Nexus 7 (2013) - Mini Review
by Brian Klug on July 27, 2013 12:54 AM EST- Posted in
- Tablets
- Snapdragon
- Qualcomm
- Android
- Mobile
- APQ8064
- Nexus 7
- Android 4.3
I hesitate to do quick turnaround reviews of products, that’s why this is a short review and Anand is hopefully going to take a longer look at the Nexus 7 (2013). From the time that I’ve spent with the new Nexus 7 however, I think it’s safe at this point to deem it more than a worthy successor to the tablet that not only dominated its form factor for its entire run, but proved that 7-inches was probably the right size for Android tablets. The display is excellent, and at present the best in its 7–8 inch class, beating even the iPad mini in terms of GMB Delta-E 2000 and resolution. Performance is great, build quality is great, and the whole affair runs stock, unadulterated Android 4.3.
The new Nexus 7 is everything a generational refresh should be – performance goes up dramatically, issues were fixed (storage), features were added (5 GHz WiFi, rear facing camera, Qi charging, high DPI display), and it’s all in a thinner and lighter form factor. Everything about the OG Nexus 7 is better in the 2013 model, all while keeping basically the same price point, and we haven’t even looked at the 4G LTE enabled version yet which adds the right kind of operator-agnostic LTE bands for two regions that I’ve been begging for. It’s undeniable that Google is doing something right with the Nexus program, and along with it, hardware partner ASUS.
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Krysto - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
It looks like Adreno 330 will be pretty close in performance to AMD's Kabini.FwFred - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
At what power level? Temash level power for Temash level performance with an Ivy Bridge die size. Amazing!vailr - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
Any rumors on whether Amazon will be updating their Kindle Fire HD soon? Note that: Amazon's $200 8.9" Android tablet has had stereo speakers for almost a year now. Would also be nice if they could add an SD memory slot to the Kindle Fire HD.Krysto - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
Amazon's 1080p 8.9" Kindle Fire was $300, and it's $270 right now it seems.tom300 - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
I find it hilarious that Brian's Nexus 7 mini-review is 10x more in-depth than The Verge's full "review" (if you can call it that). Nice job as always.Alpeshkh - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
My thoughts exactly!Krysto - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
Not only that, but there are a lot of inaccuracies in the Verge review, too, such as all the talk about whether it will slow down or not in the future, without even knowing why the first one was slowing down in the first place, and researching the issue.phillyry - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - link
Ya. Tweeted @piercedavid about that one, just in case he hadn't read the anandtech mini review since posting his own.Nimer55 - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - link
I think I could have written the Verge review; i didn't learn anything i hadn't learnt while reading the hands on. It was mostly a "my experience with tablets and reading on them + nexus 7 (2012) problems + Nexus 7 (2013) hands on. "phillyry - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - link
I, personally, like the hands on feel that The Verge's reviews go for.I find that that combined with the detail here on anandtech give a nice Type A-Type B balance.