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[Nexus 7 General] sv87411:
Still use it, but not so happy with it...

Since I experienced the lag problem (when you fill the 16Gb N7 to less than 2Gb free) I am not so happy with it. Every app I install or picture/music file I copy to it I worry that I'll get the lag problem again and I don't want to go through the pain of a factory reset again - the only current fix for the lag problem.

I think I've been lucky to have not had any of the other myriad issues with the N7 that have been reported.

It's all such a shame because without all of these issues it truly would be an amazing piece of kit. As it is, its disappointing.
[Nexus 7 General] styckx:
I just got my Nexus 7 today and threw AOKP Build #4 on it 5 minutes after getting it home.. I am a Nexus S 4G owner also and have been since that phone launched so I have plenty of the "Nexus" experience. I also am owner of a Galaxy Tab 10.1. Saying all that I am blown away by the Nexus 7.. My Nexus S is a great phone but showing its age especially with JB.. I am blown away with seeing Jellybean on high end hardware. For $250 the build quality is remarkable..On par if not better than my Galaxy Tab 10.1.. Performance wise.. Nexus 7 eats my Tab 10.1 for lunch.. My 10.1 will end up in the XDA market soon enough for a dirt cheap price..
[Nexus 7 General] Spacemonkie4207:
I'm happy with it. Was worried about storage then found out you can use usb stick.
[Nexus 7 General] SeaFractor:
Still loving it.
[Nexus 7 General] cdf3:
It's my go to tablet. I rarely use my Samsung Tab and iPad 3 anymore.
[Nexus 7 General] diogoperas:
I'm really happy with it. However I just find it a little small to use it to read pdfs. Came from a ipad 3 and really miss a bigger screen. I think 8"9 if the sweet spot for me :)
[Nexus 7 General] I Am Marino:
I wish 8in. was the normal mini tablet size instead of 7.
[Nexus 7 General] simonb255:
Best 250 I ever spent
[Nexus 7 General] Dubbin1:
I'm very happy with mine. I'm so happy I have stopped looking for "that perfect tablet". :highfive:
[Nexus 7 General] tengtengvn:
My wife wouldn't give it back.
[Nexus 7 General] androidlicious:
For the price, I'm fairly happy with it and would recommend it to anyone.
[Nexus 7 General] Iconic24:
I've had mine for a week, and I must say I love my Nexus 7. I was thinking about waiting for the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 but I'm glad I went with the 7 inch tablet. No complaints yet :)
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
Nexus 7 is OK but nothing special

No Mobile Data

No SD card

No HDMI out

No Dolby Support

Screen color weak (ipad, Samsung & kindle HD screens much better)

WiFi is weak

Speakers is made of brown stuff

Build quality is overall poor.

I have screen issues and mine is making creeking sounds when holding it in certain way (brought in July).

There is new 32Gb model coming out in the next few weeks hopefully bugs and build quality will improve.

8Gb version is useless only 4GB free out of box can't even store more that one movie from Google Movies.

16Gb is acceptable but if you have larger collection of music or tv shows, you will need to be syncing stuff all the time.

Unfortunately this is still the best Android tablet in its class this doesn't say much for Android manufacturers.

Positives:

Quad Core Tegra 3

720p Screen

Android JB 4.1

Battery Life

Size (good for on the move)

Cheap

Nexus 7 is average at best. I would only give this 6 out 10.
[Nexus 7 General] DroidRunner:
What do you expect for $200??? The "wants" you list throw it into a whole different price category. I don't think the N7 is for you.
[Nexus 7 General] rockvoid:
i don´t like:

- washed out display (small texts are not as crisp as on ipad 3), color calibration is pretty bad (esp. white, green, blue colors)

- speaker is not very good compared to ipad - sounds a little tinny

- third party apps (and even chrome) still are not completely smooth on android 4.1.1

i like:

- pretty good build quality (i like the back-cover of the nexus 7)

- software-menu-buttons (like on every nexus device)

- stock-launcher is very smooth

- it´s pretty light and easy to hold even with one hand

we will see how it performs to the upcoming ipad mini maybe priced under $ 300 too...
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
I am not stating for £200 you should get all of the missing features but original specs had SD card and HDMI out was dropped on final release by Google. Google don't like SD cards, and no Nexus device has SD expansion they are getting like Apple, you must stream everything from our play store.

Kindle Fire HD 16GB @ £169 has MIMO WiFi, 720p and HDMI out - care to explain why Amazon can do it!

PS: Kindle Fire HD has Dolby approved speakers as well!
[Nexus 7 General] DroidRunner:
Kindle Fire sucks. Unless you root, you are stuck with a ****ty Android OS. Kindle fire is for middle aged Moms that read 50 Shades of Gray.

Google isn't going to have products with SD cards when they have their own cloud services

Sent from my MB860
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
Do you own a kindle fire HD? NO

have Rooted fire HD and run custom JB ROMs? NO

So how you say they sucks with no experience of the product.

Stop brown nosing Google, do you work for them or something!

EDITED: most N7 owners are running custom ROMs
[Nexus 7 General] DroidRunner:
Hmm... Saying an android based tablet sucks compared to another android based tablet isn't brown nosing. And Apple having no SD card is another way for them to make money since you have to spend more for a higher capacity phone. They only recently came out with iCloud. Good Drive is Googles way of saying no to SD cards.

EDIT: I don't own. Kindle fire because I've made the right to choices in life. I hopefully will never have to run a custom rom on one because I will never own one. The only way I will ever see one work is from YouTube videos. And I'm proud to say that.

I beg to differ bout custom ROMs on N7. MOST people on XDA use them, but not the average person who doesn't visit this Site.

Sent with my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
I believe in choice, OEM should provide both options

If a user wants cloud services fine, go sign up for cloud but I do not want to download an album every time I want listen to it and waste all my bandwidth.

Also how you gona connect to Google Drive with N7 on move?

N7 has no mobile data, your argument is flawed.

Google as Corp. is no better than Apple. Both companies want to lock you into there ecosystem, which goes against the principles of Android (Open source)
[Nexus 7 General] DroidRunner:
Wifi or tether.

The code is open source. Google Drive is mearly an uploading tool. If ALL Android phones went no SD card slot, then I would start to worry. They aren't trying to lock you down in their ecosystem.

Why am I defending the N7 in a N7 thread?

Sent with my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] rockvoid:
So you think everyone must say everthing is great with N7 only because we are in a N7 thread?

If everyone whitewashes all bad things an N7 it will never get better... It´s good that people cite the good and bad things of our N7.
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
Not everyone lives in the city and have wifi available.

I am currently tethering from my phone when I need a connection like to send emails etc... I don't tether unless I have too. my phone data package is 1GB per month and charges are high if I go over. I have resorted to OTG + Vodafone 3G dingle as a work around for £15 I get 3GB per month.

I can live without SD if Google offered 32Gb or 64Gb version.

HDMI needs to be put back into the specs, totally wasting Tegra 3 - big screen gaming / movies! Not everyone want to watch a movie on a 7inch screen.

Mobile Data would be nice too.

Just because it's a N7 thread doesn't mean everyone is happy with a N7. Threads are here to provide information for others so they can make a informed choice.

If Google release a N7 32Gb / 3G / HDMI model, that would meet 99% of my needs and I would happily pay double for that.
[Nexus 7 General] DroidRunner:
Lets be honest, if you wanted a tablet with data, you would have gotten one. But for the $200 price mark, its not gonna happen. So its either wifi or tether. I agree that the charges are high if you go over your data, so that sucks.

HDMI...meh could go either way. I have it already on my Atrix and I don't use it that often. Maybe because I have a PS3 with Netflix and I download movies to my laptop and use HDMI through that.

I'm defending the N7 because alot of people are expecting a 500$ out of a $200 tablet. The bashing is getting annoying and I had to say something. Its a great tablet that I got rid of my ipad 2 for. There are some flaws with it, but its not a "super tablet"
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
Agreed, N7 is not super tablet and was never meant to be.

Mobile data was never in the original specs and for £200 that was never going to happen. I can except tethering / 3G dongle as work round.

Removing SD card Google should compensated by offer higher storage models which looks like they will do with the 32Gb model.

HDMI was in original specs, so I feel robbed by a big Corp. With no work around (aka software like Apples' airplay, Intel Wireless Display)

Screen needs sorting out, colours are washed out. Loaded a custom rom with Sony braivo engine. Screen was loads better, but Google still haven't fixed this yet with a firmware update.

WiFi is weak compared to my Samsung S2 phone, that's not good in my opinion.

Speakers! I am not even bother to going there.

I have ordered a Kindle Fire HD 7 - when it arrives i will root it and load Android 4.1 rom and compare.
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Edit. Please delete, wrong thread.
[Nexus 7 General] notko:
In next few day i will buy my first tablet - Nexus 7 :)

I have already bought ultra slim case for my upcoming sweet Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 General] Cerinthus:
Are you using unblock-us or a similar service? I have this problem when I do.
[Nexus 7 General] theusername:
I traded an iPad 2 for the Nexus 7, and have never looked back. Its a great tablet, one of my fav, and I have owned quite a few.
[Nexus 7 General] dshizzel:
Very happy, indeed

I was a pre-order for the N7-16 and am still very happy with it today. Currently updating the nightly CM10's and finding them to be highly stable, in general, with the occasional transitory wi-fi problem coming and going with the various builds.

I've been mindful to keep > 3g of memory available so I don't go into slowdowns as reported, but I don't mind it much. Waiting to see what JRO09 / 4.2 builds have to show.
[Nexus 7 General] dreamsforgotten:
Simple fix to your nexus 7 sdcard and lack of on the go streaming issues, $2 otg cable stick mount app rescan media app $30 32g flash drive. All your media fits plus 8-16g for apps. With android you can beat the corporations short comings.
[Nexus 7 General] kisrita:
I preordered and had two other Android tablets before. I loved and still love the Nexus 7 more. To me, it's still the best tablet, and I can't think of any other I would rather want. I had Jellybean while my Galaxy Tab 10.1 was still stuck on Honeycomb. It will never get Jellybean, while the Nexus is likely to get several OS updates. So my other choices would limit me on OS, or if I went with apple, I'd have to choose between a super thick and heavy ipad or one with a super crappy screen resolution-worse than my Galaxy Tab 10.1 which I haven't wanted to look at since I got my Nexus 7 because of the nicer screen. I'm not even considering Kindle tablets with even more software limitations. What's the point of an android tablet if you don't have access to all the android applications?

So I still think the Nexus 7 is the best choice, even without considering that it's the biggest bang for the buck. And even considering a relatively big problem I've experienced with my tablet: mine has the nearly full storage bug that creates unbearable lag when it's nearly full. So I need to make sure I don't fill more than 14gb, otherwise a factory reset is a must to make it usable again (well it's probably no worse than Honeycomb was on Galaxy Tab, but who needs to deal with lag when there's an easy fix). 14gb is enough storage for me, since if I ever need more space I can always put videos on an SD card, and it's too big for an mp3 player, so music goes on my phone or smaller mp3 player anyway. But I can see a storage problem for gamers who want to play several games that take up a lot of storage simultaneously. So while the Nexus 7 is THE BEST tablet choice for me without question, it is not so for everyone.
[Nexus 7 General] toker_X1:
Google finally listened!

Nexus 7 32Gb + 3G @ £239!

That's only £40 more than I paid for my 16Gb model.

I definitely upgrading to 3G model.
[Nexus 7 General] asrivastava:
One Year Later

Speaking as a university student on a budget, this tablet has proven to be everything I was looking for.

Has replaced my bulky laptop in more ways than one and works wonderfully in running presentations to projectors, printing documents, gaming, communication and with OTG, has really expanded it's abilities.

Still worth the buy, imo.
[Nexus 7 General] AcoAlex:
Hell'yeah :cool:

sent from my G-Nex7
[Nexus 7 General] :
I don't use mine too much anymore, mainly because there still isn't a good way for Android devices to invert onscreen colors and because Tegra 3 has aged badly. But for the price (8GB, first production run) and overall performance, I certainly can't complain (besides screen lifting-- anyone remember that?).
[Nexus 7 General] killa12222:
Heck yeah! Perfect device for my uni days; thin, light and super fast :)
[Nexus 7 General] biggiestuff:
I would say content. It started ever since I got my N4. I started noticing the lag on my N7. Apps wouldn't open as fast, and pages in Chrome wouldn't load as quickly. Side by side the N4 was better in every way except screen size. The N7 was relegated to a couch buddy and usually only when the N4 was out of juice. I'll be happy to get the new N7 even if it has the same processor as the N4. The slimport will be a welcome addition as well since the original N7 was sorely lacking a video out. I'll have more use for my Ps3 controller now with the video out since I always wanted a portable gaming system. The N7 gen 1 will stay in the family as it will go to the wife. She can take it to work and use it since she says her iPad is too humongous to take with her. iPad has been taken over by the kiddo anyway.
[Nexus 7 General] {StatuSCheckA}:
I still use it every single day, even if its just to read a quick passage. I have had it since November 2012.
[Nexus 7 General] k29er:
Yes. Had it since September. Use it more than an hour a day. Replaced my yearly custom PC build.
[Nexus 7 General] vossman:
I had my N7 in March 2013, it is a 32GB WIFI model, the only thing I have done to it is rooted from Skipsoft (donated :good:), I am still running the original ROM, I have suffered no sound problems on mine although it is not particularly loud on its own, when headphones are used it is not a problem, and more particularly I suffer no lag, if anything it feels faster now than it was when new, I use a cleaner regularly on it every day, I use Clean Master and I very rarely shut it down, maybe 3 or 4 times since I have owned it. I had toyed with running other kernel's and Rom's but with it like this why should I? I can swipe across all screens with no lag or stutter. I sometimes wonder if the people who do experience problems are creating some of the problems themselves, I am not an expert in different ROM's or kernels at all but my N7 just seems to work and it deals with anything I throw at it, the only thing I don't use it for is playing games, it is used as a business tool and my personal secretary.

I have a drip feed that says the machine isn't a patch on what it was when launched - I would strongly disagree with that, I chose this over an ipad and I have never had one day of regret.

Am I still happy with my Nexus7 - you bet.
[Nexus 7 General] jamesc760:
Just sold mine (16gig model) and counting the days until Nexus 7 Second Edition.
[Nexus 7 General] Omar04:
Yes I am, working flawlessly in almost a year. :D

Team SXTP
[Nexus 7 General] lolcopter:
Happy enough, no complaints really

Same thing I say about my core 2 duo desktop, not the cutting edge but it gets **** done
[Nexus 7 General] Pr3no:
I have mixed feelings about my Nexus 7. I had only bought it in April, but I wanted one since they announced. I had (and still have) a crappy phone, so I was really looking forward the "smooth experience" what Project Butter was supposed to bring us, but I was disappointed. It's always been kind of laggy, it wasn't that bad, it was still usable, but I was expecting something much better and smoother. If I only do one thing it is actually smooth, let's say I'm browsing, and there's actually no lag at all, but anytime I want to switch between apps or just hit the home button and try to do something else it becomes immediately laggy.

I still like my Nexus 7, but I have never loved it, I think my expectations were a little bit high.
[Nexus 7 General] bioan:
I have absolutely no issue with my N7. I like it a lot. Everything works flawless, no random reboots, no nothing. I browse a lot and play games. I recommend it.
[Nexus 7 General] efan3719:
very much still happy with it. still use it many hours every day. go to bed with it, wake up with it. using it right now to listen to podcasts. but the new one is a little better and pretty cheap so i'll be upgrading. not because i'm unhappy with my current one, but because why not?
[Nexus 7 General] jonmorris:
Indeed. Nexus devices are cheap enough to let you upgrade even if you don't need to, and the old one will still be of use to someone else for some time thanks to regular updates.
[Nexus 7 General] Maitzzz:
Don't know... My sister said that it is waste of money. Now she stole it from me and uses it every day. She likes it... I think.
[Nexus 7 General] spitfire2425:
Hell yes I'm happy with it. It's been about a year and I still smile every time I turn it in to game or something. It's still extremely smooth and runs like a dream.

Sent from my HTC One
[Nexus 7 General] Cor-master:
I use mine daily but the lag is annoying. Out of the box in August, it was amazing, but ever since the 4.2 update, it's been kind of laggy. Real bad at times, mainly after its been sleeping for a while. Tried several roms, on cm10.1 currently and same thing with all of them, runs great for a week or 2 then gets laggy again. I've found best way to deal with it is clear recents and run the lagfix app. Gets rid of the lag for a while but it always comes back. Google really seemed to forget about project butter on 4.2. Really hoping 4.3 brings some speed back into it. Don't really plan on buying the new one, not yet anyway, I chose the nexus 7 because the flyer I had before it was one and done on updates, and I sold it and put the money towards a nexus 7 thinking I'd be set for 2 years on updates. Also the flyer with a snapdragon s2 and honeycomb was laggy and with all the review sites being impressed with how fast the nexus 7 was, having a lag free quad core tablet sounded like a sure fire bet, and it was as good as advertised until the move to 4.2. Definitely disappointed with performance
[Nexus 7 General] jfed:
I have the Nexus 7 32 gigabyte and I do not have a problem with it I use the prime 6-22 rom and it is snappy as can be, unless something is drastically different with the next Nexus 7 I will stay with this one
[Nexus 7 General] ArmorD:
I use it almost exclusively for gaming, music and movies. For those purposes it's a really god device. No regrets this far. I've tried quite a few roms but I always keep going back to Smooth.

Sent from my teddy bear
[Nexus 7 General] danielsf:
I was one of the first to get the device, and I thought it was a ok at first. But I went through a couple of replacements as faults kept coming, faulty headphone jack and screen lift. I then got a 32gb version and sold my 16gb and the difference was huge. The speed of my 32gb vs all the other 16gb was noticeable as in I would keep getting these system wide hangs that would stop me doing anything up to 10s on all my 16gb n7's but on my 32gb version it's performance is reliable. Turns out it could be due to the better read/write performance if the 32gb nand. ATM my 32gb n7 has one of the fastest binned Tegra chips available, so I can overclock it by a lot using relatively low voltage. As in I run at 1.6ghz at 1050mV and 666mhz for the gpu. So performance is pretty good and same with heat output and for my uses for a 7inch tab, it meets them perfectly. I use it a little for gaming, and a lot for browsing and music. I probably won't get the next n7 as I'm more of a 10inch kind of guy ;) But the n7 overclocked is a pretty ok little machine and is good for when my nexus 10 is charging.
[Nexus 7 General] dgattenb:
I have one of the original 8gb nexi from the google shop, I love it, I run out of room now and again , but my pen drive takes care of that . will I move ? Not yet ,this does everything I want !!!
[Nexus 7 General] psklenar:
I ordered the 16gb model the first day it was available for purchase and I love it more today than the day I received it. It works just fine and I use it almost all day long, every day.

I have no regrets at all.

pat----
[Nexus 7 General] dareino:
Yes!..since Jan 2013
[Nexus 7 General] daraldf:
I bought my 16 GB N7 on day one and I've used it almost daily since. The only exception was the 10 days it was getting it's screen repaired when the screen was separating from the back. It will be hard to justify buying the new one for me.
[Nexus 7 General] TechRejectz:
Been pretty happy so far. Might even skip the next gen one since mine is still fairly new.
[Nexus 7 General] kent1146:
Yep. Still happy here.

Bought an original Nexus 7 16GB the day it came out. The only thing I ever use it for is to watch movies on plane trips, so that I don't need to bring my laptop into the airplane cabin with me as a carry-on. I don't use it to browse the web, play games, listen to music, etc. For me, the Nexus 7 is great for that. I wish I had more internal storage capacity than 16GB, but it isn't annoying enough to warrant selling my existing device and buying a 32GB model.
[Nexus 7 General] beetleman:
Just love it :) And I will skip the next generation as I see nothing so much new :)
[Nexus 7 General] jonmorris:
I think if I upgrade (and I probably will, if only to review it) then I might go for a 3G/4G equipped version - making me hopeful that this will be available at launch, not later on.
[Nexus 7 General] shadowhawk1401:
Had mine for almost 7 months and I love it. But when it came in the post (I ordered it from Google play) the packaging had boot marks on it and my screen sometimes flickers red which I think is a result of this. Overall though it is a great device.
[Nexus 7 General] chaosz911:
Very nice tablet!

Hey,

I started out as Apple fanboy with an iPhone 4 and iPad 3 and finally moved to a Note2 and Nexus7. I love it!

The Nexus 7 offers a lot for what it costs. It's fast, and has a nice feel to it.

Chaosz.
[Nexus 7 General] Nbsss:
Love it so much that I'm also buying gen 2
[Nexus 7 General] ezas:
Has always been perfect for me (I do everything but game) and I plan to get V2
[Nexus 7 General] Nbsss:
Damn...since I decided ill get Gen 2, I removed my n7's screen protector....now the ghost touches have stopped, this was one of my key reasons for upgrading lol

Still upgrading though. Anyone who bought 2 last year from Google play know if shipping is cheaper if u buy 2 rather than 1? My sis needs a nice birthday present :)
[Nexus 7 General] LaDrOIdBoy:
I got my 8GB version just as it got discontinued which really annoyed me but yeah I'm pretty happy with it and I don't really wish it could do more than it can but I just find I hardly ever use it when I want to be using it all the time :/
[Nexus 7 General] sgt. meow:
IMHO I wouldn't trade my Nexus 7 for anything (actually I would, for a Nexus 10). The newer model (GEN2) is horrible as far as sexiness is concerned. Also the community here is just awesome.
[Nexus 7 General] swisstourist:
I will offer mine because I am a very generous man, and i will get the new one...

do the same... u cheap charlies :D