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Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by nikitoci »

bierjunge wrote: post #397
dna_polymerase wrote: post #372

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that there are multiple charge cables shows how good Apple is at charging .

Apple is great at charging? No, they are not. I have a 2019 Macbook Pro with an Intel i9. When working, the i9 pretty much gets throttled down to the performance of an i5 because the thermal design is terrible, but it's a different story. But even when the CPU get throttled down, my battery gets discharged while being connected to the most performant Apple charger (96W). An no, the laptop is not faulty, I can reprodu…

I guess that parent comment was a joke about charging money...

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Post by ho_schi »

radiospiel wrote: post #398
ho_schi wrote: post #396

Can somebody explain me why Europeans should pay 679 Euro which are around 740 Dollar? I assume something around 540 Dollar in the US with sales tax? And why we should also pay for the needless dock? Last time I bought a ThinkPad the offered good docking-stations but this was optional. Things which are not need for normal use should sold separately. Waste of resources. Note: Rate Euro to US is 1,09.

european prices typically include VAT, US prices don’t

As said I already tried to accounted for that a reasonable estimate.

Without sales tax the US price is 499 Dollar.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by ho_schi »

davidy123 wrote: post #399
ho_schi wrote: post #396

Can somebody explain me why Europeans should pay 679 Euro which are around 740 Dollar? I assume something around 540 Dollar in the US with sales tax? And why we should also pay for the needless dock? Last time I bought a ThinkPad the offered good docking-stations but this was optional. Things which are not need for normal use should sold separately. Waste of resources. Note: Rate Euro to US is 1,09.

The dock is a main feature of this device. You can even buy additional docks to place around the house for charging/speakers. If you don't need the dock, I guess it's not for you (though maybe they will release a dockless version later… and reduce the price). And unless you are really into the Google ecosystem (which can be compelling, but also annoying when they abandon products or gut them) it's not well priced in…

I’m afraid you’re right. I don’t need a dock. And I don’t want locked into an eco-system.

The removal of Miracast was already a nightmare. The Chromecast image quality is worse, latency is worse and you need to the online. Thanks to Google „eco-system“.

Actually the „tablet” itself looks like a good device. At least more money left for ThinkPads and Linux ^^

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by illiac786 »

stevenhuang wrote: post #235
RandomThrow321 wrote: post #56

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Do you have a source? I thought this has been thoroughly debunked.

> thoroughly debunked. I wish people would stop using this phrase. Especially when they couldn't be more wrong. Heat degrades batteries, wireless charging generally comes with more heat from the lower efficiency. But at the end of the day it most likely won't matter as people get new phones every few years anyways.

But fast charging makes batteries very hot too.

Btw, you basically just asked people to know when they are wrong. Seems very optimistic...

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by balls187 »

This really feels like a replacement for Nest Hub.

Next version will offer a version of the dock with Nest features (mic, iot support).

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by noarchy »

anderspitman wrote: post #238
noarchy wrote: post #230

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>Uhm So strange to see these fillers typed out on HN and reddit. >wasn't the Nexus 7 the tablet that literally bricked itself within a year by the storage degrading to floppy speed? The 2012 version that I owned did precisely that. It was a great device for the time, and it is unfortunate that they discontinued it after just a few iterations.

It's not a filler in this context

>It's not a filler in this context

What is it supposed to be?

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Post by fweimer »

worik wrote: post #382
hackernewds wrote: post #379

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my ipad 2018 is pretty obsolete already. it can't be updated due to speed and hardware issues, and most apps won't work on the old os

Yes. This is the problem with the tablet duopoly I looked very hard a two years ago for a high end tablet that I could put my own OS on. All I could find was the one by Pine64, and it was not "high end" I am typing this on an eight year old laptop I bought second hand at the start of COVID lock downs. Running Linux, it works pretty damn well. Why can I not get a tablet like that?

In my experience, the issue with tablets running GNU/Linux is not so much hardware driver support, but that the usual desktop just does not support touch input very well. For example, last time I tried, Debian does not build Firefox in such a way that you could use it with a touch screen for scrolling, opening links in new tabs, and so on. Similarly, evince did not properly support navigation in PDF documents. But libinput debugging showed that the software stack was producing touch data that looked quite detailed.

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Post by culopatin »

chrysoprace wrote: post #156

As someone who generally likes the Pixel line of phones (not a fanboy; I just enjoy the stock+ android experience), I'm sceptical of the support on this tablet. My old Nexus tablet (I think it's the Nexus 7) is generally useless beyond basic offline usage because it doesn't get OS updates any more. Given the price, it's going to be a hard thing to justify at AUD$899 if it's going to be a security liability after 2028…

My Nexus 7 became unusable because of the storage issue. You must have a 2013.

I did love it though. I got an iPad thinking I would chase that feeling but it’s too big and heavy.

The display on the pixel 7 was just great at the time, the rubbery back was nice to play with while reading, it was light and fit in jeans pockets.

I guess one could get a big phone and the size is almost there, but then you have to lug that around all day. I miss my nexus 7 + nexus 4 combo.

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