It is a major upgrade. Camera is LEAGUES better. Hardware feels substantial and not plastic, the whole device feels premium. I have service everywhere now. 5G UC. I don't have to charge my phone 3x times a day now. Charging is 3x faster. The device has face unlock, same as the implementation on custom, albeit Google's version from p4 series. The software experience isn't a buggy disaster. The buttons are sensibly placed. The fingerprint works and the device is a major upgrade in all ways. The pixel 6 series was clearly a placeholder till the 7 series arrived. Don't take my word for it, try it. I had 5 ravens by the end of my 13 months of pixel 6 series peril. This new device is what I was waiting for. Anyone who says it is not a major upgrade is blind and pretty closed minded. Lacking sense, and I'll say it, dumb. I hated the Pixel 6 series and this is a completely different device. One that will be remembered as such. Look at the trade in values... Google knows it too. The are downplaying it as to not blatantly say, yes-we know the 6 series was junk.