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I'm waiting for word on if the modem has been updated over the pixel 6 pro.

The 6 pro is great on wifi or 4g. 5g kills the battery life and the modem heats up quickly which impacts the usability of the phone.

I like my 6pro. I do miss macro i had on a different phone, but if the modem is fixed then i would update right away.

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It appears that it has been. However, it's still a Samsung and not a Qualcomm. Qualcomm was used on Pixel 5 and is used in most other smartphones on the market including iPhones.

From https://www.androidpolice.com/google-tensor-g2-cpu-cores/

> Other improvements include a new modem — the Samsung S5300 — which will bring support for access to both unlicensed spectrum as well as satellite reception through 5G

This is compared to the Samsung 5123b used in the Pixel 6 Pro

This is my biggest gripe about the 6 as well. Battery life with 5g is pretty bad and on top of that there are certain locations where the phone would switch between "5g" and "5g UC" multiple times per second which ends up being very distracting.

I've just disabled 5G entirely and it results in a much better overall phone.

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