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Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by hammyhavoc »

reaperducer wrote: post #36
taeric wrote: post #9

I confess when I was getting a tablet for the family, I was expecting I could find one in the google store. Shockingly, there were no options at the time. And, I now confess that I'm not clear I would want to go with their option at this time. I can't bring myself to think this will have a good lifecycle of support. :(

I can't bring myself to think this will have a good lifecycle of support. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 73 times, shame on me.

Uh, it gets the same support as Pixel phones do. 3 years of major OS updates, 5 years of security updates.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by hammyhavoc »

soulbadguy wrote: post #67
dabernathy89 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bezels are actually pretty useful on tablets because of how they're held. But I agree in general the specs are just a tad underwhelming. The display is LCD as well, which is a bummer.

> Bezels are actually pretty useful on tablets because of how they're held I think the palm rejection are good enough that think bezels are no longer an issue

Boy, I love covering my screen whilst I hold it.

/s

That would be terrible product design.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by koinedad »

RandomThrow321 wrote: post #57
crazygringo wrote: post #2

> The included charging dock is also a speaker. I've gotta say, charging docks are a killer feature for me and I don't understand why Apple doesn't do the same. There used to be the Logitech Base [1] that I still use with the previous-gen (9th) iPad, but the smart connector in the newest iPad (10th gen) is no longer compatible with it, as the angle of the edge changed. It's been years since I plugged in my phone or A…

I'm not going to get a Pixel Tablet, but I really do like the idea of a charging dock speaker.

I like the dock idea as well

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by mindvirus »

crazygringo wrote: post #2

> The included charging dock is also a speaker. I've gotta say, charging docks are a killer feature for me and I don't understand why Apple doesn't do the same. There used to be the Logitech Base [1] that I still use with the previous-gen (9th) iPad, but the smart connector in the newest iPad (10th gen) is no longer compatible with it, as the angle of the edge changed. It's been years since I plugged in my phone or A…

The charging dock is cool, but feels like a missed opportunity to have it be a regular Google Home speaker when the tablet is undocked.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by bdurbin »

maxfurman wrote: post #30
stefan_ wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhm wasn't the Nexus 7 the tablet that literally bricked itself within a year by the storage degrading to floppy speed?

That's the 2012 model. Easy mistake

I really liked that one, until it stopped working. In my opinion, it was the perfect size for reading and browsing the web. I haven't used a tablet as part of my daily life since then.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by TechBro8615 »

dabernathy89 wrote: post #25

Android tablets generally feel overpriced right now for what they offer compared to Apple's ecosystem. There's one exception: Lenovo's last gen pro tablet got a small refresh. It's the "Lenovo P11 Pro Gen 2" and it's absurdly affordable compared to the competition right now (~$270). It's got a 120hz OLED display, great general-purpose performance (my previous tablet experience was Samsung's budget S6 Lite, which was…

Is that tablet a loss leader for lenovo? How can they possibly sell a tablet with a 120hz display at a fraction of the price of monitors with such a refresh rate? Would it be possible to remove the screen and plug it into an xbox?

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by TexanFeller »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #69
bryanlarsen wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wireless is usually a lot slower than plugging it in, so i suspect it'd be better on batteries rather than worse. But the best way to save your batteries is to not charge to 100%.

I wish there were standard software in Android and iOS to limit charge percentage and battery temperature during charging. It's ludicrous to me that the default behavior is plugging in your phone to a 30W ludicrously fast charger when you go to bed in the evening, where it then climbs to 100% charge and holds there while you sleep. I should be able to tell it I'd like it to reach 85% charge as of the time my alarm go…

> It's ludicrous to me that the default behavior is plugging in your phone to a 30W ludicrously fast charger when you go to bed in the evening, where it then climbs to 100% charge and holds there while you sleep.

Apple already does something similar. It's not configurable beyond on/off but optimized battery charging on MBP, iPhone, and iWatch learns when you're normally awake and holds charging at ~80% overnight until a bit before your normal wakeup time. On MBP it holds at 80% most of the time during the day too if it learns you're rarely running on battery.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by richev »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #69
bryanlarsen wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wireless is usually a lot slower than plugging it in, so i suspect it'd be better on batteries rather than worse. But the best way to save your batteries is to not charge to 100%.

I wish there were standard software in Android and iOS to limit charge percentage and battery temperature during charging. It's ludicrous to me that the default behavior is plugging in your phone to a 30W ludicrously fast charger when you go to bed in the evening, where it then climbs to 100% charge and holds there while you sleep. I should be able to tell it I'd like it to reach 85% charge as of the time my alarm go…

> ludicrously fast charger when you go to bed in the evening

This is why I never charge overnight. Just pop the phone on to charge while I'm having a shower in the morning, or in the evening while I'm having dinner. Those time windows seem enough to keep my phone (Pixel 5) sufficiently charged.

> My laptop, likewise, should be able to sit at 85% when on the docking station

Samsung laptops have/had this exact feature, which they called Battery Life Plus[1]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140101070825/https://www.samsu...

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