I was thinking more because of the docking station, I already have an iPad Pro but no Apple product has the ability to be docked like the Pixel Tablet.
The Pixel 8 Pro is still on Amazon along with the buds pro for £800, however there is no Mint colour because it's exclusive to the Google online store.
Don't get the Tablet. Get a Pixel 8. Big difference in gens. Pixel tablet is first gen and it shows it. 60hz screen. Mediocre Speakers and last years chipset. IPS.
What about the Bay Blue? It really is a beautiful color if you like blue!
Pixel 8 or 8 Pro are the best evolution of Pixel phones yet. Just keep waiting since you have waited thus far. Trust me there will be more sales as Pixel 9 draws closer!!
Just to give some advice on the Android tablet front Samsung tab s9 11" is probably the best one you can get. Probably on sale but it is going to cost at least a couple hundred more than the Pixel Tablet but you get an 8 gen 2, 8gb ram, ufs 4.0 storage at 256gb, s pen included and a beautiful 120hz adaptive refresh rate Amoled x 2 display at high resolution and around 500 nits, a quad speaker system that can rival some laptops and good battery life. As much as I love Pixel, the tab s9 is such a better tablet in every way that I just can't recommend the Pixel tablet. I had a Nexus 7 and I wish Google would adopt a 2 prong strategy. Budget like Nexus 7 was and high end or premium mid grade at low mid grade prices. Instead we got only one option at high mid range price with low mid range specs. Opposite formula of Nexus line. Yes the dock and speaker are a nice add on if it is something you will use. But I prefer that was a separate charge so I could just buy the tablet as well, a tablet and then expand that functionality if I wanted to. I feel like the speaker dock is to hide inferior speakers on the tablet from what I have read in reviews.
I am really hoping that Google has learned a lesson from the Pixel Tablet and the next release either goes a little more budget or has an option like a Pixel a Tablet and make the Pixel tablet high end with 16gb ram, 256gb base ufs 4.0 storage, latest Tensor chipset or upcoming gen not last years gen, OLED 120 hz display or at least very good IPS with 120hz display minimum. Something like the display on the Tab s7/8. And better speakers and optional dock and maybe throw in a Google pencil?
Either way for now I would not try to get the Pixel experience form the Pixel Tablet. Get a Pixel 8/Pro when the timing is right. You have a phone that works and you know what you want so now all it is, is a waiting game for the right deal to appear and then you go. The other thing to consider is to just spend the money instead of trying to save a few dollars getting the tablet or waiting for a sale, you can just get it from Google and pay a bit more but get exactly what you want. If it goes on sale in a while then ignore it. It becomes futile at a certain point chasing after a deal and sometimes we just need to empty the wallet a bit and then see where the chips land. Because if you keep waiting for the right time the next model will release and you will go through the same thing again and never get a phone until you have to. In the time trying to decide you might be causing yourself undue stress. Might as well just take the plunge and be done with it.
I am usually pretty good at getting a good deal and buying and selling as I used to be a buyer but there are times where even I get burned or pay too much or pay MSRP plus financing but for some things that are worth it what else can you do? I am paying a crazy rate for something I just bought in hopes of selling off some other stuff to pay it down before most of the interest kicks in. I can wait for sales that are guaranteed in about 2-4 months and more after that. But by that time we will be close to the next release and my time of enjoying my new device will be a lot less. Sometimes the feeling of a new device and knowing you are one of the first to have it can be fun. If you are not someone who gets excited by tech then it is probably not important to you. I will admit I am a sucker for the fresh new tech. Lol
