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Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by [deleted] »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #78
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?

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Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by benburleson »

rch wrote: post #115

Funny, I just replaced my perfectly acceptable, but canceled and unsupported Pixel Slate (2018) tablet with an iPad Pro. No regrets.

Right, I don't understand who buys into the Google/Pixel ecosystem now knowing it will be unsupported in a few years.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by flangola7 »

squeaky-clean wrote: post #114
flangola7 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You sure about that? Desktop resolution is 72 ppi

Whose desktop? 72 ppi would be a 1080p screen at 30". Or 1366x768 at 22". That's pretty low ppi even for your average Joe. They also said their desktop. Though I don't know what resolution/size it would be to beat 266 ppi. I'm guessing a 4k laptop screen, as a 4k 24" monitor is only 183ppi.

This is from a professional design company:

>The optimal resolution for images on screen is 72 DPI. Increasing the DPI won’t make the image look any better, it’ll just make the file larger, which will probably slow down the website when it loads or the file when it opens.

https://largeprinting.com/resources/image-resolution-and-dpi...

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by bogwog »

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.

So approximately a "Stadia" amount of support

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by renewiltord »

Suffers from ecosystem problem. iOS ecosystem is way better. I have owned Nexus and Pixel phones, Nexus tablets, and Moto 360 and Galaxy Gear. Switching to Apple ecosystem was way better world.

The problem is that some things have ecosystem network bonus and if you can't work yourself up to that threshold, you don't get it.

Positioning as home device is interesting since that's the one place I use Google devices. But if they don't use modern LLM stuff there, I think that one is for the rubbish heap.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by dragonwriter »

benburleson wrote: post #129
ehsankia wrote: post #82

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> 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?

> Is this really considered “first generation” Pixel tablet?

No, its the first generation Pixel Tablet (note capitalization: “Pixel Tablet” is a new branding.)

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by swores »

flangola7 wrote: post #134
squeaky-clean wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whose desktop? 72 ppi would be a 1080p screen at 30". Or 1366x768 at 22". That's pretty low ppi even for your average Joe. They also said their desktop. Though I don't know what resolution/size it would be to beat 266 ppi. I'm guessing a 4k laptop screen, as a 4k 24" monitor is only 183ppi.

This is from a professional design company: >The optimal resolution for images on screen is 72 DPI. Increasing the DPI won’t make the image look any better, it’ll just make the file larger, which will probably slow down the website when it loads or the file when it opens. https://largeprinting.com/resources/image-resolution-and-dpi...

They seem to be a print company rather than design, which explains why they don't understand DPI for screens.

Above all, what DPI looks good enough for humans to notice depends on how close the screen is to the user's eyes, which is why phones tend to have higher DPIs than computer monitors which tens to have higher DPIs than TVs.

But even a computer screen at 72 DPI is pretty shit these days.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by madeofpalk »

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…

Apple has been rumoured to develop a HomePod/iPad dock thing for a while. I hope it happens (but not like this terrible mockup)

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/15/apple-ipad-dock-smart-h...

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by LoganDark »

rektide wrote: post #94
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.

2560x1536 is 267dpi, which ain't bad. Notebookcheck.net also notes it averages 633 nits brightness, which is superb. That's why I ordered one, to be a better outdoor-capable remote terminal than my oled-but-meh-brighness Samsung Book 12. Hopefully I can run a real Linux at least via KVM on the Lenovo someday!!

Yeah it ain't bad, but my desktop has 4K@15.6", which is around 280dpi. Actually smaller gap than I thought, but an 11 inch display is going to be used closer which amplifies it.

Brightness and vividness of colors is a huge plus though, OLEDs are amazing. I love them. But it's gotta be 4K.

Maybe I am just cursed with above-average vision.

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