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Re: Pixel Tablet

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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

Sure? And I have a 4K monitor at 15.6", so around 280ppi. It doesn't matter what "desktop resolution" is.

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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.

Better than most Android tablets that never see any updates, security or otherwise, and ship with an old version of Android out of the box.

Can you name a better one?

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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.)

Yep. Nexus devices were a whole different thing.

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> Is this really considered “first generation” Pixel tablet? No, its the first generation Pixel Tablet (note capitalization: “Pixel Tablet” is a new branding.)

Yep. Nexus devices were a whole different thing.

There was also a Pixel tablet, but it was not a Pixel Tablet.

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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…

Samsung routines can do exactly this. You can customize it to only charge up to 85% (though no way to set 80% or 90% or something) and then have it not charge until two hours before your alarm, either fast charge or slow charge.

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

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%.

In that case why not use an old charger that only outputs 5V 1A?

Re: Pixel Tablet

#147

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…

I wish more Android devices had built in lidar

Re: Pixel Tablet

#148
> Does the Pixel Tablet have a cellular plan option?

> No, the Pixel Tablet is only available with Wi-Fi connectivity.

and I am out. we have about 300 iPads at work, and I would be interested in swapping some to this, but it MUST have cellular data, no exception. otherwise its just a toy. Dumb move Google.

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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.

Apple want you to buy multiple iPads.

ding ding ding, we own 4 - could be 2 with profiles

Re: Pixel Tablet

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Well, better late than never. Many, many years ago when Android 2 was all the rage, Motorola has shipped Xoom tablet with Android 3. That Android version turned out to be a dead end, and the whole line of tablets went nowhere. Next Google's attempt at tablets was Nexus 7 device, which was actually great, esp 2013 version that still lays around somewhere in my office and sees occasional use. But then, Google kind of f…

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

No, mine is still going strong. Obviously not running the latest version of Android since it's a decade old, but it's perfectly fine as an eReader or for light web browsing (it does struggle a bit with JS-heavy sites)
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