I'll pass.
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That restart is very obvious when you hold the Pixel Tablet. When Google first showed off the Pixel Tablet in May of 2022, everyone said it looked like the screen portion of the Nest Hub Max. Personally, I don’t mind that soft, curved corners look and think bezels play an important role on tablets as it gives you somewhere to place your thumb.
The Pixel Tablet’s design might be utilitarian and functional all around, but it doesn’t feel very substantial or solid. Google’s proprietary nano-ceramic coating that covers the aluminum chassis does not feel very premium. It mostly comes off as plastic, and not at all like the coating of the Pixel 5, which was something I enjoyed and was hoping would return. One upside is that the Pixel Tablet is rather light and that greatly contributes – even with the bezels – to it feeling just like a floating screen.
Google spent a lot of time engineering the dual-axis, quad-cam synchronized hinge to make sure there was no gap when the Pixel Fold is closed. Opening and closing the Pixel Fold is a smooth action made possible by what Google calls a 180-degree fluid friction hinge, with the various postures holding steady and tight magnets keeping it shut. Google is also proud of its stainless steel exterior, which is said to offer high scratch resistance. It matches the frosted back glass, which uses post-recycled resins and recycled adhesives.
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Pixel Tablet hands-on
While the 2018 Pixel Slate was well within the “Made by Google” hardware era, I wouldn’t really say the Pixel Tablet continues in that lineage. Rather, it’s a brand new start heavily inspired by the Nest Hub, and it of course runs Android rather than ChromeOS and is powered by Tensor G2 with 8GB of RAM.That restart is very obvious when you hold the Pixel Tablet. When Google first showed off the Pixel Tablet in May of 2022, everyone said it looked like the screen portion of the Nest Hub Max. Personally, I don’t mind that soft, curved corners look and think bezels play an important role on tablets as it gives you somewhere to place your thumb.
The Pixel Tablet’s design might be utilitarian and functional all around, but it doesn’t feel very substantial or solid. Google’s proprietary nano-ceramic coating that covers the aluminum chassis does not feel very premium. It mostly comes off as plastic, and not at all like the coating of the Pixel 5, which was something I enjoyed and was hoping would return. One upside is that the Pixel Tablet is rather light and that greatly contributes – even with the bezels – to it feeling just like a floating screen.
Pixel Fold hands-on
In comparison, the Pixel Fold feels well thought out. Google had a clear vision for its foldable and waited until the hardware engineering could deliver. By our account, the Pixel Fold shown off today is [COLOR=var(--c-primary)]Google’s third attempthttps://9to5google.com/2022/11/16/google-pixel-fold-everything-we-know/, not that the company would confirm when we asked. The process of waiting and iterating is not always feasible in consumer electronics, but I feel that Google hardware would be much more successful and polished if it did so. [/COLOR]Google spent a lot of time engineering the dual-axis, quad-cam synchronized hinge to make sure there was no gap when the Pixel Fold is closed. Opening and closing the Pixel Fold is a smooth action made possible by what Google calls a 180-degree fluid friction hinge, with the various postures holding steady and tight magnets keeping it shut. Google is also proud of its stainless steel exterior, which is said to offer high scratch resistance. It matches the frosted back glass, which uses post-recycled resins and recycled adhesives.
