Do we know the screen size yet for the Pixel Slate?
I'm hoping it's closer to 10 inches and not 12 inches...
I'm hoping it's closer to 10 inches and not 12 inches...
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Here's what the Pixel Slate finger print reader will be like:
https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/chromebook_fingerprint_11.gif
I really could do without the Pixel slate being a thing. As I’ll likely want to buy one. Which is not ideal.
That looks cool. What the hell happened with the phones?Here's what the Pixel Slate finger print reader will be like:
https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/chromebook_fingerprint_11.gif
I still don’t understand why Google got into the phone market to begin with. I know that it’s to compete with Apple, but seeing how Microsoft tried the same thing and failed, maybe they should just stick to tablets and tablet PCs... other Android manufacturers are making all the leaps and bounds in the smartphone department.
They try pretty much everything. I think they wanted their own hardware to test the limits of what they could do with computational photography and their access to all of our photos on their service. They develop, test and drop countless iterations of existing products and services. I don’t think these products and services are necessarily the endgame for them. That’s why they seem thrown together so half-azzedly.
I respect them for trying, at least; I just feel bad for the employees and smartphone design teams internally.
That’s the thing...they never seem to actually be trying that hard. They never even really promoted Allo or Duo. They didn’t really do anything to make those must-have products despite the incredible potential they had.
I don’t think they’re trying that hard at anything. They’re certainly never trying that smart, as in “work smart, not hard”.
I don’t think products and services for us unwashed masses are their endgame. I believe they have one, but probably only their upper levels of management understand what that is. Most of what we see and buy into is a huge experiment for them. It certainly has that feel to it. I find it interesting and more than a bit alarming that these purveyors of personal data have been caught out attempting to manipulate politics and media. Is that a few employees being punks or is that part of them leveraging small units of power and influence into something bigger?
Oh great now I sound like a conspiracy theorist. Sigh. I don’t know, but something just seems off about so much of what they put out on the market.
They’re either evil Illuminati geniuses or hardworking imaginative people under incredibly scatterbrained disinterested management. Lol, or maybe a mix of both.
Great points!
I think that when some technology companies get to be a certain size they lose the ability to make meaningful changes. They can't make focussed direction changes for the company.
We have seen this in the past with Microsoft and others and Apple to some extent as they are slow to change.
Technology is an ever changing environment in this modern era. When companies lose agility they become stagnant and technology passes them by.
Sometimes watching Google and the products they launch......i wonder if their upper management has ADHD!
They seem to change focus and lose interest so fast.
Google are doing fantastic at phones. Their OS powers millions of phone and many more, even on iPhones use Google search engine and Gmail everyday. Revenue from advertising in mobile device is in ththe billions of dollars.
The reason they went into phone hardware was to give Android a good name. 5 or so years ago Android wasn’t in the best of place. OEMs were bloating phones with skins and double apps that resulted in laggy or slow experiences. Furthermore Apple devices ALWAYS had better cameras. Android fans spoke proudly about customisation and rooting phones which is not relevant to the average customers.
Creating the pixel line of phones shows consumers and OEMs that Android can be simple, fast and cutting edge without being complicated - and have the best camera. As a result we have seen emergence of phones like OnePlus 6 which also emphasise speed.
Hopefully Samsung will follow suit. Imagine their amazing hardware with a simple zero lag OS?
I missed it too! Had to take my baby to see the Dr but all is ok.
Forwarded to the Pixel & only a couple of minutes in...
I love the matt glass back. I'm not a gloss fan at all - fingerprints/grime ruin everything so to have a matt back gets a big tick from me.
I like that the white Pixel 3 looks like one white slab on the back. I like that the two-tone is very subtle. I wish the black version was the same. Pink looks fine.
As for the Slate, I'm interested but will hold out for a better deal down the road or for really strong reviews.
No interest in the Hub.
What happened to updated Pixel Buds?
Google is righting some of the wrongs from last year, including providing USB C earphones in the Pixel 3 box. You can also buy it separately here for $30 bucks. I hope they're good: https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_earbuds?hl=en-US
As for the Slate, I'm interested but will hold out for a better deal down the road or for really strong reviews.
No interest in the Hub.
What happened to updated Pixel Buds?
Google is righting some of the wrongs from last year, including providing USB C earphones in the Pixel 3 box. You can also buy it separately here for $30 bucks. I hope they're good: https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_earbuds?hl=en-US
Not pink, haha. Honestly I think more of a sand/beige color with the orange/coral power button would have been perfect.
What happened to the aqua? I don't even see it as a Verizon exclusive or anything.
There are aqua Hubs and Home Minis...
I find the Slate intriguing..my iPP is my everyday computing device (with a few exceptions) so the tablet form factor with a good attachable keyboard is an attractive setup for me. But that pricing..wow. I think I wouldn’t want anything less than the i5 CPU, so that starts at $999. Add another $199 for the keyboard and $1200 seems really steep, especially considering I could get an i5, 8GB, 128GB Pixelbook at full retail for $999, and likely less as I previously bought one on sale at Best Buy for less than $700.
A 12.9” iPP with 256GB of storage is $949.
I don’t think this was in the keynote
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/09/google-2018-third-generation-chromecast-refresh/
It they really wanted to compete with Apple they would advertise the crap out of these phones but they don't.
Just watched Android Central’s preview of the Pixel Slate and while the hardware is quite attractive, the software is quite laggy/janky. Google stated it was a quite early version of the firmware but why on Earth would you preview this device with such an awful software experience?
Just wait until you have it polished and ready to go—I’m not going to get excited about a quite expensive Chrome OS tablet that can’t even perform basic functions without stuttering like crazy.
Just wait until you have it polished and ready to go—I’m not going to get excited about a quite expensive Chrome OS tablet that can’t even perform basic functions without stuttering like crazy.
Yeah, that and the size has turned me off. ImI looking at 10 inch screen max.
I really wish Apple would update the iPad mini...