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I still use my 2013 Nexus 7 every day.

izzydata 7y ago
I do as well. I've been waiting for a refresh, but it looks like that will never happen. It's the perfect size for media consumption for me. I don't want a phablet so it is difficult for me to combine my phone device with my media consumption device.
Goronmon 7y ago
You're lucky, mine died within a couple years.
artimaeis 7y ago
I was a huge fan of the Nexus 7 -- it's the device that changed how I looked at personal computers. I bought myself one, and ones for a couple of family members. Within 3 years they were all unusably slow. Kept them going for a little while with some device resets, but eventually we just all had to give up on them. The family has been on iPads ever since and even the oldest of the bunch still run great (much thanks to iOS 12's perf improvements). That's the whole story on how I got sold on Apple hardware.
- ThatPlayer 7y ago
  Similarly, my iPad 3 from the same year as the Nexus 7 1st gen sees more use than my 2nd Gen Nexus 7. Also the microUSB broke and I resorted to wireless charging after 2 years, which sold me on wireless charging.
kenhwang 7y ago
Google bricked my 2013 Google I/O special edition Nexus 7 a month after they gave them to us. Can't say I had much confidence in Google devices after that.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  This was not called bricking. It was called 'retirement'.
  - smacktoward 7y ago
    Yeah, in the same way it was Deckard’s job to “retire” replicants in Blade Runner.
    - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
      Nexus... I see what you did here!
Macha 7y ago
I went from the Nexus 7 2013 to the shield tablet k1 when the updates stopped and the battery died. The shield tablet was well specced and the best supported android device I've used (even including the 2013 n7 and the n5x) but it's also bulkier than the n7 and it too is past its batteries good days. There's not really a good option left for Android tablets sadly, so looks like my next one will be the surface go.
- dillonmckay 7y ago
  I constantly check eBay for these.
atomi 7y ago
Yeah. I use mine to run ssh commands on my workstation/servers via Termux while in bed pretty much every night. Also watch videos while on the treadmill via rclone's dlna server on vlc. It'll still run close to 4 hours of video on full brightness even after all these years. It's an absolute shame Google failed to follow up on this device - very disappointing.

I do as well. I've been waiting for a refresh, but it looks like that will never happen. It's the perfect size for media consumption for me. I don't want a phablet so it is difficult for me to combine my phone device with my media consumption device.

Goronmon 7y ago

You're lucky, mine died within a couple years.

artimaeis 7y ago

I was a huge fan of the Nexus 7 -- it's the device that changed how I looked at personal computers. I bought myself one, and ones for a couple of family members. Within 3 years they were all unusably slow. Kept them going for a little while with some device resets, but eventually we just all had to give up on them. The family has been on iPads ever since and even the oldest of the bunch still run great (much thanks to iOS 12's perf improvements). That's the whole story on how I got sold on Apple hardware.

ThatPlayer 7y ago
Similarly, my iPad 3 from the same year as the Nexus 7 1st gen sees more use than my 2nd Gen Nexus 7. Also the microUSB broke and I resorted to wireless charging after 2 years, which sold me on wireless charging.

kenhwang 7y ago

Google bricked my 2013 Google I/O special edition Nexus 7 a month after they gave them to us. Can't say I had much confidence in Google devices after that.

inflatableDodo 7y ago
This was not called bricking. It was called 'retirement'.
- smacktoward 7y ago
  Yeah, in the same way it was Deckard’s job to “retire” replicants in Blade Runner.
  - segfaultbuserr 7y ago
    Nexus... I see what you did here!

Macha 7y ago

I went from the Nexus 7 2013 to the shield tablet k1 when the updates stopped and the battery died. The shield tablet was well specced and the best supported android device I've used (even including the 2013 n7 and the n5x) but it's also bulkier than the n7 and it too is past its batteries good days. There's not really a good option left for Android tablets sadly, so looks like my next one will be the surface go.

dillonmckay 7y ago
I constantly check eBay for these.

atomi 7y ago

Yeah. I use mine to run ssh commands on my workstation/servers via Termux while in bed pretty much every night. Also watch videos while on the treadmill via rclone's dlna server on vlc. It'll still run close to 4 hours of video on full brightness even after all these years. It's an absolute shame Google failed to follow up on this device - very disappointing.