Is it worth the extra for the Nexus 7 over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7"??

StevieP · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:28

I'm looking at getting a tablet for my dad for Christmas and am considering the 32GB Nexus 7 or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" but am not sure if the Nexus is worth the extra cash!

He will be mostly using it for e-mails, browsing etc - definitely no gaming etc!

So I guess I'm wondering if it is worth the extra £60-£80 for the Nexus (after the Samsung cashback)??

I've got the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and find it perfectly good for what I need it for so I'm thinking the Nexus might be overkill!

Are there any other factors I should be considering here??

thep02 · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:40

I've got the 8gb N7 and it's sound, I love it and hardly use my Note to browse now, my lads have SGS7.7's and they're great tabs if price wasn't a factor I would struggle to decide which was best RW, don't have any experience with the SGT 7 2 though I'm sure it's ace.

IIwy I'd probably get my dad the N7 for the buttery smoothness and stock updates though does he need 32gb.

StevieP · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:47

Unfortunately yes - for no other reason than the N7 doesn't have a micro-sd card slot for expansion! (although I doubt he'll ever get close to filling 16GB, let alone 32GB! :confused:

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thep02 · 29 Nov 2012 at 11:13

As a mobile browsing tool the 8gb does me, 5.92gb total space 5.2gb available at the mo because my Note carries all my music and obviously I don't take photo's or vids on the N7, if space became an issue I'd just go usb otg.

StevieP · 4 Dec 2012 at 17:04

thep02 said:
obviously I don't take photo's or vids on the N7

This is another thing I didn't realise - the N7 doesn't have a camera!?!?! I'd have thought it would be pretty much standard on most these days!?!? :confused:

kona786 · 4 Dec 2012 at 17:29

Tab2 will be butter smooth with the JB update.

Mr Krugga · 4 Dec 2012 at 18:32

StevieP said:
This is another thing I didn't realise - the N7 doesn't have a camera!?!?! I'd have thought it would be pretty much standard on most these days!?!?

It does have a front camera. Why would you want to take pictures with your tablet anyway.

StevieP · 4 Dec 2012 at 19:04

Mr Krugga said:
It does have a front camera. Why would you want to take pictures with your tablet anyway.

I find I do use mine for the odd snap or video of my son charging about and I'd guess my dad would want to do the same! (of his grandson, not me!

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StevieP · 4 Dec 2012 at 19:15

kona786 said:
Tab2 will be butter smooth with the JB update.

Isn't that what they said about ICS??

kona786 · 4 Dec 2012 at 20:12

StevieP said:
Isn't that what they said about ICS??

Did they? ICS is a lot smoother than HC. JB takes it where it needs to be.

JTrickle · 4 Dec 2012 at 23:35

StevieP said:
I find I do use mine for the odd snap or video of my son charging about and I'd guess my dad would want to do the same! (of his grandson, not me! )

Just take your phone out of your pocket to take the pictures?

I'm rather glad I didn't have to pay extra for a camera i wouldn't use on my n7.

StevieP · 5 Dec 2012 at 09:46

JTrickle said:
Just take your phone out of your pocket to take the pictures?

I'm rather glad I didn't have to pay extra for a camera i wouldn't use on my n7.

That's the thing though, it's not paying extra - the Galaxy Tab 2 (that has a camera and a micro sd card expansion slot) works out at roughly £60 less (after the Samsung cashback) than the 32GB N7!?!?! :confused:

thep02 · 5 Dec 2012 at 10:41

StevieP said:
(of his grandson, not me! )

LOL, Imagine the world if you could still amaze and instill feelings of love in your dad just by running around the room and jumping over your action man

Oh and I agree with you for an adults dad the tab 2 will prob be the better option if only because it will be adequate for the purpose and cheaper coupled with the data flexibility of the sd slot.

JTrickle · 5 Dec 2012 at 23:17

StevieP said:
That's the thing though, it's not paying extra - the Galaxy Tab 2 (that has a camera and a micro sd card expansion slot) works out at roughly £60 less (after the Samsung cashback) than the 32GB N7!?!?!

Thats a very good point I'm not going to try to counter, but you know what I mean

[They were much more expensive when I bought my n7]

Instead let me remind you how much of a dork people look like when they take pictures with tablets. I'd use the phone anyway even if the n7 did have a camera

Proc · 5 Dec 2012 at 23:23

Me & the gf are trying to decide the same thing, and think we're gonna go with the Tab 2. Like you say with camera, micro sd and cashback its seem like a very good package. That and the gf prefers the white tab to the N7 lol, hopefully the JB update won't be too long.

Rusty! · 6 Dec 2012 at 08:59

The JB update is available in some places. You can install he French region JB ROM, which supports UK English.

Rusty! · 11 Dec 2012 at 10:53

JB is officially available in the UK for the GT2 now, although I had to use Odin to get it installed on mine. Kies can **** off, waste of space that it is.

Electroshadow · 14 Dec 2012 at 10:23

Did this thread ever come to a conclusion? As i am currently pondering over the same question gt2 or n7.

Now that you can get the gt2 for £142 it makes the choice a little harder.

As this is a tablet that i am looking to replace a broken laptop with purely just for web surfing, videos and ebay viewing and placing items. Thus i am slightly leaning towards the gt2 due to the sd card slot and the camera which i could use to photo items with.

The only thing i am a little worried with it the processor as it is only a 1ghz dual core compaired to the n7 1.2 ghz quad core.

Does anyone have any direct experience with the gt2 and how it performs?

TheVoice · 14 Dec 2012 at 10:52

I've never once used the camera on my tablet, other than to actually see if it works. Utterly pointless.