[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Morgrain:
Interesting that you mention wet fingers. I liked the P2 and P3 FP scanner on the back, since it was reliable - EXCEPT when I had wet fingers. It never worked. It was absolute garbage. I hated using my phone in winter, when I wore gloves and had sweaty hands whenever I traveled - any time I wanted to unlock my phone, I had to use the pin. That is not an issue with my P6 Pro, it's as reliable with dry as with wet hands. Especially since it's much easier cleaning a straight and plain panel, than the indentation of the chassie, where the FP scanner was located in previous Pixel iterations. Even though there is still much room for improvement (Google should have chosen ultrasonic FP, and not optical), I have come to like the frontal FP.

The backside FP scanner would also not work properly with the P6 Pro. Why? It's too big. I loved my small P3 and the fact that I could get the phone out of my pocket with one hand, and immediately unlock it (= naturally lying the finger on the FP). But since the P6 Pro can barely be held with one hand, that would become an awkward encounter. It's just not a "safe" grip. I wouldn't feel comfortable, holding the phone barely with one hand, since the index finger would be busy unlocking and not holding the phone. Maybe that's a problem that people with bigger hands than mine would not encounter, but it's something I kept in mind, when playing around with my Pixels and their unlocking systems (I got a P2 xl, 3, 4 xl and 6 pro).

Personally, I would love to see a P6 Pro with the Pixel 3 size. I don't need big phones. I want small ones, but with all the features. Something that even Apple didn't understand. Many news sites love to report that the Iphone mini sales are bad compared to its big brethren, and their analysis? "People don't like small phones" - what a load of BS. People don't like to skimp on features, and small IPhones always come with massive trade-offs. Weaker panel, less brightness, weaker camera, smaller battery, less HZ, etc etc. If Apple would sell the small IPhone with the same amount of features than the biggest model has, I would have probably considered that as my daily driver. But I hate manufacturers artificially limiting their smaller models, since their mentality of "muh bigger, stronger, greater, MOA EXPENSIVE" is troublesome. This phablet madness that the Asian market has started is not a development I like.

Anyway, so I kinda like the P6 Pro FP scanner, even though it's definitely not a 99/100 - I haven't had any issues with "you failed too often, use your pin" since January update, so I'm fine with the FP scanner. Do you use a screen protector? And did you add your finger not only several times, but also in different states (dry, wet) and did you follow the screen instructions? (tip, sides, frontal, etc).

The P5 has a mediocre midclass processor (= less power usage, less total power, more efficient), 2/3 the RAM (more RAM = more battery usage), a 90hz panel (vs. 120hz) with

1080 x 2340 pixels = 2527200 pixels

whilst the P6 Pro has 3,120x1,440 = 4492800 pixels (~44% more pixels to drive!), whilst "only" having a ~18% smaller battery (p5: 4080mAh, p6 pro: 5003mAh).

Achieving "basically the same" battery life is quite the achievement, regarding the circumstances. Imagine BMW building a 6-cylinder car, and it uses the same amount of gas compared to your small Fiat Punto, whilst having 200% more horsepower. That is an achievement. The problem here is your expectation, not the phone (regarding battery life).

That is an absolutely ridiculous bug and I would have probably also considered replacing my phone, if that would ever happen to me. I've read about that several times already. When did that happen? Google said they fixed the issue, so I'm curious if that is true or if that is an "old" problem of yours.

That's definitely a problem and I am with you there 93% - this has been probably the buggiest release of a phone I ever witnessed personally, even though many problems are Android 12 related (Sammi owners have many of the same problems), so switching a phone (and avoiding most issues) will only work, if you avoid A12 as of now. It's a massive shame that Google is not able to iron out the major bugs with their own phone. You should think that the maker of Android can iron out the issues first and fasted with their own phone, since that should be optimized perfectly. But that's not the case, since Google has separate teams working on Pixels and Android. It's a stupid design decision, since the Android team should also be responsible for the Pixel firmware - that would solve many issues. It should be normal to expect bugs with other companies, trying to adapt a Software written by another company, without having any other phones in mind - but Google botching Pixel firmware? That is ridiculous, and if there would be any decent alternative in the Android sector, I would have made the switch long ago. But there is none. All come with massive trade offs, and since I love to tinker with my devices (Kernels, ROMs, easy firmware updating via OTA etc), there is no alternative.