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An anonymous reader writes: My 2012 Nexus 7 tablet is showing its age. The battery drains quickly, the storage problem that plagued all the Nexus 7s persists even after rooting and re-imaging, and the CPU/RAM can't keep up with the later Android versions. When it came out, it was fantastic — good specs, solid build quality, Nexus line, and a good size. Is there anything on the market today that stands out as much as the Nexus 7 did? I tend to prefer the smaller tablets over the bigger ones, but I'm not entirely averse to an 8" or 9" device. There seem to be some really nice devices in the $3-400 range, but I'm not sure if there's a huge benefit to those over the ~$200 models. I don't do any serious gaming on my tablet, but I also want the apps I do use to be snappy. Those of you who have bought or used tablets made in the past year or so, what has your experience been? Any brands or models that stand out from the crowd? Any to avoid?
Honestly, save the $100 and get the original iPad Air. The only thing the new Air 2 adds that matters is a thumbprint scanner and a faster CPU.
I had a Nexus 7 with exactly the problems you describe and I had gotten the Nexus 7 for exactly the reasons you mention. I replaced it with a Lenovo Tab 2 A10. Relatively inexpensive, good build quality, faster than the Nexus 7. Put in a micro SD card and have had no problems with it despite daily use for 3 months.
we don't buy sony here.
I thought everyone knew that.
sony is on the 'do not buy from' list.
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
You can uninstall half the crap you've installed, you can unlock and replace the rom with something more lightweight, you can root and install xposed and then various utilities will help you, or you can root and run greenify. But you can solve the wake-rape problem.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
It's also one of the few tablets around to have a microSD slot. That's rare. I cart around 25GB of music and 20GB of video with me, and there are very few tablets on the market that can handle that.
we don't buy sony here.
I thought everyone knew that.
sony is on the 'do not buy from' list.
Bad behavior, like Memory Stick, should be punished. Good behavior, like their rootable phones and tablets, should be rewarded. This will motivate them to make more good things, and less shit things.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
I cart around 25GB of music and 20GB of video with me, and there are very few tablets on the market that can handle that.
You can blame the SD Card Association for making Microsoft's patented exFAT file system a requirement for devices that support microSD cards bigger than 32 GB.