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I have the first gen ipad. Its heavy, so i hardly bring it out anymore and mainly use it to watch american tv shows. When i saw my colleague's nexus 7, i fell for the small form factor and ordered one that very night. Now waiting for DHL to deliver from US to Singapore.

 

I can name a few reasons why i ordered the nexus 7.

i) form factor + weight - 7" seems to be a good size for portability. i want something i can play with while i wait for frens while outside. the screen real estate on my HTC phone is puny. 3.7" [laugh]

ii) not a die hard fan of apple ecosystem - my one apple product was the 1st gen ipad. I wanted to get iphone when i made the jump to a smartphone, but android phones were cheaper and i didnt get vouchers from my telco. between apple's and google's ecosystems - i would favour the android system a bit more. My next smartphone would likely be an android anyway.

iii) value for money - lots of reviews out there praise the nexus 7 for its value for money specs. If the nexus 7 never existed, i might have given some thought to the ipad mini. since the nexus7 is in the picture however, it does make more sense to get the nexus 7.

 

Will prolly post on my experience after getting my nexus 7 hopefully by this weekend.

 

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1 thing to note. If you are those who likes to go around taking photo, you better get the ipad mini instead. Nexus 7 only got front camera, no rear camera.

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technological downgrade implies retrogressing to an earlier and inferior state of technology. you still have not state how this is in fact true. handing over control to a third party is a security risk no doubt but this has got nothing to do with technology. Rather, this concerns information security and fidelity of sensitive company processes.

okay. this is not a downgrade then. [laugh]

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I am in US now. The Nexus 7 retails for USD199 + 8% tax. So in SGD, that will be about 260? So the retail price is Singapore is :o

 

199 is for the 8gb, sg not selling 8gb, only 16gb... anyway, it's still far more expensive than anywhere else...

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1 thing to note. If you are those who likes to go around taking photo, you better get the ipad mini instead. Nexus 7 only got front camera, no rear camera.

 

Use phone take photos better la. Tablet so big. That day I was at the zoo and saw this woman using an ipad to take pictures. Looks really comical. [laugh]

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199 is for the 8gb, sg not selling 8gb, only 16gb... anyway, it's still far more expensive than anywhere else...

 

Nope, I got my 16GB for USD199 at Walmart. Google adjusted their pricing after obsoleting the 8GB version.

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Nope, I got my 16GB for USD199 at Walmart. Google adjusted their pricing after obsoleting the 8GB version.

 

For those who bought their devices before the price drop was announced, google does have a price protection policy.

 

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If we reduce the price of a device on Google Play, we'll refund the difference in price if your purchase occurred within 15 days of said price reduction.

 

To be eligible, requests for a price protection refund must be submitted within 15 days of the price reduction occurring.

 

Nexus 7 (16GB version only) purchases from Devices on Google Play are currently eligible for Price Protection if the purchase was made on or after October 14, 2012. If your purchase is eligible, we'll refund the difference in price within 14 days of your request.

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Hi folks,

 

I need some advices on nexus 7.

 

All along I'm using iPad and this is my first time looking into android tablet

 

Wondering anyone has any info or use this tablet before.

 

Is it worth considering or can totally forget it.

 

Will use this pad purely for Internet, video streaming or gaming.

 

Thks for sharing.

 

Cheers

 

1) N7 has no memory expansion

2) Some batches of Nexus has a screen flicker problem

 

Other than that, the display is pretty high quality plus not to mention the latest version of android (if that matters to you).

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1) N7 has no memory expansion

2) Some batches of Nexus has a screen flicker problem

 

Other than that, the display is pretty high quality plus not to mention the latest version of android (if that matters to you).

 

3) Current Nexus has no 3G, only WIFI

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