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Pixel C is 25% off for developers

44 points by antimora 11y ago

mmanfrin 11y ago
$450 is still pretty expensive for something that doesn't really rate against an iPad :/
- smt88 11y ago
  Reality (and sales figures) disagree with you: http://www.statista.com/statistics/276635/market-share-held-by-tablet-vendors/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/276635/market-share-held-... (I personally dislike tablets as a form factor and have both an iPad and Android tablet gathering dust, but people do seem to keep buying Android tablets.)
  - berntb 11y ago
    How large part of the Androids sold today are anywhere high end, with an acceptable screen? Is there a good selection of software these days which works well on a larger screen for Android? (I'm a staunch iOS user, waiting for an Ubuntu tablet with Emacs and Bash. How is the Linux support for the Surface?) Edit: To answer the brother comment from Galago, I mainly want a full size tablet for PDFs with A4 sized documents. Otherwise I could use a phablet phone.
  - galago 11y ago
    Your link doesn't imply that. It suggests that "other" is the category replacing iOS in the market, which are no-name brands. Its not a trend where consumers are paying $450 for a Google product, but one where they're paying $200 for something generic. Amazon and the other players are just holding their ground. On the Apple side, I know people who bought the larger iPhone no longer felt a need for an iPad. I'm sure the same trend is true for Android, so its unclear who exactly is still buying tablets. Could it be people in markets/demographics where they can't get/afford full-featured phones?
kuschku 11y ago
Could the title please be edited, as it's misleading? It's off 25% for developers in the US, for a limited amount of purchases.
- antimora 11y ago
  Certainly it's limited to one person, but where do you see developers in the US restriction?
  - bobbles 11y ago
    On the actual page (not the OP page link): "The Google Store Promotional Codes Terms apply. Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. Privacy Policy"
  - diggan 11y ago
    The article doesn't tell you but going to the actual page[1] tells you it's restricted to US only. > The Google Store Promotional Codes Terms apply. Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. [1] https://pixel.google.com/developer-discount/ https://pixel.google.com/developer-discount/
    - antimora 11y ago
      Just saw it too. Sorry I missed this.
  - shadowmint 11y ago
    You'll certainly see 'Not available in your region' if you try to checkout with the code.
- taneq 11y ago
  US only? Bah.
galago 11y ago
http://www.greenbot.com/article/3012675/android/google-pixel-c-review.html http://www.greenbot.com/article/3012675/android/google-pixel... I feel like this article does a good job of explaining why it isn't selling well. MS Surface is a messy device in the sense that it cobbles together a bunch of old and new technologies, but in the old PC tradition, its a device where you can get the job done. Sure, Pixel C is for developers because Google wishes developers would build full featured productivity apps for Android. Its not surprising, and Pixel C is still too expensive for what it does.
- koder2016 11y ago
  Every company that missed an opportunity goes through the "let's give devices to developers for free/cheaply" phase.
vessenes 11y ago
I continue to believe this was originally a chromeOS device, and that internal politics shoved Android on it. A touch-oriented chrome device that could take a keyboard would be a lot more appealing to me than a premium android tablet. I'm not sure how common this perspective is, though. I definitely use my iPad Pro as a limited Macbook air..
- natrius 11y ago
  Android runs Chrome. The only drawback is the windowing system isn't right for the form factor. Split screen in Android N will probably make the Pixel C loved by many. "Internal politics" makes it sound like a mistake, but when Android replaces Windows as the default desktop OS in a few years, the Pixel C will look like a pretty smart idea.
  - cyphar 11y ago
    ChromeOS != Chrome
    - pjmlp 11y ago
      It is just a Linux distribution with a window manager that only knows about Chrome.
      - cyphar 11y ago
        Given the fact that crouton exists, I am inclined to disagree. It also has implemented proper secure boot, something that is still difficult for most distros.
  - vessenes 11y ago
    Interestingly, Brendan Eich called Android the Windows of the modern era just this week. To me, ChromeOS has two things that make it far, far better than Android -- mandatory autoupdates and a far smaller attack surface. And, I think at a fundamental level those two reasons are why premium Android tablets just aren't appealing. Maybe Android will be the default desktop OS, but in its current incarnation, it would be pushing a lot of brain damage on people.
throweway 11y ago
I already have a lenovo, android phone and android tablet all of which were cheaper granted the lenovo is a refurb. So nah! But i am a developer.
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kumarm 11y ago
Based on comments I think the purpose of the discount is being missed. We are a Mobile app Company with significant presence on Android. The fact that this rebate made available at the time N Preview was released gave us enough push to order 1 so that we can test our apps on Android N in desktop like environment for Multi-Window support.
weinzierl 11y ago
This is nice, I'd really like to try one out. To save the other international readers a two clicks: Discount is sadly US only. > Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last.
bradley_long 11y ago
> Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. You may try to buy it with some logistic companies/ warehouse if the discount is larger than the service charge. E.g. I am currently in Hong Kong. The service charge is USD33. If I buy the USD499 one, the discount is 124.75, still cheaper than buying in Hong Kong.
lostmsu 11y ago
Still NO, Google

44 points by antimora 11y ago

mmanfrin 11y ago

$450 is still pretty expensive for something that doesn't really rate against an iPad :/

smt88 11y ago
Reality (and sales figures) disagree with you: http://www.statista.com/statistics/276635/market-share-held-by-tablet-vendors/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/276635/market-share-held-... (I personally dislike tablets as a form factor and have both an iPad and Android tablet gathering dust, but people do seem to keep buying Android tablets.)
- berntb 11y ago
  How large part of the Androids sold today are anywhere high end, with an acceptable screen? Is there a good selection of software these days which works well on a larger screen for Android? (I'm a staunch iOS user, waiting for an Ubuntu tablet with Emacs and Bash. How is the Linux support for the Surface?) Edit: To answer the brother comment from Galago, I mainly want a full size tablet for PDFs with A4 sized documents. Otherwise I could use a phablet phone.
- galago 11y ago
  Your link doesn't imply that. It suggests that "other" is the category replacing iOS in the market, which are no-name brands. Its not a trend where consumers are paying $450 for a Google product, but one where they're paying $200 for something generic. Amazon and the other players are just holding their ground. On the Apple side, I know people who bought the larger iPhone no longer felt a need for an iPad. I'm sure the same trend is true for Android, so its unclear who exactly is still buying tablets. Could it be people in markets/demographics where they can't get/afford full-featured phones?

kuschku 11y ago

Could the title please be edited, as it's misleading? It's off 25% for developers in the US, for a limited amount of purchases.

antimora 11y ago
Certainly it's limited to one person, but where do you see developers in the US restriction?
- bobbles 11y ago
  On the actual page (not the OP page link): "The Google Store Promotional Codes Terms apply. Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. Privacy Policy"
- diggan 11y ago
  The article doesn't tell you but going to the actual page[1] tells you it's restricted to US only. > The Google Store Promotional Codes Terms apply. Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. [1] https://pixel.google.com/developer-discount/ https://pixel.google.com/developer-discount/
  - antimora 11y ago
    Just saw it too. Sorry I missed this.
- shadowmint 11y ago
  You'll certainly see 'Not available in your region' if you try to checkout with the code.
taneq 11y ago
US only? Bah.

galago 11y ago

http://www.greenbot.com/article/3012675/android/google-pixel-c-review.html http://www.greenbot.com/article/3012675/android/google-pixel... I feel like this article does a good job of explaining why it isn't selling well. MS Surface is a messy device in the sense that it cobbles together a bunch of old and new technologies, but in the old PC tradition, its a device where you can get the job done. Sure, Pixel C is for developers because Google wishes developers would build full featured productivity apps for Android. Its not surprising, and Pixel C is still too expensive for what it does.

koder2016 11y ago
Every company that missed an opportunity goes through the "let's give devices to developers for free/cheaply" phase.

vessenes 11y ago

I continue to believe this was originally a chromeOS device, and that internal politics shoved Android on it. A touch-oriented chrome device that could take a keyboard would be a lot more appealing to me than a premium android tablet. I'm not sure how common this perspective is, though. I definitely use my iPad Pro as a limited Macbook air..

natrius 11y ago
Android runs Chrome. The only drawback is the windowing system isn't right for the form factor. Split screen in Android N will probably make the Pixel C loved by many. "Internal politics" makes it sound like a mistake, but when Android replaces Windows as the default desktop OS in a few years, the Pixel C will look like a pretty smart idea.
- cyphar 11y ago
  ChromeOS != Chrome
  - pjmlp 11y ago
    It is just a Linux distribution with a window manager that only knows about Chrome.
    - cyphar 11y ago
      Given the fact that crouton exists, I am inclined to disagree. It also has implemented proper secure boot, something that is still difficult for most distros.
- vessenes 11y ago
  Interestingly, Brendan Eich called Android the Windows of the modern era just this week. To me, ChromeOS has two things that make it far, far better than Android -- mandatory autoupdates and a far smaller attack surface. And, I think at a fundamental level those two reasons are why premium Android tablets just aren't appealing. Maybe Android will be the default desktop OS, but in its current incarnation, it would be pushing a lot of brain damage on people.

throweway 11y ago

I already have a lenovo, android phone and android tablet all of which were cheaper granted the lenovo is a refurb. So nah! But i am a developer.

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kumarm 11y ago

Based on comments I think the purpose of the discount is being missed. We are a Mobile app Company with significant presence on Android. The fact that this rebate made available at the time N Preview was released gave us enough push to order 1 so that we can test our apps on Android N in desktop like environment for Multi-Window support.

weinzierl 11y ago

This is nice, I'd really like to try one out. To save the other international readers a two clicks: Discount is sadly US only. > Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last.

bradley_long 11y ago

> Offer2 only available in the United States while supplies last. You may try to buy it with some logistic companies/ warehouse if the discount is larger than the service charge. E.g. I am currently in Hong Kong. The service charge is USD33. If I buy the USD499 one, the discount is 124.75, still cheaper than buying in Hong Kong.

lostmsu 11y ago

Still NO, Google