Nexus 10 vs Nexus 7(or any other tablet/phone) comparison/discussion

gottafixthat said:

Thanks for that. Its a good comparison.

Keeping on-topic for the thread, I've got a Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (SGH-T869), a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 10. My wife has a Galaxy Tab 7 2.0, a Nexus 7, and a Galaxy Note 2. I don't regret any of the purchases at all, especially not my Nexus 10.

I use the 7" tablet for different things than the 10". I don't really like reading on any of the tablets, they're all too heavy to hold comfortably for an extended period of time, thats what my Kindle Paperwhite is for. I really like having the right tool for the job in my day-to-day life.

The Nexus 10 is great for looking things up. The larger display fits most web sites much better, especially when paired with Dolphin browser or similar. Its also fantastic for watching movies or other videos on. I've also used it to work on spreadsheets, edit documents and play a few games. When we visit family, the large screen is much better for sharing pictures on. With a TPU case and a basic stand, its still heavy but manageable.

The 7" tablets are great for sharing with the kids and use when on the go. Much easier to read the screen than a phone when looking things up online. They're much more portable and can easily fit in my wife's purse or dropped in the diaper bag when we're going out. The same can't be said about the 10" tablets.

The only thing I don't like about the 10" tablets, is that they still cost more than a decent laptop, but then again, they have different purposes.

The battery life on my Nexus 10 blows away the battery life on all the other devices. I can easily get 5-6 hours of use on the Nexus 10 without even thinking about plugging it in. I don't use it every day, but it also seems to hibernate better than the others. I can leave it idle for 3-4 days from a full charge and still have an 80% charge when I pick it up again. Its the only device I've ever had that I can say that about.

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I really don't think I could live with the Tab's 7 Plus 1024 x 600 resolution. Anyway if you ever decide to replace your Tab may I suggest you look at the Kindle 7 HDX. Its an absolute brilliant tablet, just install a different launcher like, "Smart Launcher Pro" and an app store, "Mobogenie" and you'll have one of the nicest looking, fastest(Qualcomm 800), great sounding (seriously I don't think I have ever heard better), unbreakable (thing is built like a tank especially when paired with an Otter case), best spec'd(2GB RAM and Miracast), reasonably priced(200 for the base model, LTE costs an additional 80), 7 inch tablet around.

If you don't want to goof around with installing additional packages to make the Kindle into the ultimate tablet, both my kids have a EVGA Note 7 and I have to say their pretty incredible. Like the Nexus 7 the EVGA is updated frequently but what makes this a killer product is the insanely fast Tegra 4 CPU, HDMI out, an active digitizer pen for fantastic note taking, SD card and even though it only has 1GB of memory do to the low memory foot print of the OS it shouldn't be a problem. My kids use their PlayStation Controllers with them and our 55" inch Samsung TV connected via built in HDMI at 1080P, making it one heck of a great portable gaming system.

Just a thought, this thread is about comparing different products. On a side note I would defiantly stay away from Samsungs Tab 7 Plus replacement like the Tab 3 7 or Tab 4 7, their just absolute junk that will be outdated the second you open the box to take them out. Especially when the competition blows them out of the water spec wise for the same money. I'm not saying you made a bad choice with your Tab 7 plus as at the time their wasn't much competition in the 7" range, but now it would be an utterly retarded decision to buy a Tab 3 or Tab 4, that includes the 8" and 10.1" models as well. Did you know the Tab 3 8 has the exact same CPU as your Tab 7 Plus, Samsung actually stuck a 3 1/2 year old CPU in a 2013, 300 dollar tablet, insane. They are now trying to sell their new Tab 4 10.1 with a resolution of 1280 x 800 for 400 dollars. Absolutely ridiculous when a 2 year old Nexus 10 is not only cheaper but is still faster, has an incredible resolution that wipes the floor with the Tab 4's crappy 720P, 2GB of RAM and a much better build quality. Yeah, I guess you can say I have issues with Samsung's Tab line.

After having gone from a Note 2 to a Nexus 10 and now a Nexus 7 LTE, I will say I do like my 7 the best, but the screen is gorgeous on the 10.

I got myself a good working condition used Nexus 7 2013 last week, it follows in the refurbished Nexus 10 I got in November, and I'll probably sell my Nexus 7 2012 given how good and cheap are the external USB batteries, I got a 60% charge from a $20 external battery which recharges as fast as the Nexus 7 draws power, I complained and got another free external battery so I'm not really feeling I'll be caught out with a flat battery.

The Nexus 7 2012 vs Nexus 7 vs 2013 vs Nexus 10....

The Nexus 10 blows away everything else on its big bright crisp display and its front stereo speakers combined with the battery life the alternatives of a large-screen netbook alternative.

The Nexus 7 2012 is actually up there in maximum single-handed size, the Nexus 7 2013 is actually "too small" in that it is narrower and way too much bezel. I was thinking if you took the Nexus 7 2012 size, slightly bigger, and made very little bezel, gave it front speakers, so it is primarily to put on a kick-stand type case, it is getting nearer to the Nexus 10.

My Nexus 10 with whatever internal hardware issues it has, suffers when given too much work to do, so it lends itself to doing just one or two things are once like watching a video and keeping on top of emails, but not significantly more as if I try to open more than couple of Chrome tabs it does a reset. So I've been using other Nexus alongside the nexus 10 to in effect give the multi-tasking capability.

If I take the N7 2012 and stretch it's size a little to the maximum a single-hand can operate and have little bezel you get 8"-8.5" which then erodes from underneath the N10.

Nexus 10 slow

I got a N7 2013 refurbished a few weeks ago with 30 day warranty so I used it and not my N10 to ensure any faults with the N7 arose in warranty. I had no isues so then resumed using my N10. Boy, the N10 is SLOW. I see now the lag if I'm scrolling up/down the page bends in that the left is slightly ahead of the right.

The N10's total pixels is too much for the poor ickle cpu+gpu.

Also, same old problem, I can only really do 1 thing at once on it.

I also got a N5 recently and same experience, the N10 then seems really slow.

I love my N10 for consuming media but as a regular-use device its just too unreliable and slow compared to products even just a few months after. Glad I got used $278 and not new. The $170 N7 refurbished but the N5 expensive at $385 (delivered).

I shunned tablets for a long time because I couldn't rationalize paying as much as a laptop for something that didn't do as much as a laptop (I know, different use case and all that, but still). The ones that were cheaper had 1024x600 displays, which I didn't think I could live with. But then the N7 came out in 2012, with decent specs and a decent price, so I got one.

I enjoyed it, fortunately didn't have the build problems some others did. The browsers had a few issues (still do), but it was great for reading, even 1-handed.

When the N10 came out, I bought one because I just had to see that monster display. As it turns out, though, for surfing I used it more than the N7 as I'm getting to an age where my close-up vision isn't what it used to be. My girlfriend's N7 met a tragic fate, so I gave mine to her (she's an avid reader and loves the portable library aspect of it).

The N10 is considerably heavier, no longer a 1-handed affair with the case I have on it (I'd say it's close to 2 lbs). And I agree with some other comments that the CPU/GPU may not always be up to the task of driving that screen. Swiping in the launcher is OK, but scrolling in some apps stutters. Using Chrome or Firefox is frustrating, with the wait for pages to load, touch lag, scrolling stuttering, and delayed page reflow. The N7 just felt faster (and my 8-year-old PC is a LOT faster). I'm trying some alternative browsers now to see if I can get around that.

My worst gripe about the N10, though, is that web sites and many apps treat it as a phone. It's lovely going to some site and getting the typical giant block text and 3 or 4 buttons, which on the N10 have dimensions larger than the physical size of my phone. I've forced all the browsers to desktop mode, but that makes interacting with sites difficult as the designers expect abilities like mouse hover and clicking-and-dragging, which the N10 obviously can't do without a mouse (which I don't carry all the time with my tablet).

Many apps are just as bad. The house-shopping apps I have, for instance, all rotate the display into landscape for picture viewing, then back to portrait for the text. I guess I'll have to sue their companies over the RSI I'm getting picking this 2-lb tablet up and rotating it every time.

But neither of those is technically the N10's fault, and if I had to choose between the N7 and N10, I'd choose the N10. I probably won't buy another Android tablet anytime soon unless this one breaks, or I find a good deal on a 7" I can use for my car nav system. (I looked at the Galaxy Note tablets, as I was intrigued by the pen digitizer, but it's too slow to keep up with my handwriting. On a $600 device. What a disappointment.)

Im looking for a 10" tab recently...
Im eyeing on Ipad 3 or Nexus 10 at the moment as the price for used unit were almost the same...
Im looking to use for browsing,media and presentation....
Mind to share that is there any known problem on N10 like bleeding display??
Im looking to use it for 2 or 3 more years...
THANKS IN ADVANCE!