*** Nexus 7 2nd Gen thread ***

[kmetek]

What happened at Google I/O....no new Nexus 7!!?!!! I have £200 burning a hole in my pocket....

can i give you my acc number? j/k

anyway: point in FH resolution for 7''?

 

[Rusty!]

More point to it than FHD @ 4.7/5"

 

[Defiant306]

I think he was making the point that a developer conference may not be the place to expect hardware launches.

I got that, but the point I was making which to me is more relevant is that he/she came in to post that in a thread about I/O in a Mobile Phones and Tablets sub forum and not a developers or software one.

 

[BoomAM]

Are there any planned launch events any time soon?

 

[_Jimlad_]

maybe we will get one when JB 4.3 comes in June.

 

[ginger_pat]

Thought i'd post in this thread as it's here,
What are your views on the new Nexus 7?
I think it's great and really want to get my hands on one, I just hope they release a suitable official date, rather than going off the Purple shirt store's dates which I really hope aren't accurate.

 

[DIABLO]

The Verge review 9/10.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/26/4558626/google-nexus-7-review-2013

 

[POB]

Is there any standard to wireless chargers? Or do you need a new one for everything?

 

[DIABLO]

Is there any standard to wireless chargers? Or do you need a new one for everything?

The QI standard.

 

[hillbilly2]

I will be in the que for one of these. Give my original 7 to the wife.

 

[Rusty!]

What are your views on the new Nexus 7?

Cracking tablet for not a lot of money. It's basically a Nexus 4 with a larger & higher resolution screen, so you know what you're getting.

 

[snapdragon]

I'm down for one, sold my first gen N7 for a reasonable sum and for all the small improvements in the second gen I'm happy to pay a small premium.

 

[CK61938]

Already pre-ordered the new one today! Then selling off both my 16GB and 32GB of the old version when it arrives!

The specs alone are just mesmerising!!

 

[Fallen god]

I want one, but I also want a iPad ahhh.

 

[manic111]

I still don't like the aspect ratio for anything but films

 

[Cosimo]

Teardown:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus 7 2nd Generation Teardown/16072/1

 

[kona786]

A lovely bright screen:



More awesome news about the eMMC: Added TRIM in 4.3.

The story actually is a bit more involved however. One of the big problems was that the slowness which occurred with the prior Nexus 7 took device aging to appear – it was great for the first few months, but after you started loading it things tailed off.

The new Nexus 7 (2013) with Android 4.3 includes support for fstrim, essentially idle garbage collection, which TRIMs the eMMC when a few conditions are met – the device is idle, screen off, and battery above roughly 70-percent. I’m told that TRIM support has been part of the eMMC standard since around version 4.2, it was just a matter of enabling it in software. The result is that the new Nexus 7 shouldn’t have these aging affects at all. Better yet, fstrim support has also been added to the old Nexus 7 with as of the Android 4.3 update, so if you’ve got a Nexus 7 that feels slow, I/O performance should get better after fstrim runs in the background.

I'm checking on whether the other Nexus devices have also had TRIM support added. I would consider the slow storage aging problem fixed as of now, and Google took the eMMC and storage I/O performance issues with the previous Nexus 7 to heart for this version.

 

[Nexus18]

Very very very tempted by this! Such an amazing price

If the moto X is a let down or we end up not getting anything here in the UK, I might get one of these instead.

 

[steveo]

dont slate me for this guys but i have never owned a Android device as i have always been on apple products, now i just got rid of my 1st gen ipad to my sister and am just wondering how easy these are to work with regarding settings getting the jist of it for a first time user,

if i can get along with the nexus 7 then am tempted to ditch the 4s and go with android phone as well, hoping to use the DSLR controller with the 5D2 along with Plex and PDF viewing while away

 

[alex24]

Will be contemplating trading in the TF101 + cash for a lighter, more convenient device.

I guess a Slimport adapter satisfies the need for HDMI connections (that I sometimes use).

Most things don't need a keyboard anymore, and I've found external SD storage useless since I made an effort to move to the cloud. The TF101 is a bit of a beast by todays standards. That said, it still works well with CM10. I guess I'll wait for some more reviews/signs of any initial issues (screen lift anyone?) before making a decision.