I bought an 128GB iPad Air 2 refurbished from Apple for £479 the other week. However, now I'm wondering whether I should return it in favour of the 64GB Pixel C (whenever it's released in UK - also price TBA by Google). I'm still within the 14 day return window for Air 2, but it'll be expiring soon.
I want to have a tablet as a consumption device, not a productivity package (I have a Windows laptop for that). So the keyboard accessory doesn't interest me in the slightest.
My usage is; web browsing through various articles, video watching (YouTube, films and BBC iPlayer), playing music (local files, not streaming), viewing photos, social media, and the odd non-freemium game here and there.
iOS takes some getting used to as an Android fan (this is my first modern iOS device). The music apps for Android are undoubtedly superior to the iOS Music app (which has choppy animations). I do very much like the multi-touch gestures in iOS though, they feel very natural on a tablet and unfortunately Android lacks them. The split-screen 50-50 multitasking is also really handy and that won't make an appearance in Android until at least 6.1.
In terms of hardware, there are three things that are enticing me to the Pixel C; the stereo speakers, the slightly bigger size/slightly higher PPI of the display and the Tegra X1 SOC. The last one in particular is the real draw for me. I'm a bit of an NVIDIA fan, having bought laptops with their GPUs inside for several years now. But I don't want to be totally blinded by the cool factor of having a desktop GPU architecture in tablet form as for any serious gaming I'd use my laptop anyway. However, I can't find information about the weight of the Pixel C which is annoying. I want to be able to hold it in one hand comfortably.
Software-wise I think the main advantage of Pixel C would be the fact that any purchase I make on the Play Store would carry over between phone and tablet.
Anyway, sorry for rambling, what do you all think?
TLDR; should I return my new refurbished iPad Air 2 128GB to get a Pixel C 64GB instead?
I want to have a tablet as a consumption device, not a productivity package (I have a Windows laptop for that). So the keyboard accessory doesn't interest me in the slightest.
My usage is; web browsing through various articles, video watching (YouTube, films and BBC iPlayer), playing music (local files, not streaming), viewing photos, social media, and the odd non-freemium game here and there.
iOS takes some getting used to as an Android fan (this is my first modern iOS device). The music apps for Android are undoubtedly superior to the iOS Music app (which has choppy animations). I do very much like the multi-touch gestures in iOS though, they feel very natural on a tablet and unfortunately Android lacks them. The split-screen 50-50 multitasking is also really handy and that won't make an appearance in Android until at least 6.1.
In terms of hardware, there are three things that are enticing me to the Pixel C; the stereo speakers, the slightly bigger size/slightly higher PPI of the display and the Tegra X1 SOC. The last one in particular is the real draw for me. I'm a bit of an NVIDIA fan, having bought laptops with their GPUs inside for several years now. But I don't want to be totally blinded by the cool factor of having a desktop GPU architecture in tablet form as for any serious gaming I'd use my laptop anyway. However, I can't find information about the weight of the Pixel C which is annoying. I want to be able to hold it in one hand comfortably.
Software-wise I think the main advantage of Pixel C would be the fact that any purchase I make on the Play Store would carry over between phone and tablet.
Anyway, sorry for rambling, what do you all think?
TLDR; should I return my new refurbished iPad Air 2 128GB to get a Pixel C 64GB instead?
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