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So is it confirmed that there's no new Nexus 7? What is the best new alternative with some kind of clean Android mini tablet?

rkuykendall-com 12y ago
The Nexus 6 with no plan?
- adrusi 12y ago
  The 6 is more than twice the price of the 7, and while IMO too big for a phone, also too small for a tablet.
- guidopallemans 12y ago
  .. is only twice the price
- WildUtah 12y ago
  The 6 is half the screen area for three to mes the price compared to the 7.
nikcub 12y ago
I spent a week and tracked down the Nexus 7 2nd gen last week to replace my older Nexus 7 tablet. I knew the new devices were coming out this week, but I love the form factor of the 7" and the device itself. They are still worth buying, you can find them for cheaper now. I'm generally an Apple user but the Nexus 7 is a great device, once you fall for it its hard to give it up.
tracker1 12y ago
Probably the nvidia shield tablet... Now that this is announced, I may go ahead and order one. http://shield.nvidia.com/gaming-tablet/ http://shield.nvidia.com/gaming-tablet/
aetherson 12y ago
I don't understand why Google is making a Nexus 9. It seems crazy. Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? Are they just of the impression that phablets will eat small tablets? (I should say that of course there is SOME market for larger tablets out there. If they were producing a Nexus 7 and a Nexus 9, that would make more sense. But I thought that both expert consensus and sales were clear: the market for small tablets is much bigger than the market for big tablets. Unless you believe that small tablets are going to get replaced by phablets).
- ktsmith 12y ago
  > Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? I've grown to loathe the Nexus 7. It's got a nice weight and feel to it from a hardware perspective but it feels too tall/thin in portrait and too short in landscape. I'm much more likely to pick up my older iPad instead. The performance of the 7 (second version) was also very disappointing. I'm actually interested in seeing the Nexus 9 not only because it fits me a bit better being a bit bigger but by going to 4:3 I think some of what I hate about the 7 will be eliminated. That being said it doesn't have enough storage so I probably won't get one.
  - Raphael 12y ago
    I only use landscape for videos. Portrait for text and apps looks good to me, although I haven't tried other screen sizes.
    - ktsmith 12y ago
      Going back and forth between the iPad and the Nexus 7 probably influences my opinion. The 7 is just underwhelming in many areas. I'm not a fan of the iPad mini either though I prefer reading on it to the Nexus 7.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  > I don't understand why Google is making a Nexus 9. It seems crazy. Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? No, everyone doesn't agree with your opinion that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet (I don't even agree that there is one right size.) > Are they just of the impression that phablets will eat small tablets? Probably. Given that even Apple has given up and gone to big and bigger with its phones, the space for mini tablets is narrowing.
AnonNo15 12y ago
Sony Z3 Tablet compact.
Pxtl 12y ago
A nexus 6 wifi-only device could be a nice successor to the n7 and a nice shot at the oft-forgotten iPod too. But android companies seem to always forget the iPod exists.

rkuykendall-com 12y ago

The Nexus 6 with no plan?

adrusi 12y ago
The 6 is more than twice the price of the 7, and while IMO too big for a phone, also too small for a tablet.
guidopallemans 12y ago
.. is only twice the price
WildUtah 12y ago
The 6 is half the screen area for three to mes the price compared to the 7.

nikcub 12y ago

I spent a week and tracked down the Nexus 7 2nd gen last week to replace my older Nexus 7 tablet. I knew the new devices were coming out this week, but I love the form factor of the 7" and the device itself. They are still worth buying, you can find them for cheaper now. I'm generally an Apple user but the Nexus 7 is a great device, once you fall for it its hard to give it up.

tracker1 12y ago

Probably the nvidia shield tablet... Now that this is announced, I may go ahead and order one. http://shield.nvidia.com/gaming-tablet/ http://shield.nvidia.com/gaming-tablet/

aetherson 12y ago

I don't understand why Google is making a Nexus 9. It seems crazy. Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? Are they just of the impression that phablets will eat small tablets? (I should say that of course there is SOME market for larger tablets out there. If they were producing a Nexus 7 and a Nexus 9, that would make more sense. But I thought that both expert consensus and sales were clear: the market for small tablets is much bigger than the market for big tablets. Unless you believe that small tablets are going to get replaced by phablets).

ktsmith 12y ago
> Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? I've grown to loathe the Nexus 7. It's got a nice weight and feel to it from a hardware perspective but it feels too tall/thin in portrait and too short in landscape. I'm much more likely to pick up my older iPad instead. The performance of the 7 (second version) was also very disappointing. I'm actually interested in seeing the Nexus 9 not only because it fits me a bit better being a bit bigger but by going to 4:3 I think some of what I hate about the 7 will be eliminated. That being said it doesn't have enough storage so I probably won't get one.
- Raphael 12y ago
  I only use landscape for videos. Portrait for text and apps looks good to me, although I haven't tried other screen sizes.
  - ktsmith 12y ago
    Going back and forth between the iPad and the Nexus 7 probably influences my opinion. The 7 is just underwhelming in many areas. I'm not a fan of the iPad mini either though I prefer reading on it to the Nexus 7.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> I don't understand why Google is making a Nexus 9. It seems crazy. Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? No, everyone doesn't agree with your opinion that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet (I don't even agree that there is one right size.) > Are they just of the impression that phablets will eat small tablets? Probably. Given that even Apple has given up and gone to big and bigger with its phones, the space for mini tablets is narrowing.

AnonNo15 12y ago

Sony Z3 Tablet compact.

Pxtl 12y ago

A nexus 6 wifi-only device could be a nice successor to the n7 and a nice shot at the oft-forgotten iPod too. But android companies seem to always forget the iPod exists.