Google has a suggestion for iPad homeowners who’re curious concerning the Pixel Pill. The corporate has a trade-in promotion that covers a minimum of the price of the Pixel Pill for iPad homeowners — if no more, relying on which mannequin you’ve got. It really works with Samsung tablets as effectively, however these trade-in values are decrease. The Pixel Pill prices $399 (with out offers) for 128GB storage and no charging speaker dock.
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$399 at Google Retailer
The promo works with iPads as previous because the sixth-generation mannequin from six years in the past. For that, Google gives you a stunning $399 — matching the Pixel Pill’s base value. That iPad mannequin solely value $329 in 2018, so Google is overpaying by rather a lot for that one.
Nonetheless, Google balances that with a lot worse affords for contemporary, high-end iPads. For instance, the 12.9-inch iPad Professional with M2 chip (2022) solely nets $450. Till this week (when the corporate launched a brand new iPad Professional and iPad Air), Apple offered that mannequin for $1,099, so we don’t suggest that trade-in worth. In the event you’re achieved with a high-end iPad from the previous few years, you possibly can probably promote it on locations like eBay, Craigslist or Swappa for considerably extra.
The Pixel Pill stands out from its Android-running rivals by working with a charging speaker base that lets the system double as a wise show, making it way more versatile. Engadget’s Cherlynn Low thought that half overshadowed its core performance as a pill. “As a wise show, the Pixel Pill largely shines. It has a helpful dashboard, an easy-to-read interface and spectacular audio high quality,” she wrote in our full evaluation.
The pill has a ten.95-inch show with a 2,560 x 1,600 decision (276 PPI) and runs on a Google Tensor G2 chip. It weighs barely over a pound and is lighter than Android rivals just like the Galaxy Tab S8 and OnePlus Pad. Its again has a nano-ceramic coating that provides it a premium, glass-like feeling that you could be not anticipate from a $399 system.
Equipment are the place the Pixel Pill stands out essentially the most. Google’s Pixel Pill Case, offered individually for $79, has a built-in kickstand that makes the slate extra versatile. “What I really like concerning the kickstand-hanger-combo is that it means that you can place the Pill just about anyplace,” Low wrote in Engadget’s evaluation. “So after I need to hold it off a kitchen cupboard to observe together with a recipe video or maintain watching Love Is Blind for instance, I can. And although the two,560 x 1,600 LCD panel isn’t as vibrant because the OLED on Samsung’s Galaxy Tabs, it nonetheless produced crisp particulars and colourful photos.”
The star accent is Google’s $129 charging speaker dock, which you should utilize with out eradicating the kickstand case. This product transforms the pill into a wise show, probably voiding the necessity for different good residence management hubs. The speaker has spectacular sound for its measurement, making it simpler to listen to its responses when you aren’t proper subsequent to it.
Google’s high quality print notes that the trade-in worth shall be finalized after receiving the pill, and it could possibly be decrease if it determines the situation doesn’t match what you chose throughout the trade-in course of. The refund shall be processed on the bank card you used to purchase the Pixel Pill (or by means of Google Retailer credit score when you return your buy throughout that point).
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