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Jellybean Xoom vs Nexus 7 vid

Hey everyone,
Made this video to compare the 2., You can see the clear winner as far as 'butter' experience goes. I'm happy with both, but I thought I share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKGUPNd03M
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razorseal said:
Hey everyone,
Made this video to compare the 2., You can see the clear winner as far as 'butter' experience goes. I'm happy with both, but I thought I share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKGUPNd03M
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Very interesting.
Ancient dual core Xoom is performing pretty darn well vs the brand new quad core Nexus 7, especially since you have a live wallpaper running on the Xoom while you have a static wallpaper on the Nexus 7.
If you don't try to level the playing field, what kind of conclusions can we draw from the comparison?

thanx for sharing.
I am really happy having the xoom ;-)
WBR
Siemens Lover

okantomi said:
Very interesting.
Ancient dual core Xoom is performing pretty darn well vs the brand new quad core Nexus 7, especially since you have a live wallpaper running on the Xoom while you have a static wallpaper on the Nexus 7.
If you don't try to level the playing field, what kind of conclusions can we draw from the comparison?
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I think Xoom is starting to show it's age. It's by no means an unpleasant experience. But side by side, it tells me it's time to upgrade. Problem is,I don't know a device like the zoom that offers awesome dev supports from here because it's ged, and also has lte...
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Remember it's also the only tablet running jelly bean besides the nexus 7 in a usable configuration
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razorseal said:
Hey everyone,
Made this video to compare the 2., You can see the clear winner as far as 'butter' experience goes. I'm happy with both, but I thought I share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKGUPNd03M
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if you wanna compare wait till cm10 gets released... and whats makes you think a static wallpaper vs a live wallpaper will show the same results....n nexus 7 is optimized for jellybean...while zoom still has jst got there alpha releases....
till den guys dont jump to conclutions

razorseal said:
Remember it's also the only tablet running jelly bean besides the nexus 7 in a usable configuration
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I get you...looking for a new toy but nothing out there currently temps me...the Nexus 7 seems to have some production flaws and is pretty limited by low amount of storage and will be fun for media/web browsing/reading, but not useful for productivity, which I depend on the Xoom for when on the road. Perhaps the Asus Transformer Infinity will be a satisfactory upgrade...I wish Google would call on Moto for the next Nexus tablet...Moto builds are rock-solid, and the GED versions have a long life, like our OG Xoom.
And I have never found a live wallpaper works well on the Xoom...just hogs too much processing power/ram.

As mentioned on your YouTube video, the different screen sizes and the distance the animation must travel may make the zoom appear not to be as smooth. Also one is a tegra2 and the other is a newer tegra3.
Xoom 4G + Team EOS Jellybean nightlies = WIN

djpry said:
if you wanna compare wait till cm10 gets released... and whats makes you think a static wallpaper vs a live wallpaper will show the same results....n nexus 7 is optimized for jellybean...while zoom still has jst got there alpha releases....
till den guys dont jump to conclutions
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when I get home,I will make a second video with both static wallpapers. I honestly forgot Xoom had the kind wallpaper. So relax
I will most certainly make a video with a stable eos 3.0.0 when it comes out. But right now, it's all we got. There were also people disagreeing with me when I said it's not very smooth. So I posted this to show.
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runhopskipjump said:
As mentioned on your YouTube video, the different screen sizes and the distance the animation must travel may make the zoom appear not to be as smooth. Also one is a tegra2 and the other is a newer tegra3.
Xoom 4G + Team EOS Jellybean nightlies = WIN
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I disagree, I'm not talking about when animations stop. It's the frame rate when like chrome comes into view. It's hard to explain. I understand it will take longer to finish the animation because it has more screen to cover. Also look when I scroll seeing chrome.
And yes, tegra 2, vs tegra 3. That's why I think it's happening. Both machines are running fast as they could. You just can't make the xoom smooth as nexus because of the dual core 1ghz tegra 2, vs quad core 1.3ghz nexus 7.
But anyway, I'm going to make a video comparing the 2 on static wallpaper. I think that's gonna make a difference.
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okantomi said:
I get you...looking for a new toy but nothing out there currently temps me...the Nexus 7 seems to have some production flaws and is pretty limited by low amount of storage and will be fun for media/web browsing/reading, but not useful for productivity, which I depend on the Xoom for when on the road. Perhaps the Asus Transformer Infinity will be a satisfactory upgrade...I wish Google would call on Moto for the next Nexus tablet...Moto builds are rock-solid, and the GED versions have a long life, like our OG Xoom.
And I have never found a live wallpaper works well on the Xoom...just hogs too much processing power/ram.
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didn't google buy out Motorola? I'm surprised they gave this nexus to Asus. I really hope the next nexus tablet will have some kind of mobile radio
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yes motorola is under google now...but nexus 7 was into RND process far before they took over motorola...if i am not wrong motorola will produce all the nexus banner phones and tabs from now on...
yaaa its true tegra2 vs tegra3... but lets give it up guys...moto zoom is a year old...device and its a premium tab compared to a nexus 7...which is a basic tab...

djpry said:
yes motorola is under google now...but nexus 7 was into RND process far before they took over motorola...if i am not wrong motorola will produce all the nexus banner phones and tabs from now on...
yaaa its true tegra2 vs tegra3... but lets give it up guys...moto zoom is a year old...device and its a premium tab compared to a nexus 7...which is a basic tab...
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Indeed. I'm just mad my girl had the faster tablet. Lol.. but I'm not about to give up my lte connection, and I prefer 10" screen. A tablet isn't something I put in my pocket (or my purse lol) so if I'm tagging it along, I'll take the extra estate is a bigger screen.
The 7 is perfect my girl though, because she just puts it in her purse.
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Wait till rc gets on for cm10.....zoom will zoom to glory soon

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Wait till rc gets on for cm10.....zoom will zoom to glory soon
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Did cm9 exist for the xoom? I always used teameos, so I never cared to look. I did use cm9 on my atrix though
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afaik the JB source code for xoom is not released so the comparison is pretty harsh atm.

razorseal said:
Did cm9 exist for the xoom? I always used teameos, so I never cared to look. I did use cm9 on my atrix though
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have you lost it dude....you didnt use cm9 yes cm9 is available....for zoom try it...
well i never use any other rom other than cyanogenmod

djpry said:
yes motorola is under google now...but nexus 7 was into RND process far before they took over motorola...if i am not wrong motorola will produce all the nexus banner phones and tabs from now on...
yaaa its true tegra2 vs tegra3... but lets give it up guys...moto zoom is a year old...device and its a premium tab compared to a nexus 7...which is a basic tab...
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Erm, I'd say the Nexus 7 qualifies as a premium tablet too albeit of 7in variety. Let's not forget it is being sold at cost or it could easily command extra 30% or so in price.
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djpry said:
have you lost it dude....you didnt use cm9 yes cm9 is available....for zoom try it...
well i never use any other rom other than cyanogenmod
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Team EOS nightlys are solid man. Cm9 is nice on my other devices but Team EOS cutting edge roms stays on my 4G Xoom.
Xoom 4G + Team EOS Jellybean nightlies = WIN

A 7" vs. a 10"? One would expect quicker response on a smaller and more powerful unit. But I fail to SEE the "BIG" difference.

Note 2... Padphone 2... FIGHT!

Okay I'll edit this later with all the known stats but for now please help me decide which is should blow my load on, the note 2 or the padphone 2.
In brief
amoled vs IPS
5,5 vs 4,7 + 10.1
Exynos vs S4
Polycarbonate (plastic) vs something better
16gb+SD vs 16gb (both may do bigger sometime circa 2113.)
Buy now vs Buy Dec (knowing Asus buy April or buy a Lemon)
Help please, I little stopped myself buying the note today because of how much better the padphone 2 looks to the PDP1.
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Galaxy Note its an unique device.. You can not compare it to anything.. And everything depends on your needs and likes... I can not take anything less than 5.3" Wich its my note 1(waiting for my note 2 to arrive) specs wise the note 2 its the best device to date out there and even if later someone releases something better/faster in processor terms still can not match the 5.55" RGB super Amoled screen
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I'm holding out for the galaxy s4 lolz^o^
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msedek said:
Galaxy Note its an unique device.. You can not compare it to anything.. And everything depends on your needs and likes... I can not take anything less than 5.3" Wich its my note 1(waiting for my note 2 to arrive) specs wise the note 2 its the best device to date out there and even if later someone releases something better/faster in processor terms still can not match the 5.55" RGB super Amoled screen
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I'm also don't understand why people trying to compare Galaxy Note series devices with something.

anonymous572 said:
I'm also don't understand why people trying to compare Galaxy Note series devices with something.
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Because this is the only Phablet out there, and it has some cons such as: old CPU and GPU (if comparing to Snapdragon S4 Pro with Adreno 320 GPU), no support from CM (yes, this is a deal breaker for me!), and I personally don't really like SAMOLED screens because of low brightness and bad whites, also they burn in, camera is also not the best out there today (look at the PadFone 2).
The only pros I see for this device is: huge screen, huge battery, sd slot, replaceable battery and Samsung's AWESOME features (S Pen, Popup Note, Popup Play (I know the last two wont work with CM, but they are still there with TW roms, and I can always switch ))
So for now, I don't know what to choose
If the Note II will have CM support (ahm ahm Exynos documentation), I will definitely get it

DubelBoom said:
I personally don't really like SAMOLED screens
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I don't know why some people don't like SAMOLED screens, but I prefer only it and nothing else. Low brightness, burning and bad whites is nonsense. I'm using the third super amoled sreen and never had any of this problems.
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camera is also not the best out there today (look at the PadFone 2)
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Why do you believe that PadFone 2 camera is better?? Because it is just 13mpix?
Best camera I ever see - it is Nokia N82 with 5mpix.

anonymous572 said:
Why do you believe that PadFone 2 camera is better?? Because it is just 13mpix?
Best camera I ever see - it is Nokia N82 with 5mpix.
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The reason why I left off camera details is we've not got enough to compare. Everyone knows megapixels are primarily a marketing tool.
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anonymous572 said:
I don't know why some people don't like SAMOLED screens, but I prefer only it and nothing else. Low brightness, burning and bad whites is nonsense. I'm using the third super amoled sreen and never had any of this problems.
Why do you believe that PadFone 2 camera is better?? Because it is just 13mpix?
Best camera I ever see - it is Nokia N82 with 5mpix.
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It shoots at 6FPS brust shot, and 60FPS on 720P video!
Its very fast. Also, its a very new Sony camera, what could be bad? :cyclops:

EmptyArea said:
The reason why I left off camera details is we've not got enough to compare. Everyone knows megapixels are primarily a marketing tool.
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I don't think that PadFone 2 have all this great samsung camera tweaks. I really like burst shot, best faces, slow motion and other samsung features.

If I wanted to actually carry a phone and a tablet I would buy a seperate phone and tablet not a padfone with a crappy half tablet. The note 2 serves people that DON'T want to carry around a tablet to satisfy their daily media-consumption needs
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Don't forget about Verizon's 5" HTC phablet coming in next 4 weeks or the Oppo Find 5 with over 400 ppi!
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c5satellite2 said:
Don't forget about Verizon's 5" HTC phablet coming in next 4 weeks or the Oppo Find 5 with over 400 ppi!
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Oppo Finder 5 looks awesome!!!
Why an unknown Chinese company make the best device?! and its so thin!!!!!

CreepyDroid said:
If I wanted to actually carry a phone and a tablet I would buy a seperate phone and tablet not a padfone with a crappy half tablet. The note 2 serves people that DON'T want to carry around a tablet to satisfy their daily media-consumption needs
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Half tablet?
It'll have a decent screen, its lighter than an iPad 3 (not fair as the screen is far superior), excellent performance, good battery, probably decent camera.
What's half about that? And you wouldn't have to take it everywhere...
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If you look at Asus record as far as android devices are concerned, there are many negative things to say. I had a TF101 and it was crap and looking at all the issues people keep having with their Asus android devices a miracle will have to happen for the padphone to work properly. I have had a 7.7 galaxy tab for a while now and i can count on the fingers of one hand how many times a program has FCed on it. Asus will probably paper release the Padfone 3 six months after the 2 just like they did with the Padfone 1. ..
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EmptyArea said:
Half tablet?
It'll have a decent screen, its lighter than an iPad 3 (not fair as the screen is far superior), excellent performance, good battery, probably decent camera.
What's half about that? And you wouldn't have to take it everywhere...
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Half tablet because it's useless without the phone
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I keen 2 give them slack regarding new form factors. They didn't even release the padphone 1 in the UK...
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anonymous572 said:
I don't know why some people don't like SAMOLED screens, but I prefer only it and nothing else. Low brightness, burning and bad whites is nonsense. I'm using the third super amoled sreen and never had any of this problems.
Why do you believe that PadFone 2 camera is better?? Because it is just 13mpix?
Best camera I ever see - it is Nokia N82 with 5mpix.
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My Verizon Nexus has burn in on the corners where the Waze icons live. It's not bad, I can't get a good photo of it, but they are there, and quite noticeable when the screen has a darker color across them.

The ONLY device that will really beat the Galaxy Note 2 is coming in 1 year and is call...................
GALAXY
NOTE
3

yoniinfante said:
The ONLY device that will really beat the Galaxy Note 2 is coming in 1 year and is call...................
GALAXY
NOTE
3
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Lol
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DubelBoom said:
Because this is the only Phablet out there, and it has some cons such as: old CPU and GPU (if comparing to Snapdragon S4 Pro with Adreno 320 GPU), no support from CM (yes, this is a deal breaker for me!), and I personally don't really like SAMOLED screens because of low brightness and bad whites, also they burn in, camera is also not the best out there today (look at the PadFone 2).
The only pros I see for this device is: huge screen, huge battery, sd slot, replaceable battery and Samsung's AWESOME features (S Pen, Popup Note, Popup Play (I know the last two wont work with CM, but they are still there with TW roms, and I can always switch ))
So for now, I don't know what to choose
If the Note II will have CM support (ahm ahm Exynos documentation), I will definitely get it
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Older / newer (processor term) doesn't mean anything.. Those are 2 different technologies.. It's like comparing the newer AMD against the "older" core i7 xtreme just plain bull****. Note wouldn't be any faster or smoother with snap dragon s4.. The gpu keeps the name but it has lots of improvements over older versions.. And to be honest even with my N7000 I can play any game in the play store...
About cm support.. Tw at this stage has no match feature/smoothness wise.. Why would I flash a very basic flat android when I have a better launcher made by samsung? (Btw if you like aosp looks just install nova /apex)
Camera its not better for mega pixels but the lense and my note does take greate pictures... And I'm not a professional photographer and If I were, I wouldn't use a phone to take pictures so that's just plain dumb.
SAMOLED its great.. I've owned s3, gnexus note 1, no problem so far.. And note 2 has RGB matrix so the little things that bothers me from pentile are now gone.. Bad whites? What do you do with whites? Everyone avoid whites.. Battery raper color...
Low brightness.. Wonder if you spend most of your time under the sun because that's the only condition in which you would need higher brightness and even so my Amoled devices have done well under sunny days..
You are trying to convince yourself of getting anything else but you are not looking at it in the right way... Note its an unique device.. Until now no matter what technology its out there nothing could match note 1 not even s3 or HTC one X why? ... Plain simple massive 5.3" screen/unique features only note 2 could take the crown and so will note 3...
With note devices just 2 things can happen or you hate it because of the size and would never get 1 or you completely love it and would never switch to anything smaller... Thing its that you gotta own the devices for some weeks to figure out that
Cheers
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Considering a Note 2 - Currently using the S3 LTE

Has anyone come from a S3 LTE?
The size puts me off, but I had a play around with one yesterday and absolutely loved it.
Please convince me! lol

Please dont buy it because once you go big you can't go back. I love mine and everything else feels so small.
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alphaola said:
Please dont buy it because once you go big you can't go back. I love mine and everything else feels so small.
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what phone have you come from buddy

winwiz said:
what phone have you come from buddy
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Galaxy Nexus
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Came from a S3 LTE...Loved the S3...LOVE the Note 2 more...lol. The speed, battery life, screen, all much better! The size at first was a little big, but after using it a bit when I pick up my S3 it seems so small. The note 2 is well worth the upgrade IMOP.

Having used S3 and now note 2 I would say n2 is a far better phone bar couple issues. Screen resolution and camera are better on s3 if you can live with that then go for it however I would recommend waiting for HTC's Butterfly DLX before you makeup your mind. If I had a choice and both butterfly and note 2 where available I would definitely go for butterfly, purely due to far superior design and specs

riz157 said:
Having used S3 and now note 2 I would say n2 is a far better phone bar couple issues. Screen resolution and camera are better on s3 if you can live with that then go for it however I would recommend waiting for HTC's Butterfly DLX before you makeup your mind. If I had a choice and both butterfly and note 2 where available I would definitely go for butterfly, purely due to far superior design and specs
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cameras seem the same, is the screen res noticeably different?

riz157 said:
Having used S3 and now note 2 I would say n2 is a far better phone bar couple issues. Screen resolution and camera are better on s3 if you can live with that then go for it however I would recommend waiting for HTC's Butterfly DLX before you makeup your mind. If I had a choice and both butterfly and note 2 where available I would definitely go for butterfly, purely due to far superior design and specs
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or u'd betta hold and wait for SGS4 or SGN3 huhuhuhuh

My now sold Galaxy S3 LTE had the best Amoled screen (in terms of color reproduction) I've ever seen. Absolutely no color cast! My Note 2 has the worst LCD in terms of color reproduction, it is completely yellow...

I see no difference in the camera whatsoever. I believe they are the same hardware, camera wise. As far as the screen, when I set my S3 beside my N2...N2 wins. The pentile of the S3 is just not as good...IMOP.

winwiz said:
Has anyone come from a S3 LTE?
The size puts me off, but I had a play around with one yesterday and absolutely loved it.
Please convince me! lol
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multi tasking (split screen), lets me watch videos and surf the net. Forget that popup video player. It blocks the screen and is more of an annoyance. split screen video watching and web surfing is definitely the real way to do it.
bigger screen. You get used to the size. The S3 starts feeling uncomfortably small in about a week. You want to be using the Note 2 when making that realization.
S Pen...AirView on webpages totally rocks.
S Note...ability to have a device to write on as soon as it is out of your pocket is a big deal.
Battery life...is as good as you can get for a smartphone.
You do have to get used to the size a little. It is uncomfortable in my jeans when walking up stairs and sitting, but it is a small price to pay for an amazing device.

winwiz said:
Has anyone come from a S3 LTE?
The size puts me off, but I had a play around with one yesterday and absolutely loved it.
Please convince me! lol
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If interested I would like to exchange with you, I find it quite big, but absolute beauty.

Lucidmike said:
You do have to get used to the size a little. It is uncomfortable in my jeans when walking up stairs and sitting
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That's what she said!
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dryspuri said:
If interested I would like to exchange with you, I find it quite big, but absolute beauty.
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What have you got bud? I'm after the grey one...PM me!

I also came from the LTE S3. Everything about this phone is better (screen, fluidity, speed, hardware, etc). Go for it if the size doesn't bother you. I love it.
I usually change phones every couple of months, but this may be the only phone I've ever owned that may hold me over until the next version releases.

Also came from the att s3 to the att note 2. You can't compare them. The note 2 smashes the s3 in every way. The screen is so much brighter. The loud speaker is at least twice as good. It's way faster. Everything on this phone is perfect except s note should open faster. I rate it 9.8/10
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Chadly said:
Also came from the att s3 to the att note 2. You can't compare them. The note 2 smashes the s3 in every way. The screen is so much brighter. The loud speaker is at least twice as good. It's way faster. Everything on this phone is perfect except s note should open faster. I rate it 9.8/10
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Actually the screen brightness is identical but it is much faster than a 1gb S3.
Loudspeaker is the best but the most important thing is that the Note 2 will last 8 hours of screen time with no problems!! That is just amazing!

Yeah easily 8 hours. Idk, the note 2 feels much brighter to me for sure.
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FPS test?

hey everyone im thinking about buying the nexus 10 but i was wondering if someone could do the html5 fishtank test to test the fps. although i really like the nexus 10 this will be the deciding factor between that and an ipad since ipad gets great fps. thanks in advance!

richeazy said:
hey everyone im thinking about buying the nexus 10 but i was wondering if someone could do the html5 fishtank test to test the fps. although i really like the nexus 10 this will be the deciding factor between that and an ipad since ipad gets great fps. thanks in advance!
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Someone compared the Surface, Nexus 10 and the iPad on the fish test in some YouTube video but can't remember where. The iPad wasn't all that - they all lagged at some point or other.
Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXviSa9Dyc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Fish at around 4 minutes in.
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Nexus 7 FHD Speaker Test

Hello guys,
I just filmed my Nexus 7 FHD playing a video at Max volume. It has been said that the speaker volume has been improved, I don't find it loud enough. Is it suppose to be louder?
My Galaxy Note 2 is twice louder!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuB97aR6IoQ

What are you using for your movie player?

FormeriPhoney said:
What are you using for your movie player?
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This is Youtube.

gohabs93 said:
Hello guys,
I just filmed my Nexus 7 FHD playing a video at Max volume. It has been said that the speaker volume has been improved, I don't find it loud enough. Is it suppose to be louder?
My Galaxy Note 2 is twice louder!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuB97aR6IoQ
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Have you tried listening to it closely and making sure both of your speakers are working or not ?
This might be the culprit because my nexus suffers from it

You should go to a store and test the same video on a demo unit... Then you'll know if your device is OK or not
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Hnk1 said:
Have you tried listening to it closely and making sure both of your speakers are working or not ?
This might be the culprit because my nexus suffers from it
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In mine, sound is coming out of both speakers, I just checked.

I bought a 16gb for my son 2 days ago and its the same. Why give some thing surround sound when the sound is not even loud enough?

Hnk1 said:
Have you tried listening to it closely and making sure both of your speakers are working or not ?
This might be the culprit because my nexus suffers from it
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coupetastic-droid said:
I bought a 16gb for my son 2 days ago and its the same. Why give some thing surround sound when the sound is not even loud enough?
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Lol I don't get it too. My phones are louder! But it sounds good with headphones.

Thats really disappointing. Can you give us a reading with a db meter.

The best I will be able to do is a db test with a db test app from the play store. I'll post a video as soon as I can.
If this tablet was for me and not my 9 year old son, I would've returned it asap just because of how low the sound is. My mytouch 4g is way louder.

Decibal Test
Here I did a decibal test with the same song same player, comparing NOTE 2 to NEXUS 7:
Nexus 7 FHD:
http://youtu.be/JfE3nLaql4k
Note 2:
http://youtu.be/LT1kXC8yN1A
Note 2's average DB is higher by more than 10 DB.

Could somebody post a link to a dB tester? I can't find any that work with ICS in the Play Store.

gohabs93 said:
Here I did a decibal test with the same song same player, comparing NOTE 2 to NEXUS 7:
Nexus 7 FHD:
http://youtu.be/JfE3nLaql4k
Note 2:
http://youtu.be/LT1kXC8yN1A
Note 2's average DB is higher by more than 10 DB.
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I'm guessing you have a custom ROM and Kernel on your Note 2 as you are on XDA forum.
Do you have STweak installed? It be unfair to compare Galaxy Note 2 Modded Speaker to a Stock Nexus 7. Unless it's stock as well.

I just sold my Note 2 to buy this N7 2013, volume is comparable. Without having them side to side i would say they were the same volume wise. I have found the sound on this tab quite good.
Just watched your vid sitting by the fan in my window smoking a cigarette and had zero issue hearing the audio...
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celkin said:
I just sold my Note 2 to buy this N7 2013, volume is comparable. Without having them side to side i would say they were the same volume wise. I have found the sound on this tab quite good.
Just watched your vid sitting by the fan in my window smoking a cigarette and had zero issue hearing the audio...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Can you do a DB test? My Note 2 is so much louder than the Nexus 7 that I don't even hear the Nexus 7 when both are playing at the same time. I would like to know if mine is defective. My HTC Magic and sony X10 are also louder.....
Both Note 2 and Nexus 7 are Clean roms.

gohabs93 said:
Can you do a DB test? My Note 2 is so much louder than the Nexus 7 that I don't even hear the Nexus 7 when both are playing at the same time. I would like to know if mine is defective. My HTC Magic and sony X10 are also louder.....
Both Note 2 and Nexus 7 are Clean roms.
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Shoot me a link to whatever app you use for testing. Might as well keep it standard. And quote my reply so i get the email notification and will get it done for ya no problem.
I also had the magic n x10. Apperantly we have similar taste.
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celkin said:
Shoot me a link to whatever app you use for testing. Might as well keep it standard. And quote my reply so i get the email notification and will get it done for ya no problem.
I also had the magic n x10. Apperantly we have similar taste.
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Great! I used this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pjw.noisemeter&hl=en
Thanks!