Pixel 6a coming to Switzerland?

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The Pixel 6a launched in US/Canada - https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_6a?hl=en-US

Do you guys know if there is a planned launch or availability of 6a in Switzerland ?

I could not readily find any news related to that

I only found pixel 6 launch blogs on Galaxus/Digitec from late last year , nothing post that

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https://www.preispirat.ch/pixel-6a-pixel-buds/

Try following the instructions in this site. Put a ES zip code then check out with your CH address. Also, Preispirat is also the coolest CH site for bargains.

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Personally, I would avoid the Pixel. I've been a fan of the Nexus series of phones and then switched to Pixel including 3 different versions of the pixels. All 3 developed hardware problems which made them unusable (first proximity sensor failure, which made it impossible to use phone when calls came in as touchscreen would be turned off; second - i can't remember the precise hardware failure, but it prevented receiving calls; third was loudspeaker failure which meant that no incoming calls would be heard and no audio for video calls). finally i gave up and went with a samsung phone - i'd prefer to have a 'clean OS' but more importantly is a working phone).

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Usually, Digitec sells the Pixel phones and one could also order them via the online store of Google in Germany (or at least in the past).

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I was a fan of Nexus too , then switched to one plus during the pixel time

its a shame that both the Nexus line and One plus these days too have lost their value equation

Samsung seems to be the last standing player

I got tempted back to pixel due to their Tensor chip and voice typing

I do quite a bit of voice typing which is prone to spelliing mistakes and errors on my 1+6 , was hoping i will have a better shot with pixel 6a ( read a lot about the h/w issues and bugs on pixel 6)

Alasssss

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So how does this work at the border ? do you have any experience of using this for electronics in the past ?

No additional customs ? or getting stuck at the border ?

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I havent tried this at all

Can we order to a CH address through the de google store ? Will the customs uncles catch and call it import of electronics over 50chf and tax it ?

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Digitec does not yet have 6a, it has 6

I tried the german store , it doesnt accept the postal code on Basel

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Fnac also sells it and ships to Switzerland:
https://www.de.fnac.ch/SearchResult/…earch=pixel+6a

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I'm using 3A for several years already, no problems at all.

I bought it in Germany with delivery via meineinkauf.ch because it was not available on CH at that time yet.

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I have the original pixel. pixel 2 xl and then the pixel 4a (bought for parents). last 2 were bought at same time (all from digitec) and both failed within a year which made me give up on the pixel line.

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I use Pixel 4a for over a year and no issues at all. I am happy with the phone.

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It will take a while for Pixel to arrive in Switzerland. Pixel 4a was announced in August 2020, and it didn't really show up in Switzerland until December. Digitec started taking pre-orders with an expected start of deliveries in mid-October which was later delayed. I ended up making a pre-order at Digitec in November with an expected delivery date in January, but the phone arrived in mid-December. I don't remember when the phone was officially in stock - they were getting partial shipments and fulfilling pre-orders first.

I have been using Pixel 4a since December 2020 and I have not experienced any issues so far. Previously I had Moto G and Xiaomi Mi A1 - both budget phones with relatively "clean" Android OS. Pixel feels like a decent upgrade and while both Motorola's and Xiaomi's phone lines decreased in quality or were discontinued, at the moment I expect to own another Pixel in the future.

It's a shame that the Android One program did not work out as expected.

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When I last checked it was possible to preorder at digictec/galaxus and they should apparently become available (sale start - whatever that means) on 10th of August.

https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product…upplier=406802

The same is stated for at least the last 10 days…