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Originally Posted by Barty
Hmm, I was thinking something bigger than 7" but maybe my sister, being a girl, is not as obsessed with size 
Thanks for the suggestion.
Spec wise, nexus 7 and HDX (both 2013) look nearly identical. Nexus has GPS and rear camera. I don't know if she will ever use the rear camera, but GPS is certainly handy at some point. HDX has slightly better CPU. HDX screen is highly praised for color accuracy, but I think my sister is more likely to notice and be bothered by the blue border than to care about the color gamut.
Nexus 7 is the true android experience, backed by google so you know it gets all the apps and updates. Amazon has good customer service, and it's great if you are invested in amazon ecosystem, but she is not.
Nexus 7 is now $179
Game, set, and match to nexus 7, I think. Any objection to my comparison?
PS: I'm agreeing with Blossom and others on the pw2. I feel like I spend more time fiddling with it to make it look right than reading. After a while, I feel like: why am I doing this? I think that by trying to overcome eink's shortcoming, the PW paradoxically highlights it. The old school kindle is better for day reading, and a good hi res tablet is better for night reading. The PW is sort of stuck in no man's land. |
$179!! I paid $219 for mine on Amazon. That's a really good deal! If you are getting a case we have a thread in the Android part of the forum for suggestions and most are pretty inexpensive.
Just don't play with the Nexus 7 too much or you might want to keep it!
