{"id":8057,"date":"2018-10-10T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T02:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=8057"},"modified":"2018-10-10T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T02:11:54","slug":"a-slate-a-hub-a-pixel-google-unveils-its-latest-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/a-slate-a-hub-a-pixel-google-unveils-its-latest-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slate, a Hub &#038; a Pixel. Google unveils its latest lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s worst kept secret, the Pixel 3, was finally unveiled last night. With literally every single spec and aspect of the new smartphone already &#8220;leaked&#8221; there&#8217;s not much for me to tell you that you don&#8217;t already know.<\/p>\n<p>Both the standard and XL versions include a\u00a0Snapdragon 845, 4GB RAM, Bluetooth 5.0 and come with your choice of either 64GB or 128GB of storage. The XL has a bigger 6.3&#8243; OLED over the smaller&#8217;s 5.3&#8243; as well as upgraded optics in the phone&#8217;s camera and dual lenses on the front for &#8220;wide angle group selfies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Available in 3 colours (white, pink &amp; blank) the Pixel 3 &amp; 3 XL can be pre-ordered from the Google Store now and are expected to be delivered November 1st.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pixel 3 64GB \u2013 A$1,199<\/li>\n<li>Pixel 3 128GB \u2013 A$1,349<\/li>\n<li>Pixel 3 XL 64GB \u2013 A$1,349<\/li>\n<li>Pixel 3 XL 128GB \u2013 A$1,499<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/vKSA_idPZkc<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Google Home Hub is the company&#8217;s version of Amazon&#8217;s now YouTube-gimped Echo Show. A 7&#8243; screen complimented Google Home Mini the new Hub is designed to sit in a room like your bedroom or kitchen and bring both a voice assistant and visual display into your life.<\/p>\n<p>What it&#8217;s note is a video calling or conferencing tool. Unlike it&#8217;s competitors the Hub has no cameras meaning that it&#8217;s cheaper but also less useful than others.<\/p>\n<p>The Hub also ushers in a new &#8220;Home View&#8221; feature for Google that is a brief overview of your home and the connected smart devices you have available within the Google ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Available October 22nd the new Google Home Hub will retail for $219 AUD.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Nest Hub\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LxuHbgz1UtI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Lastly Google are getting into the tablet business. The Google Slate is a 12.3&#8243;\u00a03000 x 2000 pixels &#8220;molecular display&#8221;, which is their equivalent of Apple&#8217;s retina.<\/p>\n<p>The Slate is decked out with an Intel provided CPU and aims to directly compete with Microsoft&#8217;s Surface and somewhat with Apple&#8217;s iPad Pro. That big downside for Slate is it&#8217;s natural reliance on Chrome OS, which despite its classroom appeal suffers greatly in the big, bad world of productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing starts at US$599 for the base m3 CPU 4GB RAM &amp; 32GB SSD up to US$1,599 for the i7, 16GB RAM &amp; 256GB version. There&#8217;s also a keyboard attachment for US$199 and a stylus for US$99 to round out the offering.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get too excited though, Australia&#8217;s missing out on the Slate, it&#8217;s getting a release in the US, Canada &amp; UK later this year with no word on availability down under.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Google Pixel Slate\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FF1yy67BSp0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s worst kept secret, the Pixel 3, was finally unveiled last night. 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