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Google's Second Generation Nexus 7 Benchmarks
MojoKid writes "Google's second gen Nexus 7 tablet is a worthy successor to the original, boasting an improved design both internally and externally. It's thinner and lighter, has a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC, 2GB of RAM, a higher resolution 1920X1200 display and it's running the latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean release. The display alone was a nice upgrade in a 7-inch slate that retails for well under $300. However, it turns out the new Nexus 7 is also one of the fastest tablets out there right now, with benchmark numbers that best some of the top tablets on the market, especially in graphics and gaming. From a price/performance standpoint, Google's second generation Nexus 7 seems to be the tablet to beat right now."
I better buy one quick then
My benchmark: WPM cut in half. Reason: I had to switch back to the on-screen keyboard because just as changes to Bluetooth in Android 4.2 broke support for the Wii Remote, changes to Bluetooth in Android 4.3 broke several popular Bluetooth keyboards, including the ZAGGkeys Flex that I happen to own (source).
I picked one up when I found them in stock at my local $big_box_electronics_retailer. I already have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, which was a cool device when I picked it up.
This thing, however, is a whole other universe. The UI is snappy and responsive and fast. Fastest I've ever seen on any Android device. No lag, no jitter, no stuttering while scrolling. The display is amazing. Everything is sharp. Colors are well defined and look "deep". It packs as many pixels as my 1080p HDTV in to a 7 inch display. (And people say we're not ready for 4k HDTV. Pfff)
Android 4.3 really ups the game. All of my google services migrated over just by logging in. Most of my apps came too, but some bugged. (I suspect they were not compatible)
I liked my galaxy tab. Nice, small, flexible tablet with lots of geeky stuff to do but I had to root it to get rid of the crapware Samsung shovles on to it. That's what I like most about this new nexus. It's a clean out of box experience loaded with core apps that really have a high quality experience. (You know, the Google apps services you're probably going to use regardless. That's really the big appeal here. Don't fool yourself)
Yeah, it's like an ipad in that regard.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/08/07/1930208/aosp-maintainer-quits
I was going to buy it... now I won't
If you give a rat's ass about open software, you'd pass up this device which was the cause for the lead of AOSP to quit in disgust, and sign up for the Edge on Indiegogo which promises to be completely unlocked.
No Replaceable Battery
No ROM possible.
Just plain NO.
-Hack
Got Geometrodynamics? Awe, too hard to figure out? Too bad.
No matter how thin it is, no matter how fast it is, no matter how well the display can be, it is still a tablet
Perhaps some might be oooh and aaah over yet-another-tablet, not me
What I am looking for - especially from tech firms such as Google - is something totally new, something that is revolutionary, not evolutionary
Nowadays all the new smartphone and tablet offerings sound much like new cars - ooooh, model 2014 Buick is so much better than the ones in 2013, with shiny wheels, with more comfy seats, more safety features, it gonna be great, really ?
A 2014 Buick (or Chrysler or Toyota) is a car, just like a 2013 Buick (or Chrysler or Toyota). There's nothing revolutionary anymore in cars, and unfortunately, nor for the smartphones / tablets
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Compared to?
According to TFA, it's "up to 9 hours." The original Nexus 7 had 10 hours, so it's an hour less. But considering it has to drive that Retina-like display, it's pretty darn good.
Battery life as tested in a lab, rather than leaving it up to the manufacturer.
Tablet Battery Life
Nexus 7 (2013) 7:15
Apple iPad mini 12:43 (WiFi)
Apple iPad (late 2012) 11:08 (WiFi)
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/29/nexus-7-review-2013/
Not interested.
To do something right, you often have to roll up your sleeves and get busy.
That's the manufacturer's claim. The tests I've seen, using real-world things like more than 50% brightness and wifi put it at about 6-7 hours. Similar tests on iPads Minis regularly get 9-10+ hours.
But brightness is the key power sucking feature. And nobody I know runs any android tablet at full brightness.
You might have to do so outside on a sunny day. but typical living room / office use I have the brightness slider almost to the lowest possible setting. In a bright room I might move it up, but never so far as a quarter of the way.
Disclaimer: not a nexus tablet.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
Until Google realizes that storage expansion is a MANDATORY feature of media consumption devices (Used on planes, road trips, and many other places where Internet access is unavailable), no Nexus device is a creditable replacement for anything. The Asus MemoPad HD7, which is the non-bullshit OEM version of the N7 G2, while slower, is a much better device solely for the reason that it has a microSD slot. No microSD slot = no sale.
from the comments:
"CNET, in their battery test, which plays a video at equal and measured brightness levels across devices, found the following results for the new Nexus 7 :
Video battery life (in hours) : Google Nexus 7 (2013) 11.5, Apple iPad Mini 12, Google Nexus 7 (2012)10.1."
That's a long, complex line of useless excuses.
There are so many simple solutions.
When you stick a card in a phone, just have it pop up a "would you like to format this card for this device?" question.
For compatibility with exFAT, let people buy an app that adds the support.
if formatted by the phone, stick 2 partitions on it, the first a normal FAT that's tiny (or even dos), and stick FS drivers on it.
Or just say, no, you can not put the card in a machine. For example, look at the replaceable hard drives in PS3's. That'd give the maker the ability to use any FS they want, and that would even make it more suitable for expanding the local storage, which would make the whole thing more user friendly / transparent to the user.
Or they could just license it and pay the couple pennies a device (there are already multiple implementations for andoid).
There are other Android devices that include support and are cheaper (ex. Galaxy Tab 2 7.0), so it's also proven possible and feasible.
Former posts are right... they just want the cloud.