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What's wrong with this? Isn't it great that miniaturization can achieve this? It's the screen size that dictates the amount of room. I also prefer a larger desktop PC case to have spare room to make it easier to work in it.
> What's wrong with this? Missed the opportunity to put in a bigger battery
The larger screen makes sense when it is used as stationary cast target while docked and allows for larger home control touch targets when your hand is floating above a stationary display.
The smaller and lighter battery makes sense because the device gets maximum value when its always returned to its dock so that its available to serve its smart home control purpose. Is it really worth having a heavier device to go beyond 12 hours straight video playback without ever going back to the dock?
I'm a bit puzzled by the tone of the piece in that the author frames it as a critique yet also points out how much easier it is to repair. I was anticipating some literal 2.5" SSD-like empty husk.
Ars can and should try harder.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In most tablets the extra space is filled with more battery, better cooling, bigger speakers, SD card slot, more ports… lots of possibilities. Here’s what the inside of a 2020 iPad Air (10.9”) looks like for example. Still a little empty space, but much more full. https://i.ibb.co/hRKhPRP/IMG-2853.jpg
The OG IPad: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Image/meta/y5HAM4cflO64B3QH
I'm a bit puzzled by the tone of the piece in that the author frames it as a critique yet also points out how much easier it is to repair. I was anticipating some literal 2.5" SSD-like empty husk.
I'm a bit puzzled by the tone of the piece in that the author frames it as a critique yet also points out how much easier it is to repair. I was anticipating some literal 2.5" SSD-like empty husk.
Really though, in Poland spidersweb.pl is a meme just from it inception a decade ago. It's the same everywhere.
Isn’t the reason for the empty space just because it’s a tablet — by which I mean that the dimensions are determined by a large screen? Phones are dense inside because they have to be small.
In most tablets the extra space is filled with more battery, better cooling, bigger speakers, SD card slot, more ports… lots of possibilities. Here’s what the inside of a 2020 iPad Air (10.9”) looks like for example. Still a little empty space, but much more full. https://i.ibb.co/hRKhPRP/IMG-2853.jpg
Is the sparse interior really that strange, or just a result of components getting more compact and the screen remaining the same size?
Yeah, I never viewed this as a "flagship device". Everything you could stuff into those voids is a choice with poor tradeoffs. - Bigger battery: More cost, more weight. And who has battery issues with a tablet anyway? Mine lasts forever. - Performance: More cost and doesn't actually require much more volume - Storage, RAM: Much more cost and not really how Pixels operate, sadly. - Better camera: Who does this on a ta…
- Different versions with any combinations of those things: I'm sure they did the analysis and determined the market wouldn't support that.
It reminds me of the original iPhone. That didn't have much empty space, but it did look like a box of random junk haphazardly slapped together.