I got a new Google Pixel 3 and switched to Project Fi a couple months ago. From a network perspective, it has passed with flying colors - from Maui to San Francisco to Amesbury.
Only issue has been periodic bluetooth "stuttering" when I'm walking/listening and the phone is in my pocket. Not an entirely unknown issue, there are a number of threads about it online, but no solutions. Happens most frequently at crosswalks on city streets (also know to happen with iPhones/Airpods), but also happens occasionally in my neighborhood or uncrowded areas, though with far less frequency.
I worked with Google Store on the issue, and after considerable testing (different headsets, factory reset, removing case & glass screen protector) they determined to only solution is a replacement phone. Now I find out the replacement will be a refurb. I'm reluctant, because if the issue is a Pixel-wide issue, I will have basically swapped a wonky "new" phone for a wonky "refurb". Then again, maybe the wonkiness doesn't exist in the refurb... but who knows.
What do you think, worth the risk? What do you think of refurbs more generally?
TIA
Only issue has been periodic bluetooth "stuttering" when I'm walking/listening and the phone is in my pocket. Not an entirely unknown issue, there are a number of threads about it online, but no solutions. Happens most frequently at crosswalks on city streets (also know to happen with iPhones/Airpods), but also happens occasionally in my neighborhood or uncrowded areas, though with far less frequency.
I worked with Google Store on the issue, and after considerable testing (different headsets, factory reset, removing case & glass screen protector) they determined to only solution is a replacement phone. Now I find out the replacement will be a refurb. I'm reluctant, because if the issue is a Pixel-wide issue, I will have basically swapped a wonky "new" phone for a wonky "refurb". Then again, maybe the wonkiness doesn't exist in the refurb... but who knows.
What do you think, worth the risk? What do you think of refurbs more generally?
TIA