I found this, I’m wanting to get a pixel tablet in about a week or so. Title just got me wondering a bit, though it’s probably just a little bit sensationalized
Cut the price down to $249 and maybe I’ll bite.
I was hoping this would come out like a Nexus price-wise and was very disappointed when it came out.
I want to buy one, but I don’t think it’s worth the current price
I’d get one if it was like $300 less
fr just give us a 3rd gen Nexus 7
I bought the Xoom and the Nexus 10, and got my wife a Nexus 7
Google abandoned all within an extremely short timeframe. The Nexus 10 suffered the worst, getting an awful ui regression a few months after it came out
I have seen no evidence Google will do any better this time
Nexus 7 was such a great tablet. I came across it in the Drawer of Old Things, long since broken but kept around regardless. It’s hilarious how it’s only slightly bigger than some phones. I can even stuff it into my pocket.
For the Nexus 7, you might want to download its LineageOS build before it’s lost to time:
- https://download.lineageos.org/devices/debx/builds
- https://download.lineageos.org/devices/flox/builds
It’s on Android 11, a huge jump from its last official build on Android 6.0.1.
And to be fair, this is the reason to get a Google device.
You know already that all Android manufacturers are assholes and will use planned obsolescence to make you buy a new device, including Google. You can plan accordingly by getting one that can be easily flashed and flashed back to stock in case of problems. That leaves you with one single Android manufacturer: Google.
And with this in mind, a device that lasted from Android 4.3 (2012) to Android 11 (2021), or 9 years… that’s pretty damn good.
I’ll get one when the fire sale starts.
“Oh my god! We’re having a fire! Sale!”
Amaaaaaaaazing graaaaaaaaaace
no, the fire is the amazon tablet
Well, let’s at least keep tabs on it.
I personally like the pixel tablet for it’s grapheneos support
I’ll wait a couple generations and then buy one for GrapheneOS.
The problem is that Galaxy Tab S is far superior and lasts a heck of a long time.
Google should have done what they did with Wear and worked with Samsung to provide a seamless tablet interface instead of try to do their own tablet.
The far cheaper Galaxy Tab A series is a near equivalent competitor for where Google is positioning its tablet (an at-home media device, rather than a highly-performant professional device), and for a lot of people, trading the considerably lower price for no docking station and some older specs is worthwhile.
Google need to either make the docking capability a lot more appealing, or reduce the price significantly because at the moment it sits squarely in the home entertainment sphere, but with a price tag creeping up to match professional-tier devices - why would someone pay the premium for what is effectively an ebook and Youtube device?
The problem with the Galaxy Tab A series is that Samsung cheaps out on their SOCs, to the point where they’re unusably slow for even simple web browsing and watching YouTube.
The average person buys one because they’re cheap, then thinks all Android tablets suck because of how awful Samsung’s A series tablets have been for years and goes and buys an iPad.
I can definitely confirm that. My grandma owns a Galaxy tab A7 lite and it is so slow. And I can’t get it to go any faster no matter what I do. I have no idea how she tolerates that thing, though she does mainly use it just for Facebook, as well as a few solitaire games, including one that hasn’t been updated since like 2017.
I had this ad earlier today. Not impressed.
My Pixel 6 issues (originally bluetooth, which now (mostly) finally works, but now overheating and a factory reset to fix background networking just dying) turned me off pretty hard. I ended up getting another Android tablet instead and it, thankfully, has mostly been great.
I’m still really on the fence about sticking with Google devices for my phone. It’s even push me to consider going back to Apple, which I really don’t want to do. I’d rather stick with Android, but I also don’t want bloatwere and/or spyware (in addition to what using Google apps already gets me).
I would have thought it was selling pretty well, I know the android tablet market is a small niche but it seems like a strong contender, particularly for the google nest users out there?
I suspect they intended to release it earlier, when the home office and video chat boom was still going on but missed the mark and now have more stock than they wanted.
- downpunxx ( @downpunxx@kbin.social ) 1•11 months ago
All the bad press about school and local governments across the country complaining that their Pixel Tablets bought during the pandemic are not running out of supported update lifecycle, and will be considered bricks, wasting Billions of dollars, have got to have Google shitting bricks themselves. Literal own goal in the pursuit of greed.
Um…
These just came out like 2 months ago. Are you talking about the old nexus 7, which is 11 years old? Or maybe the most recent releases in 2014?
Anybody who bought one of those in 2020 was a moron and deserved to have them die “unexpectedly”.
They are referring to Chromebooks, which have a published end of life cycle because the OS is built around specific boards and then rebranded around those features to partners.
Very different beast than the Android-based Pixel Tablet.
Ahhhh, I see. Thanks for handing me a clue!
What press? A competent school district would expect to operate the hardware for 2 or 3 years at most. And those tablets were nothing more than $200 Chromebooks with a touchscreen. Compared to textbook pricing they came out ahead.
I got a Lenovo M9 a couple months ago. It’s not a powerhouse, but for streaming services/playing local video files it’s amazing. Add in reading books and comics, it’s a damn steal. Battery life is good, small size, and the folio cover is perfect for taking around the house. $150 without the cover is a great deal. I definitely recommend the folio case too. It slated for Android 13 this quarter as well.
Yup. I bought a similar one specifically for comics and manga that I picked up from Humble Bundle, but it also runs all my boardgames well too. Lenovo’s tablets are a bit anemic power-wise but you can’t beat the price and they’re perfect as a bed-side media machine.
Agreed. For such a cheap price, I think it hits a good spot.I regret a little not getting their gaming tablet - I didn’t know it even existed during my research. Better specs in a similar form factor. But it wasn’t enough regret to return or anything.