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Anybody have a Nexus 7 w/ a 4.8" screen phone?

So I just sold my Acer a500 with hopes of getting 32gb nexus 7. But my gf raised a point of, is it worth it since your phone is already almost 5 in. So does anyone else have a large screen phone an still enjoy an think their nexus 7 is worth it? My dad offered me his transformer prime for $300 so now I'm thinking about that since its way improves over my a500.
I really just use my tablet for web browsing an viewing power points an documents for college. So, do you guys think its worth it if you have a large sized screen phone?
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I thought exactly the same as you having a HTC One X.. But the difference between the two is like chalk and cheese.
Go for it :thumbup:
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EN4CER69 said:
I thought exactly the same as you having a HTC One X.. But the difference between the two is like chalk and cheese.
Go for it :thumbup:
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Yeah I have a sgs3. I held the 7 last night an the screen looked very nice an fit well in the hand. Just worried about downgrading to 7 from 10 in. But for what I used my Acer for, the 7 seems like it will be fine. Just like I said in my post about it being not "too" far off from my sgs3 4.8" screen.
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For me personally the N7 is too small for web browsing, I don't like to zoom in and out all the time. I think that 8-9' is the perfect size, but I don't see Google making it anytime soon, so I'm going to buy the N10 as soon as its available.

poisike said:
For me personally the N7 is too small for web browsing, I don't like to zoom in and out all the time. I think that 8-9' is the perfect size, but I don't see Google making it anytime soon, so I'm going to buy the N10 as soon as its available.
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There was no WiFi at Walmart where I had it so I couldn't try web browsing. So I can't really comment on zooming in an out. On my 10" Acer I still had to zoom in an out browsing the web. Though it depended what orientation I had it in. Landscape I could read as is, but portrait I had to zoom in a lot.
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Normal operating temperatures?

This phone gets hot! I'm at 103°F right now while charging with lowest screen brightness and just going thru xda and the web. Should I worry?
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jaZzyjeff818 said:
This phone gets hot! I'm at 103°F right now while charging with lowest screen brightness and just going thru xda and the web. Should I worry?
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That's about right 40 degree Celsius ..... I don't think you need to worry

Really? It feels so dangerous though..
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Phones always seem to get hotter while charging anyway

That's roughly 39-40C which is normal for a smartphone under constant usage and/or load. My Galaxy Nexus was around 38-39C whenever I used it for extended periods, that's nothing to be worried about.

My single core 1ghz galaxy s is AF 40° charging, browsing web and on xda. Your fine.
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It probably just feels really hot because of the glass back, but as everyone has said, that's not too hot at all, pretty normal, especially when charging.

Thanks guys. So what temperatures should I look out for?
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Don't worry about it, OP. The phone will throttle itself to lower the temp if it gets too hot. In an extreme situation it will shut down. The engineers took care of this. It'll be OK.
You remind me of first time parents who boil everything before the baby can touch it. By kid number 2, they just pick the pacifier up off of the ground, wipe it off and pop it in the kid's mouth.
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Don't worry about it, OP. The phone will throttle itself to lower the temp if it gets too hot. In an extreme situation it will shut down. The engineers took care of this. It'll be OK.
You remind me of first time parents who boil everything before the baby can touch it. By kid number 2, they just pick the pacifier up off of the ground, wipe it off and pop it in the kid's mouth.
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Lol alright well at least I got the insurance
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I never use my devices while charging but light use is pk I guess. Gaming and stiff while charging though gets things really how very fast..
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This phone does get hotter than the Galaxy Nexus, but it's nothing compared my HTC Sensation. The hottest phone I have ever lay my hands on.
Btw, anyone know any good apps to record the temperatures?
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This phone does get hotter than the Galaxy Nexus, but it's nothing compared my HTC Sensation. The hottest phone I have ever lay my hands on.
Btw, anyone know any good apps to record the temperatures?
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Hmm idk about that. My Sensation did get crazy hot when I used the Chichitec battery in it but when I switched to the Anker battery I rarely noticed any heat anymore. But this N4 seems to be up there, maybe a little more than I ever felt my Sensation.
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jaZzyjeff818 said:
This phone gets hot! I'm at 103°F right now while charging with lowest screen brightness and just going thru xda and the web. Should I worry?
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Use your nexus 7 let her charge in peace
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jaZzyjeff818 said:
Hmm idk about that. My Sensation did get crazy hot when I used the Chichitec battery in it but when I switched to the Anker battery I rarely noticed any heat anymore. But this N4 seems to be up there, maybe a little more than I ever felt my Sensation.
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I had the anker battery and sometimes that it will get so happy that it turns itself off.
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Just got mine!

Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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congrats, I love my note 8
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Me too. Most of the Android tablets out there are junk. This one's definitely different.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Nutsonfire said:
Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Same mind.

Nutsonfire said:
Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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The light is bleeding from where?
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congratz.. it will be a nice tablet man:cyclops:

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The light is bleeding from where?
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In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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Nutsonfire said:
In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.

msn0005 said:
Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.
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I dont know I'm living with it for now. Fact is that when you flex the tablet the whole screen goes black or white so probably there is something with how these tablets are built. Also if I press at the spot the light bleed disappears...
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Nutsonfire said:
Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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Welcome to the club! While I was very happy with mine out of the box I'm getting a lot of pleasure out of tweeking the performance and trying out different apps to take advantage of the stylus (in between playing a shed load of games that wouldnt run on my old tablet).

There is no need to open a new thread because you bought the tablet. Imagine everyone who buys Galaxy Note 8.0 to open a new thread.
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Owning new nexus 7 and galaxy s4

I want to know the persons who have the new nexus 7 and galaxy s4. What's the purpose of getting the nexus 7 when already have galaxy s4? I know it's a tablet but it's 2 inches bigger. I'm deciding if I should get it
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I have both and I think its totally worth ut
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Ramone360 said:
I want to know the persons who have the new nexus 7 and galaxy s4. What's the purpose of getting the nexus 7 when already have galaxy s4? I know it's a tablet but it's 2 inches bigger. I'm deciding if I should get it
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Actually its alot bigger than just two inches.
Other than that it doesn't lag and doesn't have a ui called touchwiz
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BrianDigital said:
Actually its alot bigger than just two inches.
Other than that it doesn't lag and doesn't have a ui called touchwiz
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What you use your nexus for?
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Ramone360 said:
What you use your nexus for?
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Music, web browsing, Reddit, gaming, magazines, rdp for my home computers, file management on nas, social networking, video watching, video chats, porn, an extra remote control for my htpc, responding to forums posts, email, hangouts, weather.
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Ramone360 said:
What you use your nexus for?
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I use the n7 mainly for browsing the net and some minor games. The n7 is only two inches bigger, but it feels and look much bigger than that. I also have the ipad3, but it's getting a bit uncomfortable and heavy for my taste, so this 7" tablet is just the right size for me.
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BrianDigital said:
Music, web browsing, Reddit, gaming, magazines, rdp for my home computers, file management on nas, social networking, video watching, video chats, porn, an extra remote control for my htpc, responding to forums posts, email, hangouts, weather.
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Pr0n! My only reason!

MMakoto said:
I use the n7 mainly for browsing the net and some minor games. The n7 is only two inches bigger, but it feels and look much bigger than that. I also have the ipad3, but it's getting a bit uncomfortable and heavy for my taste, so this 7" tablet is just the right size for me.
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That's cause its not just 2 inches bigger
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Ramone360 said:
I want to know the persons who have the new nexus 7 and galaxy s4. What's the purpose of getting the nexus 7 when already have galaxy s4? I know it's a tablet but it's 2 inches bigger. I'm deciding if I should get it
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The "2 inch bigger" tablet have over 2X the screen size of the GS4 (N7 22.08 inch^2 vs GS4 10.68 in^2) , It provide substantially better content consumption(Video playback/Ebook +Comic Reading) experience and web broswing. I can even comfortably read/edit Word/Excel with Kingsoft Office on it.
Not to mention the Super Bright LCD screen (538nits, GS4's AMOLED can't dream to match) & Stereo speakers.

I have the s4 rooted and an considering getting the n7 as well. Quick question. I haven't found the answer yet but is the memory expandable?
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I have a S4 and bought an Nexus 7 mainly because i want to read PDF and Word documents. S4's screen is to small to do this. But with 7 inch and FHD it is good enough to read letter/DIN A4 docs.Screen resolution does matter to me, so an Galaxy Note 8 or 10 was no real alternative. But I would have taken a Nexus 8 as well

I have both, definitely worth it for Web Surfing and video.
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toakster said:
I have the s4 rooted and an considering getting the n7 as well. Quick question. I haven't found the answer yet but is the memory expandable?
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NO,
just buy the 32 gig and you wont get any problems with the storage,, only extra 40 pounds for 16gb...
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Please do not compare Galaxy S4 with nexus 7!! doesnt make any sense dude,,, i own both devices, think about, S4 is your mobile phone, so you are using for making calls, text, and web browsing! usually dont even last all day, need to get charge, where nexus 7 coming in and you using it for watching cheeky videos and playing games!

Thank you guys. Now I know what to do
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I've got both too. At first I thought why do I need it S4 does most things well. But at this price I couldn't complain. Been using it since yesterday and barely touched my phone. The bigger screen is better for browsing and such. Playing games is better to with a bigger screen. Watching videos too. So far I like it.
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One is a phone the other is a tablet. Two totally different devices.
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I can go two days without charging my evo 3d now I have my tablet.

I own both as well, both currently running SlimBean ROM, which is very nice having the interface be the same across platforms, as well as being rid of the hot mess that I'd touch wiz. Well with it in my opinion to have both, even if both running stock ROM.
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I have both. For me the N7 is an at-home device, whereas the S4 is an on-the-go (outside the house) device.

Ramone360 said:
Thank you guys. Now I know what to do
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What's that? Get the new N7? :laugh:

GTA San Andreas coming to mobile!

Save some space on your N5
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...-san-andreas-mobile-coming-this-december.html

I have GTA III. I'm still learning the controls, LOL! Imagine learning THIS one!
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Skyrim on the nexus 5 would be crazy
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pandacookie said:
I have GTA III. I'm still learning the controls, LOL! Imagine learning THIS one!
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Really? I found them quite adaptive. Especially since you can customize the layout of each individual button. The position of it on the screen and 5 different sizes for each button. Even the HUD map on the screen is customizable. I definitely couldn't rock the default controls on GTA 3 and Vice city for mobile. So I suggest you go into the settings

augoza said:
Really? I found them quite adaptive. Especially since you can customize the layout of each individual button. The position of it on the screen and 5 different sizes for each button. Even the HUD map on the screen is customizable. I definitely couldn't rock the default controls on GTA 3 and Vice city for mobile. So I suggest you go into the settings
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So you can set what buttons do what? Good to know! I'll have to try again. It's on my phone, but I didn't use it because I didn't understand that I could configure it. Thanks!
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So you can set what buttons do what? Good to know! I'll have to try again. It's on my phone, but I didn't use it because I didn't understand that I could configure it. Thanks!
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Not exactly. You can move the buttons pretty much wherever is comfortable for you. And choose 5 different sizes for each one. Yw!

augoza said:
Not exactly. You can move the buttons pretty much wherever is comfortable for you. And choose 5 different sizes for each one. Yw!
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Yeah. You should have seen me the first few times. I kept flipping the car over!
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pandacookie said:
Yeah. You should have seen me the first few times. I kept flipping the car over!
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Haha for sure. Also in Vice City mobile you could boost performance and graphics/ draw distance. I'm not certain if you can on gta3 mobile, but you should check it out in the settings. Might be under "display". I don't have a nexus 5 yet, I'd imagine it would look very nice.

fantastic news!! get your mogas ready

gado45 said:
fantastic news!! get your mogas ready
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Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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He'll yeah!! Can't wait man. I'm guessing the size would be around 2-4 gb
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im still waiting gta5 to come on pc!

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Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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The Pocket isn't great, the Pro is good.

So I may pickup a moga pro just for this Badboy. I've been on the fence about it for a while now and this is definitely a game I would invest a controller for.
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Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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Once setup works like a charm. I only play every once in a while but never had any issues
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The Pocket isn't great, the Pro is good.
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I have the pocket
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Marck527 said:
So I may pickup a moga pro just for this Badboy. I've been on the fence about it for a while now and this is definitely a game I would invest a controller for.
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Same here. The new Moga Power series looks really good. They made it better than the v1 and it now can charge your phone while you play.

Ok that's cool I didn't know there was a new version. But I already have a ps3 controller so no point in buying something else. Unless there was something that attached to the phone like a slide case like the iphone one. Then that would be worth buying (except for iphone it costs 100 dollars id only buy it if it was at most 1/3 of that lol )

Amazon version is out now!! At least for the UK. I'm not going to purchase it from there though, I'm waiting for the Google play version.
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Marck527 said:
Amazon version is out now!! At least for the UK. I'm not going to purchase it from there though, I'm waiting for the Google play version.
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Google play version is out but seems broken
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Google play version is out but seems broken
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Just downloaded it and as a lot of people had the purchase bug, got a small update, fixed it but Crashes upon starting a game.
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