Work, play and surf like a pro with this new tablet
It will hold your attention with a touch interface, sharp
display, dual front-firing speakers and long battery life
Tech giant Google
recently launched the Pixel Slate tablet that’s the first to run Chrome OS
instead of Android.
Even before you turn the Pixel Slate on, it looks
worthy of your company. It is a gorgeous Midnight Blue slab of metal with a
12.3-inch touch display. The tablet is big, measuring 0.27x7.95x11.45 inches
(HWD), but at just 725 gm, it’s not difficult to hold.
Because it runs Chrome OS, the Pixel Slate has a
cursor and feels like a regular laptop when it’s connected to an external
keyboard and mouse. It comes with 8 GB of memory and an Intel Core i5 processor
for the premium model, while the base model comes with 4 GB of RAM and Intel
Celeron.
More than just a tablet
It has a default landscape orientation. An
8-megapixel front-facing camera that can record video in full HD (1080p) lies
above the screen on one of the long-side bezels, while a magnetic dock
connector is on the opposite edge. A second, front-facing camera on the back
has identical specs. Both offer reasonable video quality for quick video calls.
On the left and right sides of the screen (the shorter edges, in landscape
mode), are two speakers that produce rich audio with surprising amounts of bass
for a tablet.
Pixel earns its name
Given the sleek enclosure made of anodised aluminium,
you expect an impressive display to match, and the Pixel Slate obliges. It has
‘Molecular Display’, Google’s fancy marketing name for the Retina panel.
Colours on the screen are vivid and text is sharp.
The Pixel Slate’s display is made of low-temperature polycrystalline silicon
(LTPS) instead of employing the LCD or OLED technologies that other high-end
consumer electronics use. The Slate’s gorilla glass screen features a
resolution of 3,000x2,000 pixels at 293 pixels per inch.
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