07-24-2012, 09:58 PM | #1 |
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Why I traded my Fire for a Nexus 7
Why I traded my Fire for a Nexus 7
Well ... not me... at least no yet ... ... but a user's opinion ... |
07-25-2012, 01:54 AM | #2 | |
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When I carry my Galaxy Player around, both WiFi and GPS are turned off. |
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07-25-2012, 05:11 AM | #3 |
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If I were buying a 7" tab right now, it would be a Nexus. Right now, it's the best value in a 7" tab. It wasn't around when I purchased my Fires. Back then, the Fire was the best value in a 7" tab.
I will not, however, replace my Fire with a Nexus. For my needs, it's an incremental improvement over a device I am very pleased with. I may get my wife a new tab for Christmas. By then, the N7 will likely be eclipsed by other 7" tabs -- possibly even a new Fire or iPad. I wonder if the author of that article will be trading in his Nexus for something else? |
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For me it always been about the apps themselves not the platform My KF is running every Android App that interests me via sideloading I Dont particularly care wether its on "gingerbread" "ICS" or "jellyBean" Quote:
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07-25-2012, 01:42 PM | #5 |
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For me, apps are important but weight and speed even more.
Because I use my Kindle for reading, something thinner and light is more than welcome, same goes for speed and responsiveness. |
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07-25-2012, 02:06 PM | #6 |
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07-26-2012, 12:11 AM | #7 |
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While the nexus 7 looks nice , ill wait till the kindle fire 2 to be released as my kindle fire can run any app i need a tablet for everything else is done on my Samsung galaxy s2
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07-26-2012, 01:08 AM | #8 |
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Although that might be true, new tablets (or those updated to new versions of Android, Honeycomb or later) enjoy new app layouts specific for tablets, meaning that they offer a much richer experience. The problem with the KF, NT and Co. is that, being so heavily modified from stock Android, it is a massive development effort to update the software to ICS or later, and more often than not thiese devices don't see any upgrades. Not so with a Nexus device.
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07-26-2012, 11:07 AM | #9 | |
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The point of this is: "IF" I wanted to trade in a Fire it would be for the Samsung and not the Nexus. The fact that Google has buttoned down the Nexus to protect the content providers leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. There is no SD card slot, they have disabled the USB OTG function and they have limited the access from the PC. I don't have a Fire, but if I did I wouldn't swap it for a Nexus - not that much of an upgrade. Regards - John |
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07-26-2012, 12:20 PM | #10 |
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I like my Fire. Would I like to have the Nexus 7? You betcha. Am I going to run out and pick one up immediately? No.
If I had the few hundred extra bucks to just blow on a new fondleslab, I'd probably think about getting one. Not as a replacement for the Fire, but as a new toy to play with and I'd probably wind up giving it to the wife since she's been hinting towards getting something like that anyways. I will admit to wanting new electronics gizmos when they're announced. Every new thing that gets announced (for the most part) is something that I want. But, I rarely get it. I just get excited about tech and phones and slabs and all these other wonderful toys. They're like legos to me anymore. |
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