Google Pixel C review: Google's 2015 Android tablet with a magnetic keyboard.
Google's premium Android tablet.
Pixel C was Google's premium Android tablet — Tegra X1, aluminium body and a clever magnetic keyboard that charged from the tablet. Android tablet apps held it back.
01Display
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 6 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2015 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 14 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 15 points above the cohort average.
05Build
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 11 points above the cohort average.
06Value
60/10060/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.
- Premium aluminium build with magnetic keyboard.
- Tegra X1 made it powerful for gaming.
- Sharp 308 ppi display.
- Bluetooth-pairing keyboard charged via the tablet.
- Tablet, not phone — kept Wi-Fi-only.
- No fingerprint sensor.
- Android tablet apps were weak.
- Heavy 517 g.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 42-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .