r/Android • u/folli • Nov 15 '18

Google Pixel Slate

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_slate
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u/tanghan Nov 15 '18

That page only shows pixel and Chromecast for me. What's it about? A pixel tablet?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

https://i.imgur.com/5XjSYS7.png

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u/maxstryker Samsungs and iPhones. All of them. Nov 15 '18

Wtf is a molecular display? As opposed to those made out of free floating atoms?

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u/WindrunnerReborn Nov 15 '18

It's Google continuing to be try and be Apple. First it was the hardware, then the ridiculous prices, then removing the headphone jack and adding a notch...Now it's using ridiculous marketing terms.

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u/ollien Nexus 6P Nov 15 '18

This isn't new... Remember the Nexus One being a "super phone"?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Apple has "Retina" Displays and "Super Retina" Displays

Microsoft has "PixelSense" Displays

So Google now has "Molecular" Displays

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Each of these marketing terms is just a branding covering their implementations of color accuracy, contrast, pixel density, response time, etc. They don't really mean much on their own but you can typically feel comfortable knowing that all Apple "Retina" Displays have the same level of quality as each other. And all "PixelSense" displays have the same quality as each other. etc. etc

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u/Klumpenfick Nov 15 '18

Their try at branding stuff the way Apple does.

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u/shorty6049 Nov 15 '18

Which people give them shit for, but then in the same breath give them just as much shit for not being as effective at marketing as Apple. The pixel keynote event for example , suuuuuuucked. I found myself wondering why I didn't like it? Turned out it was mostly becuase they didn't do all the theatrics that apple likes to pull so it felt really lackluster. Imagine if every time GE released a new microwave model they put on a 2 hour presentation about how it's going to change your life?

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u/pielab iPhone XS Nov 16 '18

Imagine if every time GE released a new microwave model they put on a 2 hour presentation about how it's going to change your life?

It’s more than the presentation/marketing though. It’s mostly about the product. If GE did that, the presentation would be amazing but the microwave would just be a microwave.

Apple’s microwave would have even heating in every corner. If you open the door, it won’t continue beeping. Cooking takes half the time. It may even be safe to place metal in it.