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Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by happycube »

morsch wrote: post #27
aroch wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's using last year's SoC, basically a two year old GPU and it still has a paltry amount of RAM (They count all the RAM, including CPU and GPU buffers). Still, this is a better showing of "cheap but good" than the original N7...I'm rather disappointed in mine and it's been relegated to being the Jukebox in my house

Is there anything with better bang/buck available? I must admit I haven't really looked since the Nexus 7 always seemed extraordinary in that regard. Same for the Nexus 4. Maybe I'm victim to some new kind of RDF.

Arguably the Nook HD+, which is at this moment $139 new on eBay. Downside is it's a bit of an orphan already, and the hardware is quite a bit older.

Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by corresation »

aroch wrote: post #25
morsch wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, boring as in extremely high specs for a very low price. I don't really need more distinguishment than that.

It's using last year's SoC, basically a two year old GPU and it still has a paltry amount of RAM (They count all the RAM, including CPU and GPU buffers). Still, this is a better showing of "cheap but good" than the original N7...I'm rather disappointed in mine and it's been relegated to being the Jukebox in my house

It has largely the same SoC and GPU as the just-released-to-great-acclaim international Galaxy S4 (running at a slightly slower clockspeed in the Nexus 7 2013).

As to the RAM being "paltry", compared to what? A desktop? There is no non-Intel tablet that I know of with more RAM. And of course it's shared memory, as it is on every comparable device -- again, are you comparing this with Haswell laptops or something?

The Nexus tablet is a very inexpensive device (as is the Nexus 4, for that matter). It is not intended to push any boundaries, but is to bring the advantages that other, much more expensive products brought to market to the low-end.

Apparently great screen, very decent SoC, dual cameras...$229. Yeah, it's a pretty good entrant.

I've been quite disappointed in my Nexus 7s as well, though half of that I attribute to nvidia -- they are the kings of overpromising and underdelivering. It also has suffered the well known flash degradation, and hopefully Asus/Google have learned something from that debacle.

Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by robotmay »

rorrr2 wrote: post #26

I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem. "One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned" http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...

Mine started randomly shutting itself down a couple of weeks ago. A factory reset seems to have abated it for now, but I'm constantly worried that it's going to happen again.

Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by ASpring »

rorrr2 wrote: post #26

I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem. "One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned" http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...

I've had mine for over a year and not had any issues. I have been using very extensively this entire time also.

Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by tomkarlo »

happycube wrote: post #33
morsch wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there anything with better bang/buck available? I must admit I haven't really looked since the Nexus 7 always seemed extraordinary in that regard. Same for the Nexus 4. Maybe I'm victim to some new kind of RDF.

Arguably the Nook HD+, which is at this moment $139 new on eBay. Downside is it's a bit of an orphan already, and the hardware is quite a bit older.

At this point, that's basically a closeout price. It's been out of production for a while. http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/barnes-noble-discontinue...

Re: Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

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Post by incision »

rorrr2 wrote: post #26

I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem. "One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned" http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...

I picked up a Nexus 7 immediately and haven't experienced anything of the sort described. I haven't heard any complaints from the half dozen folks I know who own them either.
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