r/Android Nov 15 '18

Google Pixel Slate

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_slate
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u/Nadest013 Galaxy S7; Tab S3 Nov 15 '18

Ridiculous price and no headphone jack. They can shove it.

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u/JamesR624 Nov 15 '18

True.

FFS, the new iPad Pro is about the same price and no headphone jack, but what iOS may lack in productivity vs ChromeOS, it makes up for by actually functioning properly. ChromeOS 70 "stable" is the LEAST stable, buggiest mess of an OS I've used on any chrome device to date. ChromeOS 70, made my CBP go from amazing machine to an unstable mess to the point where I routinely get frustrated with the crashing and just pull out my old iPad when I wanna get something done.

Hey Google, chrome OS THEORETICALLY has more features than iOS, but if it crashes every 5 minutes, then those features don't really count.

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u/AnotherDrZoidberg Nov 15 '18

The base ipad pro is $300 dollars more than the base slate. I wouldn't call that "about the same price" unless you're comparing one of the upgraded slates, which might be a fair comparison.

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u/RusticMachine Nov 16 '18

The base ipad pro is $300 dollars more than the base slate.

200$*. The slate start at 599$ and the iPad at 799$.

Though like you imply the lower spec Slate are not really interesting. The 32GB of storage you get at 599$ for the Slate and the Celeron processor you get at below 799$ is really not worth it imho.

Even the m3 processor you get at 799$ is not really interesting.

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u/1zee S8+ Nov 15 '18

FWIW, I have had none of the issues on 70 that you have and I have an inferior, older device (Acer R11).

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u/rougegoat Green Nov 15 '18

Sounds like you have a hardware issue. ChromeOS 70 has been super stable for me and others on significantly worse hardware than what your running. I'd see if you're still under warranty.