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Originally Posted by richbrown68
Yep, and I suffered through the "defects" of Gen 1 of that Nexus 7, too....because I guess I'm the classic "non-picky user." I am the complete opposite of a nitpicker. Did my Nexus have the "creaky" hardware that others mentioned, due to a slight glass separation? Yep. Did it bother me? Nope.
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Actually, the glass separation would bother me a great deal. I can see why you might be on the lookout for manufacturing defects in the 2013 N7 apart from those that weren't a problem for you on the original N7.
You've given us one more reason why personal experiences shared on
this forum can be invaluable.
Personally, I tend to have more faith in the reliability of Amazon's hardware (whoever manufactures it) than in tablets and laptops made by Asus (so far). Before owning the Nexus 7.2, I'd always wished Samsung made Google's 7" tablets.
My experience with the N7.2 has vindicated Asus somewhat. Not so that of my girlfriend and her twin sister and
their Asus laptops -- both of their machines different models, each of which failed in eight months' time.
The problem with Amazon tablets for me is not usually the hardware. The HDX 8.9 is considered the best-sounding tablet with the best-looking display of the tablets in this entire generation, including the iPad series.
The blue light probably wouldn't affect it, but neither am I uninterested in hearing about that.
The problem is that my interest in tablets involves creating content on them as much as consuming it, and the Amazon HDX was designed especially for content consumption.
If I had the budget and physical space for several top-of-the-line tablets, the HDX 8.9 32GB would likely be one of them.
That said, I might still pick up a Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 in about a year.