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On every single flight I take, the main reason why everyone loves my iPad Mini is because it is a Nexus 7. Edit: People ask: "is that the mini?". I avoid being

by steele 14y ago

On every single flight I take, the main reason why everyone loves my iPad Mini is because it is a Nexus 7. Edit: People ask: "is that the mini?". I avoid being a jerk about it and just say "It's the google one. One of the Nexus products. The mini wasn't out when I bought this but I really like it. etc etc"

dpcan 14y ago
I have a 2 year old Galaxy Tab 7" and the same thing happens to us while the kids are playing with it out in public. Everyone thinks it's an iPad mini and wants to see it, even tho it's about a quarter inch thick. It's 2 years old and it seems to run all modern games at full speed, no problem at all, Minecraft, etc. When playing a game, it would be easy to mistake it for a mini. It's true that the retina displays aren't disruptive. It's not like I can't fully enjoy our current games and apps without a retina display, so it's just one of those "that would be nice" kind of features. As far as processor speed is concerned. Again, my 2 year old device runs most modern games and apps at what appears to be full speed. I have no lag, no choppiness, no problem. So why would I need something faster? I feel like Apple is about to hit the same brick wall PC's have been faced with for years. From a developer's perspective, they have already entered the chaotic realm of fragmentation and backwards compatibility issues, and it's messy. Things will be changing for Apple. Where they do they go from here?
Simucal 14y ago
I could see how the average consumer would get confused between the two. It is kind of hard for a tablet devices to differentiate themselves in their looks when the entire face of the device is a glass display. I now own the iPad Mini and up until a week ago I also owned the Nexus 7. The build quality, weight, and battery life of the iPad Mini beats the Nexus 7 hands down. The frame of my Nexus 7 would "creak" along the edge if you put pressure on it. The Nexus 7 was my first Android device and despite claims that Jelly Bean had finally fixed the platform's major performance issues, I still felt noticeable lag in certain situations when scrolling or paging to different home screens. It wasn't a major issue but I still feel like Android could make some improvements in this regard. I also felt that the quality and polish of the major apps that I use was better on the iOS platform (with a couple exceptions such as the HTPC remote app on Android that was amazing). The main thing that I miss from my Nexus 7 is the combination of Voice Actions and the Android Intents system. It felt like a magical moment when I would tell my Nexus 7 to "play some music by Nine Inch Nails" and it would launch Spotify automatically and play the requested music. It kind of blew my mind that I could simply ask this device to play music by almost any artist in the world and it would start playing immediately.
- steele 14y ago
  I'm a fan of sending myself chrome links I find on my phone to my tablet over NFC. There are other ways to do it... but that is by far the most gratifying.
bonch 14y ago
When people have experiences like yours, where the Nexus 7 looks so much like an iPad that it is confused for one by the general public, it becomes clearer why Apple is so protective of its hardware designs. People don't often mistake Windows laptops for MacBooks, for example, because their designs are so different, but the same is not true for smartphones and tablets.

by steele 14y ago

dpcan 14y ago

I have a 2 year old Galaxy Tab 7" and the same thing happens to us while the kids are playing with it out in public. Everyone thinks it's an iPad mini and wants to see it, even tho it's about a quarter inch thick. It's 2 years old and it seems to run all modern games at full speed, no problem at all, Minecraft, etc. When playing a game, it would be easy to mistake it for a mini. It's true that the retina displays aren't disruptive. It's not like I can't fully enjoy our current games and apps without a retina display, so it's just one of those "that would be nice" kind of features. As far as processor speed is concerned. Again, my 2 year old device runs most modern games and apps at what appears to be full speed. I have no lag, no choppiness, no problem. So why would I need something faster? I feel like Apple is about to hit the same brick wall PC's have been faced with for years. From a developer's perspective, they have already entered the chaotic realm of fragmentation and backwards compatibility issues, and it's messy. Things will be changing for Apple. Where they do they go from here?

Simucal 14y ago

I could see how the average consumer would get confused between the two. It is kind of hard for a tablet devices to differentiate themselves in their looks when the entire face of the device is a glass display. I now own the iPad Mini and up until a week ago I also owned the Nexus 7. The build quality, weight, and battery life of the iPad Mini beats the Nexus 7 hands down. The frame of my Nexus 7 would "creak" along the edge if you put pressure on it. The Nexus 7 was my first Android device and despite claims that Jelly Bean had finally fixed the platform's major performance issues, I still felt noticeable lag in certain situations when scrolling or paging to different home screens. It wasn't a major issue but I still feel like Android could make some improvements in this regard. I also felt that the quality and polish of the major apps that I use was better on the iOS platform (with a couple exceptions such as the HTPC remote app on Android that was amazing). The main thing that I miss from my Nexus 7 is the combination of Voice Actions and the Android Intents system. It felt like a magical moment when I would tell my Nexus 7 to "play some music by Nine Inch Nails" and it would launch Spotify automatically and play the requested music. It kind of blew my mind that I could simply ask this device to play music by almost any artist in the world and it would start playing immediately.

steele 14y ago
I'm a fan of sending myself chrome links I find on my phone to my tablet over NFC. There are other ways to do it... but that is by far the most gratifying.

bonch 14y ago

When people have experiences like yours, where the Nexus 7 looks so much like an iPad that it is confused for one by the general public, it becomes clearer why Apple is so protective of its hardware designs. People don't often mistake Windows laptops for MacBooks, for example, because their designs are so different, but the same is not true for smartphones and tablets.