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Hi
i would like to know some of your opinions if you have both the Galaxy Note and also a Nexus 7
i have had my note for almost a year now - generally all pretty good
but for some things i am thinking about the nexus 7
maybe for a bigger ebook reader - kindle / BBC news / Flipboard etc- i have a lot of books which would benefit perhaps on a bigger screen
Tegra 3 - one of the reasons why i would like the nexus 7 - some games can only be played on a tegra 3 device - i am not a really big game player but sometimes would like to play Horn, Dark meadow and the other tegra 3 only games which cannot be played on the Note
general web browsing / ocassional movie watching when out and about would be nice on a bigger screen
i live in europe so google voice is not available at this time - so i wont really use it for any phone calls - maybe skype but ocassionally
i am trying to establish how much of a use it will get in order to see if its worth to purchase it..
please share your useages and experiences with owning both
Actually I have both items, G Note and Nexus 7
I bought the Nexus 7 two months ago, and the Gx Note last week.
Since I bought the Note, I've never used again the Nexus 7 (I'm selling it)
I've downloaded some Tegra Only games and only tried them for a while and never played again.
The Nexus has a bit bigger screen than Note, it is more fast and the touch responsiveness is better, but I prefer to have a decent "All In One" device like the Note (with a good replaceable battery and micro SD slot whith tons of films in it) than having to carry with another device only for a "little more of screen"
I have both too. But I find the Note to be slightly better for everyday use. It's decent sized and runs games (that I play) perfectly fine. Screen is a bit small (as opposed to the 7) for web browsing, but that's something I can live with. On the other hand, the nexus 7 screen is right in the middle of the Note and a 10" tablet. For certain apps, if I run the phone version on the 7, the UI's too big (big buttons, big text); but if I run the tablet version of the app, texts are often too small to read on the 7 inch and some buttons are harder to press as they've been resized to fit the 7" screen. Sorry for my english but I think you get my point.
Now that we have jelly bean running on our exynos powered phones, the whole performance argument doesn't fly. Pretty sure the note outperforms anything with a tegra 3, despite having half as many cores. Exynos ftw!
Apple innovates and Samsung copies, huh? Tell that to my Galaxy Note.
I have the note and 2 nexus 7 had 2 more but sold them, the nexus is much faster (all are running paranoid android 2.5 ROMs if I were going to read , check emails , look up something on the internet it would be no question the nexus 7, if I wanted something small / more portable to check something quick then the note is better plus if need some to make phone calls without being linked to another device ie. Tablet talk then obviously the note is your choice, even though I don't use the note as a phone anymore I would never sell it
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Hi There,
I have a Nexus 7 and a GN. The Nexus is lightning fast, and a real pleasure for games or as a e-reader. I use both devices every day, and I love both.
I use my Nexus for navigation in my car (with car mount). The GN sits in my console, connected to BT for calls.
The one thing I do find is that the Nexus connects to GPS faster, and the nav app (Waze) seems snappier.
Whilst I do love the Nexus 7, as it is an amazingly capable tablet for a very respectable price, there is very little point in any 7" tablet in my opinion so long as you own any of the newer Android devices that often employ a 4.5+ inch display and especially if you own a phone/tablet hybrid such as the Galaxy Note. In my personal opinion, a tablet should be around the 10" mark like the iPad. It is just a nice size for greater productivity, whilst still maintaining greater portability than a laptop.
xxBrun0xx said:
Now that we have jelly bean running on our exynos powered phones, the whole performance argument doesn't fly. Pretty sure the note outperforms anything with a tegra 3, despite having half as many cores. Exynos ftw!
Apple innovates and Samsung copies, huh? Tell that to my Galaxy Note.
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My Note is running the leaked 4.1.1 rom and the nexus the stock 4.1.2 from google and the nexus is a lot faster than the Note
cadcat said:
Hi There,
I have a Nexus 7 and a GN. The Nexus is lightning fast, and a real pleasure for games or as a e-reader. I use both devices every day, and I love both.
I use my Nexus for navigation in my car (with car mount). The GN sits in my console, connected to BT for calls.
The one thing I do find is that the Nexus connects to GPS faster, and the nav app (Waze) seems snappier.
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Same here - have both and am pleased with both. Use the Nexus 7 more for movies and books.
thank you all for this feedback and opinions
a lot of good points have been made here regarding speed of the nexus, size and usages what you have
from what i have evaluated certain tasks are better suited on the nexus and other tasks are more geared towards the note..due to its size etc
lots of things to think about here....
I have Note and tried nexus. Just doesn't feel big enough and had other limitations that didn't help. My Note and Transformer prime work a lot better as a combo for me.
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I have a Galaxy Note and a Nexus 7. Although its a nice device i hardly use my nexus 7 as my Note can do everything it can (except the tegra3 specific games) but theyre not really that good tbh. Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean was much smoother but i have since installed super nexus rom on my note and theyre pretty much the same now.
My Nexus is mostly a home device for me until I get my hands on the 3g version then i will bring it out and will be doing mostly my surfing and emails with it. My Gnote is mostly just phone calls and occasional quick surfing, whatsapp, Facebook, etc.
I reckon a tablet and phone have their own specific uses and each supplement the cons of the other. Everyone should have both!
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First of all hi to all of you, I am new to the xda forums and a proud owner of a galaxy note which will soon get a custom rom .
I was also thinking about buying a Nexus 7 mainly for reading ebooks but I am unsure about the display quality - isn't the notes super amoled far superior?
kasus said:
First of all hi to all of you, I am new to the xda forums and a proud owner of a galaxy note which will soon get a custom rom .
I was also thinking about buying a Nexus 7 mainly for reading ebooks but I am unsure about the display quality - isn't the notes super amoled far superior?
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I have both aswell and happy with both of them. One would expect the screen quality of Gnote to be better due to the super amoled tech it uses but in reality it have black clipping issues which make watching low quality videos a problem.
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is the Galaxy Note S-Pen working on the Nexus 7 ??
if yes - how is the experience - same as the note or better /worse
I too have both. I love everything about the Note (previous phones were Nexus One followed by Nexus S) except what it's missing... the Nexus experience. The Nexus 7 reminded me what I'm missing. My wife inherited my Nexus S and I still envy her smooth clean experience with a phone that's 2 years old. She has JB with Google Now and all the goodies... I sit here with a beautiful 5.3" screen, and incredibly powerful hand held computer, but stuck on ICS. When will we get JB on the Note (Samsung is in no hurry.They want to sell new phones)? I considered rooting and installing a rom, but after following this forum since I purchased my Nexus One, I decided to stay stock. Too many problems.
After much thought I've decided to sell my Note and will pre-order the Nexus 4 as soon as it hits the Play Store. I will never buy a phone or tablet again without it being pure Google.
ilegales said:
is the Galaxy Note S-Pen working on the Nexus 7 ??
if yes - how is the experience - same as the note or better /worse
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No.
I have, had both. Love both.
kasus said:
First of all hi to all of you, I am new to the xda forums and a proud owner of a galaxy note which will soon get a custom rom .
I was also thinking about buying a Nexus 7 mainly for reading ebooks but I am unsure about the display quality - isn't the notes super amoled far superior?
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Blacks are a lot blacker with the note but I was surprised that the nexus looks much sharper and detailed. Maybe is my lame screen protector not sure.
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Which is better? Thanks for your help.
No question about it.
The Nexus 7.
But don't forget, your at a Nexus 7 forum, ask the same question in a Galaxy forum and you'll get the same response but the other way round.
But it really is an brilliant device.
I know, but as in specs. Evidence doesn't lie
Yeah. Don't have enough to afford a nexus 10 in my country :'( $130 more than in the US.
Definitely get a nexus 7. I hear people moan about how slow galaxy tabs are compared with n7
yeah but what about specs?
Well the Tab2 7 already has old software on it where we are getting ANOTHER update to 4.2
The Tab2 is a nice tablet and I've seen it reduced to $249 to compete with the N7 but longevity, the Nexus easily wins. For me, half of the fun of owning a device is getting new features with a Nexus device. Plus if there is any problems, being able to get those fixes from somewhere other then the manufacture 4 months later.
Right now, both tabs a close draw. They are both really nice tablets with really nice features. But think about choosing one a year from now. In one hand you'll have the Nexus 7 running Key Lime Pie 5.0 vs the Tab2 [maybe] running JB 4.2
There's most always a way to manually update it.
Which one is faster? Has better resolution? Better speakers? Etc
I'd like to know the physical comparison.
I think the N7 is a no brainer over the Tab2.
Well you managed to navigate here, why not navigate to google & search for a side by side comparison I'm sure there are loads you could salivate over :banghead:
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Nexus 7 all the way. Best specs and it's essentially meant to be modded
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If you're looking for an unbiased answer you are looking in the wrong place. Try Google.
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I have both so can try and give an objective view
The nexus 7 is slicker and faster for sure although regular folk who have used both don't notice any difference. I prefer the nexus 7 screen but the tab 2 is fine, nothing too major.
I actually prefer the software layout on the tab, I hate not being able to delete a home screen on the nexus on stock and I prefer the quick access to power toggles on the tab. I dont however like the stupid app panel on the tab that you cant disable.
One thing that surprised me, I do miss the back camera on the nexus. Just for stupid things like taking pics of the cats or whatever, its just handy to have that feature.
Of course you have the SD card on the tab, which is a bonus but the tab has less storage space for apps now the nexus is 16gb min. I will however use the tab on long journeys and trips away as I can put all my video and music files on the SD card. I just wished they found a way to let you (unrooted) move the large app data files to SD. Sygic GPS does allow you to move the map files to the ext SD so thats handy.
Tab doesnt allow my xbox controller to work on usb OTG whereas Nexus 7 does, although the tab worked with on other input devices such as mice.
To sum up, the Nexus is my preferred device in the majority of situations and I am recommending this to my parents over the tab2 unless a very good deal can be had for the tab2. So unless your someone who needs the extra SD space for media or will really use the back camera a lot, the Nexus would be my pick
edit: oh and I hate chrome on the nexus, much prefer the browser on the tab, chrome is unbelievable slow to the point of frustration
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If you're looking for an unbiased answer you are looking in the wrong place. Try Google.
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I did.
DrEzkimo said:
I have both so can try and give an objective view
The nexus 7 is slicker and faster for sure although regular folk who have used both don't notice any difference. I prefer the nexus 7 screen but the tab 2 is fine, nothing too major.
I actually prefer the software layout on the tab, I hate not being able to delete a home screen on the nexus on stock and I prefer the quick access to power toggles on the tab. I dont however like the stupid app panel on the tab that you cant disable.
One thing that surprised me, I do miss the back camera on the nexus. Just for stupid things like taking pics of the cats or whatever, its just handy to have that feature.
Of course you have the SD card on the tab, which is a bonus but the tab has less storage space for apps now the nexus is 16gb min. I will however use the tab on long journeys and trips away as I can put all my video and music files on the SD card. I just wished they found a way to let you (unrooted) move the large app data files to SD. Sygic GPS does allow you to move the map files to the ext SD so thats handy.
Tab doesnt allow my xbox controller to work on usb OTG whereas Nexus 7 does, although the tab worked with on other input devices such as mice.
To sum up, the Nexus is my preferred device in the majority of situations and I am recommending this to my parents over the tab2 unless a very good deal can be had for the tab2. So unless your someone who needs the extra SD space for media or will really use the back camera a lot, the Nexus would be my pick
edit: oh and I hate chrome on the nexus, much prefer the browser on the tab, chrome is unbelievable slow to the point of frustration
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Helpful, thanks
Just find the AOSP browser for the N7 if you can.
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I have both as well, though the Tab 2 is on "semi-permanent loan" to my daughter.
First, Nexus 7 is Tegra 3, the Tab 2 is not. That means there will be some apps for the Nexus 7 that won't be available for the Tab 2 directly thru the Play Store (but possibly can be side loaded).
The Tab 2 features TouchWiz, but you probably knew that.
The Tab 2 has a built in IR blaster that works pretty good.
The Tab 2 being 8gb really only has about 5gb as usable storage.
The Quick Launch bar on the Tab 2 is nice, but seems that you can only add Samsung apps to it.
There is a Screen shot button on the main navbar of the Tab 2 that is too damn close to the Recent Apps button - I really don't like the positioning of it.
I personally miss having a rear camera on the N7, but it's not a deal breaker.
Updates, updates, updates for the N7 - big plus (stock Tab 2 still on 4.0.4)
Overall, I prefer the N7
I own them both.
You can't really compare them.
The Nexus is smooth, fast and definitely higher res.
The Tab has a sweet remote, ext. Memory and a back cam.
At the end end of the day, I love them both. But for very different reasons.
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Well, now for a different perspective. I've had extensive time with both of them before giving the Tab to my sister. Stock, the Nexus will blow the Tab away in speed. The stock launcher on the Tab just felt so slow and laggy. But when I rooted the tab and put a jb rom on it, you honestly couldn't tell the difference between the two. The Nexus has newer hardware, so the specs are a bit better, but the Tab has expandable memory and an ir port, as well as a rear camera. Now, the jb rom doesn't have working drivers for the ir yet, but it's going to get jb officially soon, so that won't be an issue for long. I'd personally take the Nexus over the Tab, but it's really up to you. If you spend time learning to root the Tab, the difference in the processor isn't really enough to make much of a difference. I'm actually thinking about getting one for myself to go along with my Nexus.
Impulse purchase. I have an amazing ereader, a galaxy s2, a laptop and pc.
I've been playing around with the nexus 7 now for almost a week. I have another week before I can return it with no questions asked. What else can this nexus 7 offer me? Should I keep it or return it?
What is everyone doing with their nexus 7 when you have an amazing phone handy?
I'm currently streaming videos online, browse a bit and play some games. I could do this all on my phone.... Right? What makes this more superior? (other than the obvious "bigger screen") why not get the nexus 10? An even bigger screen!
I'm open to ideas and I would love to hear them. I would love to keep this tablet if there's a very solid reason.
I find the 10 inch tabs too big to be truly portable. My tab 10.1 usually stays at home while I take my Nexus 7 out more. I have an s2 but find I'm using the 7 more so the S2 battery is lasting way longer. That in itself is enough reason for me to keep it
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Hey guys, I am currently deciding of wheater or not I should get me a New phone. For example the HTC one or the LG Optimus g pro.
My question for you guys with a pretty fast and new phone is, do you guys still usw your nexus 7, does it feel more sluggish because you have a fast phone? I am really concerned about that. Thank you guys for sharing your experiences!
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To me my phone and my tablet serve 2 different purposes. I have a nexus 4 in addition to my nexus 7 and if I'm not out I almost exclusively use my 7. Why stare at a small screen when you don't have to? It isn't like the 7 is some ancient p.o.s. It is an overall solid device, why buy a tablet if you just default to your phone all the time? It is called a phone for a reason.
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To me my phone and my tablet serve 2 different purposes.
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Same here. My Galaxy S4 seems smoother and faster but the apps on it tend to be on-the-go type of stuff whereas my Nexus 7 is more for reading and relaxing. I tend to game more on the Nexus 7 too.
I agree with the others, my phone and tablet serve 2 different purposes. I have a Galaxy S3, which I love dearly and which is fast, but when I have my tablet with me, I hook up to my SG3's mobile hotspot and that's about the extent of my phone use. From there on out, I do everything on my nexus 7- browsing, books, movies, games, etc. I DO love my phone when I don't have my tablet, but for entertainment, it doesn't top my tablet. The only downside is if there's no wifi and I don't have my phone, I can't connect on my tablet... but that pretty much never happens. There's always either wifi or my phone's data, so yeah...
I would say the only time I use my phone instead of my tablet (when I've got the choice of either), is when my kids have hijacked my tablet, lol. Then I don't have much choice!
So I'm thinking about either getting a Samsung Nexus or the Nexus 4. According to this video and one can even see it, the screen is somewhat unresponsive. Does this issue persist with newer Android versions? At the beginning he even says one has to type moderately to not skip letters.
httqs://youtube.com/watch?v=-SCJG9JMnlY&t=11m55s Nexus 4 vs Galaxy Nexus
The nexus 4 is still a good device I use mine as a backup but I have no doubt that I could use it as a main phone,stay far away from the gnex it was a good device in its day its just to slow even for basic tasks I had one it eventually died
The unresponsive screen was fixed in an update I think. I never have to press a letter twice when writing messages, im on kitkat.