I picked this tablet up at £379 last Christmas (Yes, the 64GB model). At the time, it was a decent deal. The same price today is hilariously overpriced, and £404 is even worse. Given the tech that resides in the 2017 32GB iPad, this tablet is beaten in every way. Eight months have gone by since I bought this for £379. £300 is where this tablet should be priced right now.
Evilmonkey
9 Aug 17#115
As per EndemicAlarms post I'm interested in any opinions about using a chromebook as a tablet. In order not to disturb Picard and Harry's argument I've opened up an Ask thread here.
Any experience with this style of device would be great!
OrribleHarry to Evilmonkey
10 Aug 17#116
Lol I'm not arguing don't worry, I have pressed ignore
Spod
9 Aug 17#94
Several people have mentioned it being on sale before for £300, but wasn't that the 32GB model?
harveyman to Spod
9 Aug 17#113
No believe it or not it was the 64gb model. The 32gb at the time was more.
Spod to harveyman
9 Aug 17#114
Damn, I missed out on that one then!
WBRacing
8 Aug 17#63
Having been using my Nexus 10 for several years, there are simply not enough apps optimised to properly take advantage of the larger screen size to justify this sort of price.
Bigfootpete to WBRacing
9 Aug 17#112
Got any examples of apps that don't use the full size of the screen? All mine do.
Gowlande
8 Aug 17#76
Alot of people here probably need to realise that to know what a device is like you have to own and use it. The pixel C is unmatched in the Android market and offers better value than the Ipad Pro. The SoC in the Pixel C is a super efficent powerhouse, its the same chip used in Game consoles such as the Switch and both generations of the Nvidia's Shield TV. The Tegra X1 scores twice as high over the A8X ( Ipad Air 2 ) in GLBench. The screen on the Devices are very simlar, both higher than 2560x1440 but not 4K, From use the IPS display on the Pixel is very good and I rarely exceed 30% brightness as mostly indoors. Build Quality and Design, Is the best on the Pixel C on all the devices I have owned, It's very well finished, great machining and the lightbar is worth the price alone. It's a premium tablet. Software is of course always up to date, and in the the over the year I have owned it I have never experinced slow down, which I have done on newer devices such as the Lenovo Yoga Book. The price is a good deal, being that its the 64GB all previous prices mentioned were of the now discontinued 32GB model. Battery Life is excpetional due to how efficent the SoC operates and features such as Doze. For note I have owned: Pixel C, Nexus 9, Nexus 7, Lenovo yoga Book, Fire HD and iPad Mini.
Picard123 to Gowlande
8 Aug 17#77
LOL. What a waste of money to play Angry Birds etc.
This tablet doesn't do anything, a £200 Android Tablet doesn't do.
I'd rather spend £340 and buy one of these if I wanted a tablet type device with keyboard. At least you have the entire Windows ecosytem of software apps to use.
Get your £200 tablet, would reccommend a Nvidia shield, but thats getting on a bit now. You get what you pay for thats why it is advertised as premium tablet, my tablet use is mostly content consumption and Android does this superbly. Pointless trying to use a tablet for productivty, use a laptop or in my case Desktop. Also in real world use what more would you do on that device you could not on an Android Tablet. If all your doing is using word processors you can do this the same on ipads, android or windows tablets, Yes you can install Fully featured programs but hardly usable.
Evilmonkey to Gowlande
8 Aug 17#42
I did wonder if I was missing something. All this talk of 'productivity' on iOS made me thing I was missing something. Having an iPad air 2 from work and android tablets at home, I can't really see the difference in terms of actually using it for active work. Like Gowlande has suggested, using Google docs or Office is possible on either, but a pain in the neck compared to a dedicated laptop or desktop.
I'm after an android tablet (too invested in apps on this ecosystem) which is stable (current tablet was a bit of a dud, an asus which reboots fairly often and the apps close without notice), has a decentish screen, decent battery life, and a reasonable amount of storage space. Much as I covet this (and the keyboard, just for the look of it...) I'm feeling that the pixel would be overkill for my needs...
Any other suggestions for an android tablet?
CoeK to Evilmonkey
9 Aug 17#92
I use an older Sony tablet, I think it is a Z2, my other half likes it because it is waterproof and she can watch shows in the bath or Jacuzzi. It is pretty old now, no idea what version of android it is on but I don't really care since I use a launcher it always looks the same to me. Still runs brilliant though.
For work I use a normal PC or if I'm going mobile which isn't often a surface pro 4. No mobile OS is good enough to use for any real work when it comes to office, unless you only write in word all day.
EndemicAlarm to Evilmonkey
9 Aug 17#101
Chromebook? Some of them flip back and forth between a tablet and laptop, and many have the Play Store now. They're pretty expensive in this country tbh, but sometimes some decent deals, and if you don't mind going second-hand the prices are very low. I guess because people buy them without realising their unsuitability.
The comparisons so far seem a bit silly to me. Apple is a walled garden, you're likely either in their ecosystem and forced to choose from a handful of devices or it's not very relevant to you. Surfaces are very expensive and incomparable on that alone, but it's basically a full desktop. Androids have the most flexibility and apps but expect to find them rough around the edges.
Or you could look at it another way, you have three quite distinct choices depending on what you want.
Evilmonkey to EndemicAlarm
9 Aug 17#105
I've been toying with the idea of a chromebook, as as well as using a lot of apple kit at work we also use G-suite. The thing that's stopped me has been the price. To get a half decent one for work use costs a little too much when I'm not certain it would get the use.
The joy of sitting on the fence...
Picard123 to Gowlande
8 Aug 17#81
LOL. Stuff like Word and Excel on Android are dire. Usable on a very, very basic level, but that's it. Video editing on Android is completely laughable. And then you have a ton of WIndows based games.
OrribleHarry to Picard123
8 Aug 17#84
Although I have a surface pro 4 and now a 5 which I love. You are comparing a PC to a tablet. The windows machine is a much better computer but this is not meant to be a computer. I paid more than 4 times this amount for my surface pro 5 not they are not comparable products.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
8 Aug 17#48
4 times this amount? So you paid £1600 for a Surface Pro? If so, you're a complete mug. There's also no such thing as a Surface Pro 5, so clearly you don't have a clue what you're talking about... :grin:
And for it's "not meant to a computer"? Just LOL. It has a screen, keyboard, CPU, RAM, storage, ports, OS, software etc. What's it meant to be? A banana? :laughing:
OrribleHarry to Picard123
9 Aug 17#88
You are a complete cabbage! yes there is a Surface Pro 5 although Microsoft have now called it the "new Surface Pro" and yes I paid £1749 for it! (i7 16gb/512gb version) It is one of my company assets, If you knew anything you would realise why my accountant advised me to buy it.
Now crawl back under your stone.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#89
ROTFL. You sold a Surface Pro 4 and bought a Surface Pro for £1600 when the only real difference was just a KL update? Just LOL.
You have no idea what you're doing or what constitutes a good deal or value.
steve_bezerker to Picard123
9 Aug 17#90
Arguing what constitutes a good deal then goes out and buys a £1,100 iPad.
Irony.
Picard123 to steve_bezerker
9 Aug 17#91
Who bought a £1,100 ipad?
You don't seem to understand what irony means...
Selling an SP4 and buying a SP for £1600 when the only real difference is a KL refresh is just plain daft.
OrribleHarry to Picard123
9 Aug 17#98
No I didn't sell my SP4. I purchased the new one in addition. You clearly are a clown, I told you I bought it as a "company asset" you obviously don't have the intelligence to understand what I'm saying so will not discuss this further.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#100
ROTFL. You bought an SP4 AND a £1600 SP5? Yeah right. :grin:
OrribleHarry to Picard123
9 Aug 17#102
I understand you have "issues" so I will let it slide. You haven't read or understood a single thing I've written have you? Have a nice day, schools are back soon so go out and play.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#106
I bought a car the other day. But I then went out and bought another one of exactly the same model because I wanted one with bigger alloys wheels! :grin: :raised_hand:
CoeK to Picard123
9 Aug 17#108
Terrible analogy.
Picard123 to CoeK
9 Aug 17#111
You've got everyone going with your analogies! :laughing:
CoeK to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#93
Is the new one worth the upgrade?
OrribleHarry to CoeK
9 Aug 17#95
It's faster and battery life much better
CoeK to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#96
I've never ran my pro 4 out totally so it would probably be a pointless upgrade for me since I don't really do anything more intensive than make spreadsheets.
OB1 to CoeK
9 Aug 17#97
Definitely pointless then!
OrribleHarry to CoeK
9 Aug 17#99
If it's a personal purchase and the SP4 is working fine then you are correct, but if you are self employed then you should ask your accountant.
CoeK to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#107
I am an accountant :smile:
OrribleHarry to CoeK
9 Aug 17#109
In that case you can advise me when next to utilise my AIA for IT equipment :relaxed: You will also understand why I did not sell my old SP4
CoeK to OrribleHarry
9 Aug 17#110
I'm not really that type of accountant, I deal with large Ltd or PLC's. But I can see why you might want to use your investment allowance, just wouldn't be very good at telling you the best way to use it.
OB1
9 Aug 17#103
You two get a room and take it to private messaging.... Informed debate is great, point scoring and name calling you can do in private.
OrribleHarry to OB1
9 Aug 17#104
Correct I won't be replying further.
aishakhan894
9 Aug 17#87
£404 for a TABLET? Good Lord. You ppl have a lot of extra cash on you.
pheyshunt1
7 Aug 17#5
This or ipad pro?
BrianM to pheyshunt1
7 Aug 17#7
I would always go for an iPad....I don't think Android has worked as well on tablets!
gsusx to BrianM
7 Aug 17#10
Yeah fully agree here. It's a shame but you end up with a much lesser experience.
afroylnt to gsusx
7 Aug 17#11
give the money you save buying this over an ipad to a charity and also enjoy a more flexible experience.. maybe apple users define lesser differently?
GDB2222 to afroylnt
7 Aug 17#28
Isn't an iPad Air actually £70 cheaper than this?
shuwaz to BrianM
7 Aug 17#22
My Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is fantastic, much prefer it to our iPad Pro.
Pretty much stopped using Apple devices at home.
BrianM to shuwaz
7 Aug 17#29
Your choice! Reviews in the likes of "PC Pro" and other mags have often been lukewarm on - even high-end -Android tablets - while really liking the phones!
Picard123 to BrianM
7 Aug 17#30
Android was never originally designed as a tablet OS, even less as a productivity OS. Even now, numerous apps don't scale particularly well and you'd be mad to use Android as a office productivity app when Windows is superior in that regard in terms of software. For phones though, it's fine.
Bigfootpete to BrianM
8 Aug 17#41
In what way? My Nexus 10 tablet is still going strong - battery isn't what it used to be but not bad for a three year old device. It does everything I need and more, anything an ipad can do...
captainbeaky to Bigfootpete
8 Aug 17#47
Wasn't the Nexus 10 abandoned by google a year or so ago?
OB1 to captainbeaky
8 Aug 17#52
I find it shocking that they aren't compelled to offer security updates OTA.
Bigfootpete to captainbeaky
8 Aug 17#58
Yep - no more updates, but I still use it most days. When I don't use it I put it on airplane mode and battery saver - lasts a week without recharging.
captainbeaky to Bigfootpete
8 Aug 17#60
That's one thing that is good about iPads. My aging iPad Air (released in 2013) is still supported & will get iOS 11 this November. Though whether it's capable of running it is another matter
pete21 to Bigfootpete
8 Aug 17#75
I'm still using a Nexus 10 also. I've flashed the latest pure Nexus ROM on it from XDA-developers. So it's running Android V7.1.2 with the June security patch. Works a treat...... So I'm struggling to justify the outlay on a Pixel C or Lenovo tab 4 plus right now.
CoCo91 to Bigfootpete
8 Aug 17#72
The battery has become a huge issue for me. Once it goes down to the 30% range it can immediately jump down to 0% and shut down any moment.
My brother has an iPad Air 2 and that's a much smoother experience, granted it's a newer device.
pdryder to CoCo91
8 Aug 17#45
The battery was pretty easy to replace on my N10 with the right simple opener tool package. Plenty instructional vids on YouTube. I did mine in about 20 mins and it's back to full performance now. About £40 on Amazon, £5 for the tools :thumbsup:
CoCo91 to pdryder
9 Aug 17#86
Sounds good, I will have a look at that. Could breath new life into it.
eglons
9 Aug 17#85
If you are into android this is rated the best tablet by most of the reviews I've seen. If you are into Apple get an iPad. If you just want a cheaper tablet get one. This is a premium product with premium performance, mine is about 2 years old and still gets a full day from a charge and is a pleasure to use.
Work out what you need, decide what you like OS wise, work out your budget and if this is still on the shortlist then go for it.
Gowlande
8 Aug 17#83
They really aren't though plus most people in Education use Google Docs and classroom. And as expected your giving examples of things your windows tablet would not do either, no one in there right mind tries to do video editing on a tablet, you need gpu accelartion to get reasonable timeline performance and export. If all your doing is trimming then more than capable. And again with Windows Games, you can't run anything demanding and the experince for you will be terrible! That's why mobile games exist, as there light weight and are playable on a Tablet.
Kaprikawn
8 Aug 17#82
Like others, I got mine for £300 last March and have been very happy with my purchase. I've since purchased the keyboard and am very impressed with that too. That means I have the tablet and the keyboard for less than the current price of this 'deal' including about 18 months of usage on top. It's a quality purchase, no doubt, but this price is not good IMO.
CouldntThinkOfAUsername
7 Aug 17#26
How is this hot? It was £300 a year ago, I nearly bought it but went for an Air 2. Pixel lacks the apps and smoothness of the iPad. iPad has better speakers and screen too.
steve_bezerker to CouldntThinkOfAUsername
8 Aug 17#50
The iPad does not have a better screen. The screen is bigger but the pixel density is far higher on this than an iPad giving you a much clearer image here than the iPad can ever dream of.
In fact almost everything goes in favour of the Pixel tablet when compared with the iPad Pro, except the Quad speakers that the Pro offers, although on devices this small I doubt that the quantity of speakers is enough to sway people.
Biggunspaul to steve_bezerker
8 Aug 17#54
Please explain what else is better about the pixel over the ipad pro ?
As I can't see anything apart from the ppi.
This only has 3gb of ram vs 4gb on the pro
benchmarks show that the ipad pro is the fastest tablet around,where as the pixel is way down the list.
This has a max storage capacity of 64gb,ipad pro has 512gb.
500 nits brightness on the pixel?600 on the pro
Pixels camera 8mp 1080p,pro 12mp and 4k video
No camera flash on pixel,camera flash on pro
Pixel cpu 1.9ghz,pro 2.39ghz
Pixel battery is 34.2wh,pro battery is 41wh
I could go on but there is no point.
Yes this does seem a good bang for your buck,but to say nearly everything goes in favour of the pixel is just wrong.
steve_bezerker to Biggunspaul
8 Aug 17#62
Where are you getting your information?
The Ipad Pro doesn't shoot 4K. The CPU is 2.2ghz DUAL CORE and the Pixel is 1.9ghz Quad Core, making the Pixel faster at anything using more than a single thread. The internal storage is capped at 256GB not 512GB as you suggest. I'm not sure why this is important tbh, I have a PC to hold all my films and songs and can transfer within seconds at the push of a button, paying for extra memory on a tablet is a redundant feature for most. Battery is about 30 minutes extra talk time at most. Powered by Android so downloading APKs and modding files is un-restricted and permitted. This gives you unlimited freedom with regards to programs like Kodi which are otherwise impossible to break with an iPad without Jailbreaking.
So in terms of price vs performance the Pixel is absolutely destroying the iPad in almost all fields, considering that both sets of cameras are identical, battery time is almost identical, CPU is almost identical, if not better on the Pixel - That means you're paying well over £500 for a tiny bit of extra memory and a slightly larger screen size (with a worse pixel density) and 1GB of RAM..
Biggunspaul to steve_bezerker
8 Aug 17#66
I'm getting this information straight off my iPad Pro,so i know it can shoot 4K video (the camera is taken straight from the iPhone 7),i know the processor runs 2.39ghz,i know it comes in 512gb.
Don't believe me,well have a read of this and then come back and apologise :wink:
I've also included these screen shots off my ipad,just in case what is written isn't good enough.
steve_bezerker to Biggunspaul
8 Aug 17#69
Lol! You're looking at the brand new Pro released less than 6 weeks ago that retails for well over £1100 at 512GB. Get a grip man. An intelligent man would assume you were arguing like for like, not £1,100 (allegedly) of tech vs £400 of tech. That's like saying a Ferrari is better than a pushbike.
All you did was strengthen my argument, because now you're spending silly money and still getting sub-par tech.
Picard123 to steve_bezerker
8 Aug 17#70
iPad Pro sub-par tech? Are you on drugs?
OrribleHarry to Picard123
8 Aug 17#80
Well very sub par for the money, they are terrible value and no more useful than a standard iPad.
JohnOFarrell
8 Aug 17#79
This is an excellent tablet, bought one for £300 with the developer discount last year. Battery life still going strong. Super smooth and a great screen too, handles everything I throw at it.
The_Third_Man
7 Aug 17#24
Great tablet but I couldn't bring myself to spend quite that much. If anybody is looking for a cheaper alternative the Lenovo Tab 4 series are now (finally) starting to show up.
This one costs £100 less than the Pixel. Less memory (but accepts sd cards), slightly lower resolution but otherwise not much in it. argos.co.uk/pro…047 There should be a 64MB version out later and there is an optional keyboard attachment.
pete21 to The_Third_Man
8 Aug 17#74
Lenovo tab 4 10 plus is also up for pre-order on Amazon here in white: at £349.99 -
From Amazon you can get it with 4Gb ram. I read a comment that this will also be the 64 GB flash version. But there is no mention of the amount of flash on the Amazon description so far. So can't confirm that.
Even with this version I'm still torn between this and the Pixel C here...... Pixel has a much better screen, so might still be worth the extra and you probably won't get much in the way of updates from Lenovo anyway.....
bigsofty
8 Aug 17#73
Seriously, how is this a good deal?!
Picard123
7 Aug 17#12
Paying £480 for a Andoid tablet and folio keyboard is nuts....
You might as well buy a Surface Pro 2-in-1 type of device for that sort of money.
OrribleHarry to Picard123
7 Aug 17#20
You can't get a surface pro and keyboard for this much.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
7 Aug 17#21
Not a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 but certainly something similar and certainly something that's better than this limited Android tablet.
OrribleHarry to Picard123
7 Aug 17#23
I have a surface pro 4 and and the new 5 and they are a completely different device to this.
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
7 Aug 17#25
That's what I'm saying. It's seriously overpaying spending £480 on this when you can buy a Surface Pro type device for the same sort of money. Tons more useful software on Windows as well.
OrribleHarry to Picard123
8 Aug 17#59
Total u-turn comment
Picard123 to OrribleHarry
8 Aug 17#61
In what way?
CoeK to Picard123
8 Aug 17#65
That's like saying why buy an expensive bicycle when a bit more will get you a motorbike.
Picard123 to CoeK
8 Aug 17#68
What a terrible analogy.
CoeK to Picard123
8 Aug 17#71
Well that's me convinced.
Markabs
8 Aug 17#35
Bought last year with the developer discount. Would buy again in an instant. Much prefer over girlfriend's Ipad Pro.
Picard123 to Markabs
8 Aug 17#49
Why?
Markabs to Picard123
8 Aug 17#67
Guess I just prefer Android over Ios. Build quality is great on both. Also prefer the screen on the pixel, though the pro has better sound. I tend to use headphones anyway. The 64gb version was £360 last year with the discount however.
malachi
8 Aug 17#46
How is this hot? Its been cheaper, £300 back then, now that was a deal! Pay the extra, get a newer and more up to date tablet.
Also Google give their devices 3 years life span, this came out in 2015, its due soon for end of support so this is too expensive.
robertwilliamsmith to malachi
8 Aug 17#64
£300 was for the 32GB version, this is the 64.
havoc666
8 Aug 17#57
Is android 8.0 oreo wil be last update for this device?
badasschris
8 Aug 17#56
nice tablet but most would be better off with an ipad. I personally got myself a galaxy tab s 10.5 as I wanted the best possible screen for watching videos and will hardly use it for anything else. Games and even browsing I prefer to do on my laptop and I have my phone for everything else
CoeK
8 Aug 17#55
I must be in the minority then since I sold an ipad and bought an android tablet, not this one though.
alexjameshaines
7 Aug 17#17
£477 for the tablet and kayboard. Great prioce IMHO.
mrphantomb to alexjameshaines
8 Aug 17#53
MMKAY
seandpop
8 Aug 17#51
I'll have half a dozen then
leelukehope
8 Aug 17#44
I'm a fan of Android phones but if you really think you get a better tablet experience on Android compared to iOS (when it comes to productivity), you're lying to yourself. I only use my android tablet for casting but I could use my android phone for that if needs be. Whereas my iPad is used constantly, apps are far more optimised and it's just a better experience in general.
I've always stuck to having an iPhone, an android phone and an iPad. I think that setup gives you the best of both worlds really. I only buy the normal iPads not the Pros as I think once it tips towards £500 you should be looking at a windows/surface type device.
CharlieBravo
7 Aug 17#1
Hot! That said, I half expect this to be a joke, and it'll be out of stock :joy:
tafty to CharlieBravo
7 Aug 17#13
It was in stock when I ordered one earlier :sweat_smile:
CharlieBravo to tafty
8 Aug 17#43
It was a discreet play on "404", suggesting that the stock would not be found :nerd: :smile: but joking aside I'm glad there was stock :grin:
GS_Dan
8 Aug 17#40
Stupidly expensive for a device from 2015.
prettejohn
8 Aug 17#37
Who buys a tablet any more? Just get a bigger phone. e.g Google Pixel XL
psychoid
8 Aug 17#39
google looked at apples bank balance and thought it a suitable financial model. high spec, high price, do not discount and welcome 100 billion dollars
ssc1
8 Aug 17#38
drool but ain't at that price,
Mandroid578
8 Aug 17#36
Why £400+ granted it's an android tablet and all the features that android brings but other than that it's not special. It's generic like an ipad. The galaxy notes, iPad pro and microsoft surfaces are specific. They have a USP which can be justified. This doesn't.
634miyamoto
8 Aug 17#34
I got it when it was £300 but nothing special really...
Asia77ll
8 Aug 17#33
I have one, i would recommend to get an ipad for normal people unless you are an android enthusiast but even if you are you should probably get a cheap android tablet as this is a bit overpriced and mine has had to be repaired 3 times as it broke by itself
ziavirgo
7 Aug 17#32
They should give a keyboard with it.
chenzz
7 Aug 17#31
It was cheaper last year when it was on sale. How old is this thing? two or three years?
robertwilliamsmith
7 Aug 17#27
The best android tablet there is, bought one for my son last Xmas and it has proved to be excellent at everything. The √2screen is a thing of great beauty as is the rapid performance and you are getting Google's stock Android which gets all the updates first.
afroylnt
7 Aug 17#3
bet you get more nits with an ipad.
OrribleHarry to afroylnt
7 Aug 17#19
Who wants nits? I'm itching just thinking about it. Besides this has better resolution.
garethsmith72
7 Aug 17#14
Offer Good till Oct 3rd
Nero182 to garethsmith72
7 Aug 17#18
Then they annouce a new one with the next Pixel phones maybe?
Rid1
7 Aug 17#16
Just hope google don't f it up with their updates like they did the Nexus 7
duncan5112
7 Aug 17#15
Great tablet prefer this to iPad device my wife has.good price OP not been this good probably this year was £100 off just before xmas
LewisIOM
7 Aug 17#9
Tempted :-)
Gowlande
7 Aug 17#8
I have owned mine since March 2016, Best Tablet I have ever owned and still the best there is today. I paid 300 new from the Google store, as there was a developer discount for a short period. At the time I sold my Nexus 9 for 200 and got the Pixel. Also for new or old owners, the keyboard is discounted: store.google.com/pro…ard
bove9
7 Aug 17#6
Great tablet imho , got mine from Cex though, grade a, 2 yr warranty for about 350 over a year ago. Best android tablet out there.
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I picked this tablet up at £379 last Christmas (Yes, the 64GB model). At the time, it was a decent deal. The same price today is hilariously overpriced, and £404 is even worse. Given the tech that resides in the 2017 32GB iPad, this tablet is beaten in every way. Eight months have gone by since I bought this for £379. £300 is where this tablet should be priced right now.
Any experience with this style of device would be great!
The SoC in the Pixel C is a super efficent powerhouse, its the same chip used in Game consoles such as the Switch and both generations of the Nvidia's Shield TV.
The Tegra X1 scores twice as high over the A8X ( Ipad Air 2 ) in GLBench.
The screen on the Devices are very simlar, both higher than 2560x1440 but not 4K, From use the IPS display on the Pixel is very good and I rarely exceed 30% brightness as mostly indoors.
Build Quality and Design, Is the best on the Pixel C on all the devices I have owned, It's very well finished, great machining and the lightbar is worth the price alone. It's a premium tablet.
Software is of course always up to date, and in the the over the year I have owned it I have never experinced slow down, which I have done on newer devices such as the Lenovo Yoga Book.
The price is a good deal, being that its the 64GB all previous prices mentioned were of the now discontinued 32GB model.
Battery Life is excpetional due to how efficent the SoC operates and features such as Doze.
For note I have owned: Pixel C, Nexus 9, Nexus 7, Lenovo yoga Book, Fire HD and iPad Mini.
This tablet doesn't do anything, a £200 Android Tablet doesn't do.
I'd rather spend £340 and buy one of these if I wanted a tablet type device with keyboard. At least you have the entire Windows ecosytem of software apps to use.
indiegogo.com/pro…--3
Also in real world use what more would you do on that device you could not on an Android Tablet. If all your doing is using word processors you can do this the same on ipads, android or windows tablets, Yes you can install Fully featured programs but hardly usable.
I'm after an android tablet (too invested in apps on this ecosystem) which is stable (current tablet was a bit of a dud, an asus which reboots fairly often and the apps close without notice), has a decentish screen, decent battery life, and a reasonable amount of storage space. Much as I covet this (and the keyboard, just for the look of it...) I'm feeling that the pixel would be overkill for my needs...
Any other suggestions for an android tablet?
It is pretty old now, no idea what version of android it is on but I don't really care since I use a launcher it always looks the same to me. Still runs brilliant though.
For work I use a normal PC or if I'm going mobile which isn't often a surface pro 4. No mobile OS is good enough to use for any real work when it comes to office, unless you only write in word all day.
The joy of sitting on the fence...
I paid more than 4 times this amount for my surface pro 5 not they are not comparable products.
And for it's "not meant to a computer"? Just LOL. It has a screen, keyboard, CPU, RAM, storage, ports, OS, software etc. What's it meant to be? A banana? :laughing:
Now crawl back under your stone.
You have no idea what you're doing or what constitutes a good deal or value.
Irony.
You don't seem to understand what irony means...
Selling an SP4 and buying a SP for £1600 when the only real difference is a KL refresh is just plain daft.
You clearly are a clown, I told you I bought it as a "company asset" you obviously don't have the intelligence to understand what I'm saying so will not discuss this further.
Have a nice day, schools are back soon so go out and play.
You will also understand why I did not sell my old SP4
Pretty much stopped using Apple devices at home.
My brother has an iPad Air 2 and that's a much smoother experience, granted it's a newer device.
Work out what you need, decide what you like OS wise, work out your budget and if this is still on the shortlist then go for it.
And again with Windows Games, you can't run anything demanding and the experince for you will be terrible! That's why mobile games exist, as there light weight and are playable on a Tablet.
Pixel lacks the apps and smoothness of the iPad. iPad has better speakers and screen too.
In fact almost everything goes in favour of the Pixel tablet when compared with the iPad Pro, except the Quad speakers that the Pro offers, although on devices this small I doubt that the quantity of speakers is enough to sway people.
As I can't see anything apart from the ppi.
This only has 3gb of ram vs 4gb on the pro
benchmarks show that the ipad pro is the fastest tablet around,where as the pixel is way down the list.
This has a max storage capacity of 64gb,ipad pro has 512gb.
500 nits brightness on the pixel?600 on the pro
Pixels camera 8mp 1080p,pro 12mp and 4k video
No camera flash on pixel,camera flash on pro
Pixel cpu 1.9ghz,pro 2.39ghz
Pixel battery is 34.2wh,pro battery is 41wh
I could go on but there is no point.
Yes this does seem a good bang for your buck,but to say nearly everything goes in favour of the pixel is just wrong.
The Ipad Pro doesn't shoot 4K.
The CPU is 2.2ghz DUAL CORE and the Pixel is 1.9ghz Quad Core, making the Pixel faster at anything using more than a single thread.
The internal storage is capped at 256GB not 512GB as you suggest. I'm not sure why this is important tbh, I have a PC to hold all my films and songs and can transfer within seconds at the push of a button, paying for extra memory on a tablet is a redundant feature for most.
Battery is about 30 minutes extra talk time at most.
Powered by Android so downloading APKs and modding files is un-restricted and permitted. This gives you unlimited freedom with regards to programs like Kodi which are otherwise impossible to break with an iPad without Jailbreaking.
So in terms of price vs performance the Pixel is absolutely destroying the iPad in almost all fields, considering that both sets of cameras are identical, battery time is almost identical, CPU is almost identical, if not better on the Pixel - That means you're paying well over £500 for a tiny bit of extra memory and a slightly larger screen size (with a worse pixel density) and 1GB of RAM..
Don't believe me,well have a read of this and then come back and apologise :wink:
gsmarena.com/app…php
And this confirms the 2.39GHz
9to5mac.com/201…ts/
I've also included these screen shots off my ipad,just in case what is written isn't good enough.
All you did was strengthen my argument, because now you're spending silly money and still getting sub-par tech.
This one costs £100 less than the Pixel. Less memory (but accepts sd cards), slightly lower resolution but otherwise not much in it.
argos.co.uk/pro…047
There should be a 64MB version out later and there is an optional keyboard attachment.
Lenovo tab 4 10 plus pre order
From Amazon you can get it with 4Gb ram. I read a comment that this will also be the 64 GB flash version. But there is no mention of the amount of flash on the Amazon description so far. So can't confirm that.
Even with this version I'm still torn between this and the Pixel C here...... Pixel has a much better screen, so might still be worth the extra and you probably won't get much in the way of updates from Lenovo anyway.....
You might as well buy a Surface Pro 2-in-1 type of device for that sort of money.
The 64gb version was £360 last year with the discount however.
Also Google give their devices 3 years life span, this came out in 2015, its due soon for end of support so this is too expensive.
I've always stuck to having an iPhone, an android phone and an iPad. I think that setup gives you the best of both worlds really. I only buy the normal iPads not the Pros as I think once it tips towards £500 you should be looking at a windows/surface type device.
high spec, high price, do not discount and welcome 100 billion dollars
How old is this thing? two or three years?
Besides this has better resolution.
Also for new or old owners, the keyboard is discounted: store.google.com/pro…ard