Google Unveils The New Nexus 7 Android Tablet

Post by Recoil42 » Wed, Jul 24, 2013, 8:51 PM UTC

corresation wrote: post #64

rayiner wrote: post #7

Not so psyched to see that it's still got a 16:10 screen. One of the things I love about my iPad mini is that it's actually usable in portrait mode for reading PDFs and Word documents on the go. That said, I'm hoping the increased screen resolution will make it practical to just zoom out a bit more and just hold the device closer to my face... Also really happy to see the LTE. I think having LTE on the go is crucial,…

I understand that you're giving a personal opinion, however worth noting that the average usage of tablets dramatically favors watching movies and videos over reading Word documents and PDFs. Having both Nexus 7s and an iPad, I would say that I hugely favour the former for watching movies, and they are essentially equal when browsing the web (speaking purely of the aspect ratios. Safari on the iPad is a dramatically…

Post by cheald » Wed, Jul 24, 2013, 8:57 PM UTC

megablast wrote: post #75

igravious wrote: post #29

Like many of you here I have a Nexus 7. I got it as a present cuz I didn't see why I'd need a tablet what with having a smartphone and nice laptop. I could never justify the price of an iPad cuz I'm not really that well off. The Nexus 7 is a joy to use. It's light, the screen is great - it's quick (I got my daughter a Kindle Fire and sometimes you can see that device straining a bit: eg. load times on Despicable Me (…

Since I got my ipad mini, I have not really used my nexus, only for debugging my apps. The battery, screen, speed and so were all worse, and I never got used to the os as much as I have for iOS. If I didn't need an android tablet, I probably would not have one.

Post by micampe » Wed, Jul 24, 2013, 9:04 PM UTC

scott_karana wrote: post #101

micampe wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

16GB Nexus 7 is $269, 16GB iPad mini is $329, the difference is 20%.

The updated 16GB Nexus 7 is $229 . That's a 30% difference. You're also missing the fact that until this update, the Nexus 7 16GBs were only $199, which is a whopping 40% difference.

Post by nileshtrivedi » Wed, Jul 24, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #99

nileshtrivedi wrote: post #72

So 4.3 fixes neither the ad-hoc WiFi issue #82 nor the audio latency issue #3434. I will continue to pass as those are the deal breakers for me. It’s amazing – these two have been pending for more than 4 years. Google hasn’t cared to even comment on the former while thousands of users beg them to: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82

Is Ad-Hoc networking useful for anything other than creating an access point called "Free Public Wifi" and then installing viruses on the Windows machines that connect? (OK, most wireless chipsets can simulate Infrastructure-mode networks these days, so not supporting Ad-Hoc mode doesn't help much in that department.)

Post by scott_karana » Wed, Jul 24, 2013, 9:21 PM UTC

micampe wrote: post #115

scott_karana wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The updated 16GB Nexus 7 is $229 . That's a 30% difference. You're also missing the fact that until this update, the Nexus 7 16GBs were only $199, which is a whopping 40% difference.

My mistake, I looked at the price in the Play Store and looked at the wrong one.