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Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by Gigachad »

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

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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…

Tbh I don't think its worth even thinking about battery life preservation on phones. The battery can be replaced so cheaply that it makes years of charging anxiety not worth it for a few months longer lifespan.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by russellbeattie »

I think the combination of tablet and smart display is the right idea.

The Nest Hub copied Amazon's ill conceived idea of a locked down device with anemic specs. Amazon's goal was to saturate the market to help push the Prime "flywheel", but who knows what Google's plan was. Home automation license fees? Without any other real business model, the result for Amazon was a fleet of bandwidth sucking machines and a $10 billion loss. Losing money on every device but making it up in volume, so to speak. Fuchsia is simply Google's foray deeper into that black hole of stupidity.

Launching a more capable device with a decent OS and proven developer ecosystem could finally make smart displays more useful. I predict if Apple ever launches one, it will have similar properties and run on an iOS derivative rather than some underpowered, minimal functionality, closed device only used for weather and music.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by numpad0 »

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…

It’s just my impression, but, to me we humans seem to instinctively avoid retuning a tool to where it have been found, likely to avoid allowing adversaries inspect it. We however tend to build a routine, and leaving objects to a key tray is okay so long the actions to pick up and returning mentally differs.

What I’m saying is, I personally like the idea of cradles, but I seem to be a minority. Cables seem to be a more generally preferred solution.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by Gigachad »

pazimzadeh wrote: post #49
ablyveiled wrote: post #35

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Wireless charging kills batteries faster -- that's why I personally avoid it.

Can you expand on this because I've noticed that my iPhone 13 mini's battery life has been quickly getting worse, and I use the magsafe charging a lot.

Open the battery page in the settings and look at what % it has left. At 80% Apple suggests replacing it.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by ehsankia »

MH15 wrote: post #91
ehsankia wrote: post #85

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> undocked You mean docked? And is it not? I thought it basically acts like a Nest Hub Max [0] when docked? [0] https://store.google.com/ca/product/google_nest_hub_max

I believe they did mean "undocked" so if the tablet is in the other room the dock could operate as a Google Home independently.

Oh I see, so just the dock being a speaker by itself. Interesting. Yeah not sure if it has any real processing in it, or if it's purely driven by the tablet itself when connected.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by dragonwriter »

flangola7 wrote: post #97
LoganDark wrote: post #87

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This tablet has a lower pixel density than my desktop. But 120Hz OLED sounds soooo good. I'm almost super sad it's not 4K. Would've been an instant wishlist item then.

You sure about that? Desktop resolution is 72 ppi

> Desktop resolution is 72 ppi

For a mid-range screen in the early 90s, right?

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by dsr_ »

rrix2 wrote: post #112
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #69

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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…

My Motorola Android (Edge+, Android 12) will charge up to 80% when I plug it in at night and then back-mark against the morning alarm so that it is just getting to 100% when the alarm fires.

Asus Zenfone 9 does the same.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by Gigachad »

markmark wrote: post #108
hbn wrote: post #26

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Google has no long-term strategy for tablets. Best I can tell, every few years some product owners get together to once again do Google's Big Push For Tablets For Real This Time We Swear and the initiative goes until they get their promotions and then it's forgotten until the next round a few years later. If you buy this tablet and like it, don't expect a successor. They'll release something completely unrelated in a…

I've got an Android phone but I'd never waste my money nor time on an Android tablet knowing Google are going to lose interest in it in six months.

The iPad was my first Apple product. Was super in the android ecosystem at the time but the Android tablets were just non existent.

I was so impressed by the ipad, which was second hand, several years old, and still getting updates. Ended up switching to an iPhone and Macbook as well.

Feels like Google has been bleeding users for a while by just ignoring tablets for so long.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by benburleson »

ehsankia wrote: post #82
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…

> for what they offer compared to Apple's ecosystem Yet after over a decade, iPads still don't support multiple profiles for a device that's very often used in a household by multiple people. Something that this very first generation Pixel Tablet does.

Is this really considered "first generation" Pixel tablet?

Google is so good at killing off products that nobody remembers the previous attempts at tablets?

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by Gigachad »

hammyhavoc wrote: post #71
reaperducer wrote: post #36

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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.

3 years is appalling. For something like a tablet I would be expecting 5-6 years major updates.
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