Am I having a stroke? 700€ for a tablet? That doesn't support a pen? That doesnt have a good ecosystem?
I get that Pixel is supposed to be a premium brand but it looks to me like they're trying to out-Apple Apple in pricing while at the same time trying to establish a new product category (let's be honest, Android tablets are kind of a joke right now).
I'm glad Android tablets might make a comeback, but at that price?! Hopefully the a-Version isn't too far.
If you want to use a pen with the Pixel Tablet, you can use any USI 2.0 stylus you'd like. And the Pixel Tablet has a laminated screen unlike the 10th gen iPad, which makes for an arguably better stylus experience. I personally hate non-laminated tablet screens.
Oh, I was actually lamenting the lack of a stylus for Android tablets, mostly because I never "heard" of one.
Do you know if it's worthwhile getting an Android tablet (like the Pixel Tablet) and the USI2 pen for digital painting? I mostly used Krita and a graphic tablet (although recently I'm doing it more traditional media to "unplug", so maybe getting a tablet is a step in the wrong direction)
I've never used an Apple stylus but my experience with the Samsung stylus is quite good, especially the higher end tablet models. Not having to charge the stylus and the fact they come bundled with their tablets is a nice bonus (often skewing many price comparison websites because they don't take the extra $100 for the stylus into account).
Software support in all art apps I've tried has been excellent. The Android version of Krita on tablets is just the desktop version repackaged into an app, for better or for worse.
I'd assume a USI2 pen will be equally good if not better, as it will also work with other models and brands. That said, I haven't tried these active pens myself, but if my Samsung tablet experience is anything to go by, I'd definitely be willing to give it a go.
I do like the polish of macOS and macbooks, but I'm not a fan of anything else made by Apple.
I used to own two iPhones before I switched to Androids.
Cables that fray and cost £30 to replace sucks. This happen tow personally, and I'm not one of those people that rides cables like horses. iPhones are brittle and bend or shatter in people's pockets, and half the time users get blamed, that also sucks. This didn't happen to me, but it was all over the media.
The AppStore I'm conflicted about, since it has a lot of boons
in theory, but sucks in practice since there's still scams apps, even with the 30% apple tax. The other anticompetitive and predatory policies also suck; they sugar coat some of them as technical reasons, but they're stills just that: sugar coating. OTOH their privacy promises are indeed nice, but I don't know how much of that is true or PR (not that those are mutually exclusive, but you get the idea).
Android and Google suck in different ways though. But at least it feels like the lesser evil, and one that's also less expensive and doesn't become redundant as quickly.
The accessory space for Apple products is bigger, which is kind of a boon, but also a downside since it's annoying having to vet everything for whether it's shit or not.
I get that Pixel is supposed to be a premium brand but it looks to me like they're trying to out-Apple Apple in pricing while at the same time trying to establish a new product category (let's be honest, Android tablets are kind of a joke right now).
I'm glad Android tablets might make a comeback, but at that price?! Hopefully the a-Version isn't too far.