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Anandtech Nexus 7 review: "Its easily the best small Android tablet Ive ever used."
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I love my 7" inches...it feels great one handing it.
Paired with the Chromecast its even better; browse Youtube or Netflix on the tablet, shoot it to the TV, and then continue to browse mobile Gaf.
No need to use a laptop to browse the internet, and no need to turn on my PS3 or Xbox to stream web video.
The tablet of course.
Paired with the Chromecast its even better; browse Youtube or Netflix on the tablet, shoot it to the TV, and then continue to browse mobile Gaf.
No need to use a laptop to browse the internet, and no need to turn on my PS3 or Xbox to stream web video.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
DAT battery life!
I'm surprised how good the battery life tested. I have a Nexus 7, and I seem to charge mine every other day. When I had the Ipad (3rd gen) and Amazon Kindle Fire 8.9" I would go several days without charging. The Nexus does charge quickly though unlike the other two.
Generally a larger battery takes longer to charge.
These tests are about how much energy is used while continuously doing a task. The ability to leave it for days without charging is more about the battery efficiency when idle. Two different things.
The Bookerman
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I like it.... But it's too small. I need a 10 inch equivalent nexus tablet. I don't like the Nexus 10 made by Samsung.
The Faceless Master
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they also commented on the idle power usage, which was very low.
The Faceless Master
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to bad it doesn't run Windows 8 (x64)...
OriginalThinking
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Got mine today and it's a beast. You can tell it's powerful because chrome actually runs quite well on it!
I love how much you hate Apple.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I thought the battery life was supposed to be poor due to the screen? WSJ and stuff said it was significantly worse than the iPad and google used bullshit metrics when testing it like wifi off and other stuff for the time estimates?
MWS Natural
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When is the 10 coming out??
It also doesn't have its build quality either, or a metric fuckton tons of tablet optimized apps.
Retina iPad mini will right the wrongs of the first one. All in due time.
Any word on when its coming out?
Thinking of getting it for my mom for her birthday in November.
(Nexus 7 is more my cup of tea)
4.3 has revived mine in a big way, I can't find a reason to switch at this point.
The rumors point to a very late 2013 release, I'm betting on November personally. They might get it out earlier if Samsung can pump up their display numbers quick enough.
the ipad mini also isn't a small android tablet
Thanks, just in time it looks like.
OriginalThinking
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Without having an actual working app to test with, yes. It's small and light enough to hold comfortably with one hand, the screen is sharp and bright and it's very responsive. Personally I still think 10"is too big for tablets. 7-8" is the sweet spot.
I haven't run into any of the manufacturing issues that so people have, so keep that in mind. But I find the build quality on the Nexus to be great. Feels great in the hand and really solidly put together, which was honestly surprising to me; I thought I'd feel a bigger difference in build quality moving from an iPad 2 to the Nexus.
victreeb3l
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brettison are you getting paid by google? this is the second nexus 7 review thread you made recently, with the last one a review by "you". this OP doesnt even have any content besides anandtechs review. just looks very suspect.
That lady made those comments in her review but never provided information about what the actual brightness was. Lol how stupid..
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I haven't tried the 2013 but the original Nexus 7 was by far and away the best Android tablet on the market and a single-handed vindication of the 7 inch format.
Also proof positive that Google does best when they exercise control over stuff and make high quality flagship devices.
I'm not sure if the resolution versus battery life on the 2013's screen is ideal but by all accounts the device is still best-of-breed
Also proof positive that Google does best when they exercise control over stuff and make high quality flagship devices.
I'm not sure if the resolution versus battery life on the 2013's screen is ideal but by all accounts the device is still best-of-breed
If you got the time for Apple to play catch-up, more power to you. Life is short, I'm rolling with the best available tech.
This tab deserves 2 threads
I'd wager the new Nexus 7 could and probably will hold up for 2 years or more, mainly due to the sheer difference in quality of the internals compared to its predecessor. While 4.3 breathed some new life into my 2012 version, it still becomes a laggy, janky mess at times like the AnandTech review mentioned.
I have 130 apps installed on my launch day Nexus 4, a device with the same SoC as the 2013 Nexus 7. It still runs as smoothly and as perfectly as the day I got it.
Unless the Nexus 7's hardware design has a bottleneck somewhere that will make itself known in 6 months time, I don't think performance is going to a problem on this tablet for a long time.
err, umm...wat.
Agreed. Its far more comfortable to use than the the mini.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I find it suspect that you are clueless about GAF and the new news deserves new threads rule. Plus Anand is generally looked at as the best long form tech review site on the net.
Sorry you are so clueless though.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Over in gaming we tend to have single threads for product reviews, so its not like there isn't a precedent.
I had over a hundred apps on my old N7 and it ran fine (and even better post-4.3 update)
This tablet will run fine.
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