What do you like/dislike about your new Nexus 7?

[uat1]

Now that some of you have Nexus 7, can you start positing your experience with Nexus 7, what you like and what you dislike about it.

For those who has USB-OTG, can you verify if flash drive would work?

I'm still waiting for mine.

 

[mongstradamus]

Re: What do you like/dislike your new Nexus 7?

Now that some of you have Nexus 7, can you start positing your experience with Nexus 7, what you like and what you dislike about it.

For those who has USB-OTG, can you verify this would work?

I'm still waiting for mine.

Only dislike so far no headphones with the device

 

[highfrequency]

Re: What do you like/dislike your new Nexus 7?

Only dislike so far no headphones with the device

Most headphones that ship with a device are cheap. Example would be the ones that shipped with the Nexus. I would think most have invested into a decent pair of ear buds by now.

 

[cohoman]

The build quality is great for such a low-priced tablet. I'm really impressed with the screen clarity and rubber (leather-like) backing. Looks very high end in my opinion. Definitely much better construction than my Kindle Fire tablet. Boot up time is quick (less than 60 seconds), and the speed of the screen swipes, etc. is fantastic.

Not having earbuds come with the N7 doesn't bother me, since I already have a good pair.

 

[Judynnnn]

Its very buttery smooth haha.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Android Central Forums

 

[1812dave]

Its very buttery smooth haha.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Android Central Forums

now would that be soft butter, or refrigerated butter?

 

[tony404]

How would it do as an ereader? The ipad is just too heavy to read with.

 

[Rick83]

Heavier than expected.

 

[E_man]

How would it do as an ereader? The ipad is just too heavy to read with.

For books? Awesome. Love the screen size, and the resolution really will help with text. Magazines, expect some pinch and zoom.

Heavier than expected.

I had the opposite reaction.

 

[Mandi12]

I love the tablet!! But I hate that I can not find a good case and also I need so good headphones! Any ideas

 

[Irvgotti]

I love the tablet!! But I hate that I can not find a good case and also I need so good headphones! Any ideas

No One really has made them. Amazon has some OK ones. I ordered a smart cover type case

 

[Hand_O_Death]

I think it is an excellent tablet. The first one for our family, so not much to compare it to, but two small cans so far.

1. Volume seemed low, but so did my GN, so downloading Volume+ already rectified that so the kids can watch movies easily.

2. Unknown if it will be able to connect through HDMI with an adapter yet. Everything I ready said MHL is a no go and I would love a sweet little dock for those pogopins to connect to my TV (Price pending) with a nice little game controller in the future. But for now, we do not know how to connect it to TVs.

Not huge problems at all and for $250 I think that it is still batting 1000. I will be getting a nice case for it once they release a good once that has a magnet for the sensor.

 

[warobison]

It seemed to fully recharge faster than my Kindle Fire. My wife is a Facebook person, and she likes the Facebook better on the Nexus than on the Fire. I, too, am still waiting for a good cover (and screen protector). I think there'll be a lot more choices in the next few weeks.

I pre-ordered the Nexus as an impulse buy on the day it came out, and so far I'm very satisfied with it. I'm new to Android (other than the Fire); I've never had and do not want a smart phone, so all the social contact things are not for me, but the games, books, magazines, storage options, etc., are great.

Posted by one who could use a good Medicare App

 

[giograves]

Display = boooo.

However this is influenced by my recent demo of the ipad3 display which almost seems like things just float on the surface.

Nevertheless I think text sucks on the N7. Google definitely needs to follow up with a higher end device, the hell with hurting OEMs fragile feelings.

At this point I just need tablet apps for this thing then I'd be OK

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[Jedi Neo]

Dislikes

-short USB cable
-lack of a cleaning cloth
-out of the box flash support. (Yes I know its dying but still)
-out of the box home screen rotation

Like
-price
-size easy to hold, portable friendly
-speed no lag that I have noticed
-battery life

 

[John-Smith]

I wish the sound could be a bit louder, my cellphone is louder than the tablet

And better speaker placement as well.

And lastly, the volume rocker is too close to the power button IMO. I find myself hitting it often when trying to hit volume up. It would be nice if it was an inch or even a cm lower.

 

[DigitalKnight]

Owning all 3 of the iPad versions (and a Fujitsu Stylistic ST4120 Tablet, and a Nokia N810) I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth....

Pros: light, small, easy to handle, fast response, nice screen display, EASY to figure out!!

Cons: Non that I could find yet but as mentioned above, the USB cord is a bit shorts.

When I wake up I have an iPad3 and now the N7 sitting on the night stand next to my bed and I really like reaching for the N7. It is a perfect size imo. I was able to get flash working on it in a matter of seconds thanks to a thread right here on this forum, and most of the other apps I have on my iPad3 are available in Google Play, plus I was able to install the Rotate app so that my home screen even rotates which I hope becomes an option in the next update that Google releases.

The N7 really is a nice tablet and I have owned tablets for over 8 years now. It was easy to setup, its easy to customize, the screen looks very nice even next to my iPad3 (who ever keeps saying the screen sucks must have a bad unit) and I luv the animated backgrounds!

Off to play with it some more!!!

 

[grafx1]

My only complaint is the display is washed out after sitting turned off for extended periods. It gradually darkens and become perfect after warming for a while. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Small_law]

My only complaint is the display is washed out after sitting turned off for extended periods. It gradually darkens and become perfect after warming for a while. Anyone else have this problem?

There's some sort of auto brightness/ contrast issue. Everything gets super white after I watch videos on YouTube or through the Movies App. Goes back to normal a few minutes after I'm done.

Four other issues: (1) the short USB cable is a pain, but I'm swimming in those cables, so no big deal. (2) No 5 GHz wireless, odd because purpose-built media devices usually support it. This isn't a big issue either. Although the Xoom and Galaxy Nexus both have 5 GHz chips, neither supports speeds over 65 Mbps on that frequency (or at least I don't see it). It's sort of a wash then because the N7 hits that speed on 2.4 GHz. (3) No News and Weather widget, but that's never been an out-of-the-box thing on Android tablets. I must be the only person that likes that thing. (4) The display fit issue. Once the official cases become available, if you get one, you will probably not notice the fit of the display again. I have a second N7 one the way and I'm returning this one, which has the issue.

Other than that, I love it. The speed in launching apps is great, but what kills me is how fast Chrome is. Desktop fast. And I love the My Library widget. It updates with what you last used. Cool idea.

 

[tedrox]

No Flash support is a bother for me, from both Google and Adobe. It's all well and good Flash dying, but the uptake on HTML 5 is terrible right now. I can't watch iPlayer, 4od or the like (and Play's UK offerings in TV is non existant)