience that T-Mobile WiFi calling is absolutely terrible, and I've oftentimes wondered if something in the software "locks" into WiFi instead of switching to cellular data, until the phone is rebooted.

[larntz]

Yep! I work from home and use WiFi calling. When I leave my house is usually when I have the issue.

Sometimes it'll work fine for a while after leaving and a few hours later I notice I don't have service.

[0_____0]

Same issue for me! After my previous Pixel bricked due to a flash chip wearing out (wtf?) I'm swearing off the Pixel line.

I'm in the Northeast USA on T-Mobile. You?

[larntz]

I'm in South Florida.

[marcod]

I'm being snarky, because I'm nto in a 911 emergency right now, but using my cellphone to call people is usually the least used feature :p

[denysvitali]

To be fair, from experience the issue is not with Pixel phones per se, but with Samsung modems. They're really bad.

[_trampeltier]

I have a Samsung Note10+ and I also have to try often 2 times to make a call. The first time there is mostly no Sound.