*** The Official Google Nexus 7 Thread ***

AndyCr15 said:
I know some have issues, mine seems fine and is incredibly good build quality for £200 in my opinion. :)
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I think the Tab 2 was much better, and it was only £160. I know its got lower specs though.

I imagine the purple shirt place has had a few returns of the 7, so I would have at least expected them to ensure their display model didn't have such obvious issues.
 
_Jimlad_ said:
i love how the "cant afford or justify bunch" just find a way to **** it off. so common on this forum. :D
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Almost as common as the 'must ferociously defend something they have plowed money into' bunch.

The more objective opinion will always come from people who don't own a device or any competitors.
 
Skeeter said:
The more objective opinion will always come from people who don't own a device or any competitors.
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I disagree. Envy and the psychology of not having them but telling yourself that you don't want them is too strong.

The best opinion comes from the people that own the device and it's competitors.
 
Skeeter said:
The more objective opinion will always come from people who don't own a device or any competitors.
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I would disagree. If they don't have a device, they shouldn't be commenting on it! I've bought many device wanting it to be great, but if it sucks, I'll say it sucks.

Really you just have to weed out the idiots to find someone like Robbo (yes, even thought we argue!) who's owned pretty much everything and will say it like it is with no bias (almost ;) )
 
Skeeter said:
The more objective opinion will always come from people who don't own a device or any competitors.
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The more objective opinion will come from someone who has experience of a range of devices, possibly including those being compared, and the comparision being made both critically and without bias.

You cannot have an objective opinion on a device without having material experience of that device in some way, either from ownership or from using it and testing it.
 
So being a prospective customer who wanted a Nexus only to be scared off by a thread full of faulty devices, a situation then only cemented by using one with faults in a shop alongside its main competitors makes my opinion useless? :confused:

I wonder how many owners would hold a different opinion if they had used a faulty device before buying, assuming they still bought one?
 
Castiel said:
The more objective opinion will come from someone who has experience of a range of devices, possibly including those being compared, and the comparision being made both critically and without bias.

You cannot have an objective opinion on a device without having material experience of that device in some way, either from ownership or from using it and testing it.
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Oh of course, but I don't appreciate being accused of not being able to afford one and trying to justify not buying one after having used one and not liked it. Especially from someone who presumably bought one never having seen or touched or tested it in any way.
 
Skeeter said:
So being a prospective customer who wanted a Nexus only to be scared off by a thread full of faulty devices, a situation then only cemented by using one with faults in a shop alongside its main competitors makes my opinion useless? :confused:

I wonder how many owners would hold a different opinion if they had used a faulty device before buying, assuming they still bought one?
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I don't think anyone suggested your opinion is useless, I certainly did not. Objectively the decision to not buy a Nexus was based on the experiences of others, which in your example was further illustrated when you used one yourself.....

Like I said, you must have material experience of the device to have an objective opinion on it, that is not to say that you cannot have an opinion, just that without personal experience or independent supporting evidence that opinion is unsubstantiated and not necessarily objective.

I can't give any opinion on the Nexus 7 as I have no experience of it, neither have I read that much about it either.
 
To me it would seem odd to base the decision on a faulty one. If you were stuck with that forever, fair enough, but if you're unlucky enough to get a faulty one, these can be returned and/or fixed.

Sure, take in to account that it would be a pain (or just buy from a brick and mortar store and open it then and there) but mine is not any worse a device if the next one bought has a fault.
 
Sorry Castiel, my posts are more in response to JimLads accusation that I have something against the Nexus because I can't afford it.

Simple fact is I went into the purple shirt store 1 minutes walk from my house fully prepared to walk out with a Nexus and risk having to return it, but the fact even the display model has issues made me decide against it. Came very close to buying a Tab 2 though, but then the spec snob devil sat on my shoulder intervened :D
 
AndyCr15 said:
To me it would seem odd to base the decision on a faulty one. If you were stuck with that forever, fair enough, but if you're unlucky enough to get a faulty one, these can be returned and/or fixed.

Sure, take in to account that it would be a pain (or just buy from a brick and mortar store and open it then and there) but mine is not any worse a device if the next one bought has a fault.
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I think I would be wary if I had read reports of failures and then the one I sampled in the store failed as well, that would reinforce what I had read.

It depends on whether reliability is an important or a make/break aspect of your buying decision I suppose.
 
AndyCr15 said:
To me it would seem odd to base the decision on a faulty one. If you were stuck with that forever, fair enough, but if you're unlucky enough to get a faulty one, these can be returned and/or fixed.

Sure, take in to account that it would be a pain (or just buy from a brick and mortar store and open it then and there) but mine is not any worse a device if the next one bought has a fault.
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This wasn't just a bit faulty, pressing any of the virtual buttons along the bottom caused the screen to ripple and the case to creak. Whist probably just the purple shirts not giving a monkies, it did make me wonder if that had just become the accepted norm and they felt it pointless to replace the display model as it would just develop the same faults?
 
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Skeeter said:
Sorry Castiel, my posts are more in response to JimLads accusation that I have something against the Nexus because I can't afford it.

Simple fact is I went into the purple shirt store 1 minutes walk from my house fully prepared to walk out with a Nexus and risk having to return it, but the fact even the display model has issues made me decide against it. Came very close to buying a Tab 2 though, but then the spec snob devil sat on my shoulder intervened :D
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To be fair, I would think twice about the purchase if the device failed in the store as well.....it might not stop me buying one at a later date, but it would certainly give me pause.....I think that is simply a sensible thing to do, particularly with expensive purchases. The best device in the world is not much good if it has significant reliability issues.
 
Skeeter, you didn't believe peoples complaints of the issues until you saw one yourself?

Also, how has reliability worked its way in? You get a faulty one, or a fault free one. Surely that doesn't make the devise unreliable? Maybe it makes the supplier unreliable...
 
Which Shipping service do they use with TNT? My tracking says it takes 24 hours to update from when it was dispatched. Not much use if it's a 24 hour delivery service, and it cost £10 so it better be!
 
Well that's a downer.
Just plugged in my N7 into my PC, it's the 8GB version.
Seems that Asus have messed up in the channel as there isn't meant to be 8GB's at retail (At least, not with Argos)

Need to make a phone call >.<
 
So I got a Nexus 7.
LOVING IT !!

Couple of questions tho.

1) I'm noticing that the sync is not great. I look at accounts and check my google account and it's saying the last email sync was over half an hour ago. That's not great for getting emails in a hurry. Am I missing a setting somewhere to make this happen more often ?

2) On JellyBean is there any way of adding shortcuts to the desktop? On my ICS phone I long press and then I can add widgets, apps, folders, shortcuts, wallpapers, themes. It seems in JB, I have either the choice of apps or widgets.

Cheers
 
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