Pixel Slate's $200 problem: Its 'must-have' keyboard is sold separately

Pixel Slate's $200 problem: Its 'must-have' keyboard is sold separately

6 years ago
Anonymous $oIHRkISgaL

https://www.cnet.com/news/pixel-slate-missing-must-have-keyboard/

And if you want a stylus, that's an extra hundred bucks on top of that. All-in, for just the lowest-end configuration, it's a minimum of $899. That's dangerously close to premium Windows laptop territory, where you could swing a MacBook Air or Dell XPS 13. Want to go to the top-end Core i7 model? That will take you to $1,599 before you add those accessories, per Google's extended price list:

But Google isn't the only offender padding your bill with sold-separately keyboards. I've reviewed nearly every Surface tablet Microsoft has ever released, and like a broken record, I bemoan the $129-and-up clip-on keyboard, which is even more of a must-have. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen a Surface Pro in the wild without a keyboard.