My particular device is experiencing ear piece speaker problems and google support wont replace it

I called Google support and they basically told me that I had to get a new phone or replace the motherboard (which costs almost as much as a new

I have spent so much time online chatting with Google support and no one can figure out what is wrong

I can no longer make calls due to this critical software issue that seems to be a fairly common issue based on threads on Google support

After doing some research, this seems to be a common issue with Pixel 1's and other Google-supported phones

(I have contacted both Google support and the seller, and both are ready to take it to fix the screen's