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Do you regret buying a N7 due to not using it enough?

Hello,
So, topic pretty much says it all.
I would like to buy a Nexus 7, but because I always carry my smartphone with me and it pretty much does everything I need it to, I am afraid of spending the money and not using it enough to justify the cost.
So, what's your case? For what do you use your tablet?
Do you regret buying it?
Cheers
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I use it pretty much constantly, its almost as portable as my phone and much more ole sent to use due to the better screen and battery life. I think it is a good investment
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As a student it's nice having this battery life without having to haul my laptop around.
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I have always preferred using my phones over my laptop....since I bought the N7 not only have I not even glanced at my laptop I haven't been using my phones that much either...which has been great for their battery life I use the N7 for pretty much everything....paying bills, browsing, texting, etc...which are all the things I did on the phones. If I didn't need the laptop for Odin or kies, I would sell it.
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@up
This. Nexus 7 is my primary computer now. How could I live without 7 inch device before..? My phone is just a phone now, which is great.

No.
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My Nexus 7 has pretty much replaced my pc and laptop...
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I've carried an iPad with me constantly for the last couple of years, so I knew exactly how I would use my N7. At work for note-taking in meetings, checking email when away from my desk, logging on to my Citrix desktop, listening to music or watching a video when work gets boring In personal time, I watch videos and play music, check email, read (books, magazines), browse the net and play games.
It's never far from my side and gets plenty of use! Justifying the $300 price tag vs. $500-600 for an iPad (I paid more than that for my iPad 1 a couple of years back) is a no-brainer for me.

Don't regret it one bit. My PC is getting far less use at home now (good considering I spend 8 hours a day in front of one at work) and my has been relegated to phone duties.

I don't regret it at all. I use my tablet pretty much every day for most of the day. Like many others have said, I rarely use my laptop for anything anymore unless I have a ton of typing to do.

Not one bit! I haven't been able to put it down since the day I brought it. Sold my laptop and my desktop gets used less and less. I've also been using my Evo LTE as just a phone now lol. Excellent purchase in my book. Trust me you won't be disappointed. If you ever find yourself not using it, you can easily sell it and recoup some of your money.
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The thing is I previously had an HTC Sensation as a phone and an HTC flyer as a tablet.
Was using almost always the sensation because the flyer always stayed at home.
Ended up selling both and got a galaxy note to try and have the best of both worlds.
Granted the nexus 7 is a different beast from the flyer, but I fear the same might happen...
Thinking about selling the note and pick a nexus as a smaller phone and a nexus 7.
I am afraid to end up feeling the nexus is too small and the nexus 7 too big to carry around.
Cheers
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I'm constantly on mine. Phone gets used for text now.
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gdourado said:
The thing is I previously had an HTC Sensation as a phone and an HTC flyer as a tablet.
Was using almost always the sensation because the flyer always stayed at home.
Ended up selling both and got a galaxy note to try and have the best of both worlds.
Granted the nexus 7 is a different beast from the flyer, but I fear the same might happen...
Thinking about selling the note and pick a nexus as a smaller phone and a nexus 7.
I am afraid to end up feeling the nexus is too small and the nexus 7 too big to carry around.
Cheers
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I have the GNote and GNex and after using the GNote everything seems small, but the GNex feels like a toy after I've been using the GNote all week. I wish the GNex was a little bigger....even my sgs2 looks bigger next to the GNex, even though it's only 4.5.Hoping they make the next nexus at least 4.8....although "leaks" of specs are rumored to be the same size as the GNex.

Since I got my nexus 7 I don't think I've put it down unless its for charge wile I sleep. Rarely use my xperia s unless I'm out and about. Ive never used my laptop much before anyway. Unless it was for uni. I carry my nexus all over the house. Whether its for readings books, browsing tapatalk or just generally browsing. When I hold my xperia after the n7 it feels so small lol.
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rkanwar said:
Since I got my nexus 7 I don't think I've put it down unless its for charge wile I sleep. Rarely use my xperia s unless I'm out and about. Ive never used my laptop much before anyway. Unless it was for uni. I carry my nexus all over the house. Whether its for readings books, browsing tapatalk or just generally browsing. When I hold my xperia after the n7 it feels so small lol.
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I bought a second N7 because I found that when I had to charge it I missed it too much. So I bought another one so that I'd always have one at my disposal
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Mine has replaced my phone for everything but calling, texting and navigation. Gaming, web, reading ebooks and comics...all more comfortable on the N7.
I'm actually thinking of selling/trading my GNote and getting a Nexus.
I can do everything I did with the SPen just as easily on my N7 with a standard stylus too and my storage needs are happily met with my external drive.
Love the Note but it's usefulness as a phablet isn't there for me anymore.
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It all depends on what your current phone is, If it's a SGSIII or other high end device then the Nexus 7 isn't much of a improvement other then having a bigger screen.
I actually still use my SGSIII more then the Nexus 7 as I can do everything and more (like being able to pocket it) on the phone while the Nexus 7 is now just a coffee table family tablet. Games are kind of nice but some of them are very hard to control due to placement of virtual joypads.
I guess I'll either give away the Nexus 7 or figure some other use for it.

ickyboo said:
It all depends on what your current phone is, If it's a SGSIII or other high end device then the Nexus 7 isn't much of a improvement other then having a bigger screen.
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There is no comparing a sgs3 to a pure Google tablet. Just no comparison.
Even my GNote at 5.3 is isn't useable as a tablet. Don't know why you think the N7 isn't much of an improvement over a 4.87 ics, touchwiz PHONE.
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I use mine quite a lot, still use the phone, but at home I'll use my N7, and sometimes ill take my N7 to work so will use it their, and on my commute to work.
I love this thing.
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Using phone after using N7

Is anyone else finding it weird using there phone after using the N7. I'm finding it hard to type on my Xperia Arc S? I wish there was some way to use my N7 like a phone while using WiFi, but with no Google Voice here in the UK I'm pretty much limited to only using my phone. I know I could use Skype. In fact I might have to see how much it costs to get enough Skype out credit to last a month and give it a try.
Roland
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Yes I find texting difficult on my phone and the screen is to small compared to my N7.
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Yep...I have little use for my GS3 other than texts, phone calls, or bathroom breaks at work. If it wouldn't look so weird I'd take the N7 to the restroom at work too!!
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StratMasterB said:
Yes I find texting difficult on my phone and the screen is to small compared to my N7.
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I keep catching the shift key or delete key now when texting
Warrior1975 said:
Yep...I have little use for my GS3 other than texts, phone calls, or bathroom breaks at work. If it wouldn't look so weird I'd take the N7 to the restroom at work too!!
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I only use my phone for texting, phone calls, apps that are not available on the N7 and internet when I'm out & in an emergency the WiFi hotspot feature. If Google Voice was available in the UK I'd hardly ever use my phone now.
Roland
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Rolandh said:
I keep catching the shift key or delete key now when texting
I only use my phone for texting, phone calls, apps that are not available on the N7 and internet when I'm out & in an emergency the WiFi hotspot feature. If Google Voice was available in the UK I'd hardly ever use my phone now.
Roland
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This
I like that my phone battery last longer since I'm not using it for media consumption.
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[Q] What do you use your Nexus 7 for?

(Seems the other thread is now dead, so making this new one anyway)
So, I got my Nexus 7 last week with my birthday money (got it on Monday 14th, my 15th was on Monday 14th as well ).
The main reason I got it is because:
It's a tablet
It has decent specs for the cost
It's very easy to root and ROM
I needed a tablet for app development
So, what did you get yours for? And what do you actually use it for?

Taking notes and browsing the web. Occasionally I play games since the nexus 7 has that tegra 3 chip.
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Gaming mostly and surfing the net
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CheesyNutz said:
Gaming mostly and surfing the net
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Me too

Web browsing mostly, if I do game, it's on my tablet.
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Bought it for mostly surfing the net.
Plus I do some PC repair as a hobby for people. It's easy to grab the Nexus 7 if I need to look something up.
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surfing net and gaming.

Root performance vs Stock performance?

Hey guys, I just bought my U.S. Galaxy Note 2014 Wifi version for $550 (no tax on military base), which is quite expensive to me, but so far I really like the tablet. I just think it's got quite a premium price to it.
So last night I watched a 25 minute Youtube video with the screen brightness all the way down, and from what I could tell, no other apps running.
My battery life went down 15%-20%. Does that sound about right?
I want to root my device but I've never rooted anything so I figured I'd post this question up while I read about it.
Has rooting your Galaxy Note 2014 helped its battery life and the overall performance?

I've rooted mine and yes the battery life and performance has improved. You can uni stall bloat ware like my magazine which is constantly tag cpu. Also you get apps that when rooted you can select all or any app you want to for multi screen and pen window which is awesoms
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reubenskelly1992 said:
I've rooted mine and yes the battery life and performance has improved. You can uni stall bloat ware like my magazine which is constantly tag cpu. Also you get apps that when rooted you can select all or any app you want to for multi screen and pen window which is awesoms
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That sounds great. Is the S-Pen functionality any different?

No different at all. If you keep touchwiz if will all look the same just you will have access to anything. I uni stalled all the samsung stuff that are useless. E.g chat on, samsung hub etc froze push notification and my magazine. Working great . Still leggy here and but more updates will come im sure. But faster. My battery is on 19 percent and it's been off charge since about 11 the afternoon. But Ive practically all day been watching programmes , playing games and surfing the Web . With lowish screen brightness
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Odd, the DAY I picked mine up, without doing any of the launch-day updates, I still managed a less than 25% use from watching a feature-length HD movie (Pacific Rim, picked up on Samsung Hub with the credits. THAT was a pain in the ass). I wasn't even watching it at minimum brightness, probably more inbetween 20 and 40 percent.

Full use of series games and browsing all day I got 13 hours. Which is very good for heavy use
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Alright I'll give it a full charge as see how long it lasts with a full HD movie.

Must reduce google services like google now. It will make battey drain fast,
Root and remove bloat ware and you will see smooth and longer battery. samsung very stupid when install too many bloatware.

hi,can i ask which are the bloatware that i can remove?thx

I uni stalled. Chat on, samsung hub, samsung apps, etc. I froze samsung push notifications service and my magazine, , add a huge difference. If u don't use it freeze or delete, just be careful not to delete Nothing important. Other than touchwiz all the samsung stuff pretty much is bloat ware
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And in this way does the battery live so longer? Thx

Mines majorly improved. I get about 14 hours of heavy use with the brightness on about 20 percent.
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Tethering

I have a question, when I do tethering on my phone its work perfectly on my ipad mini but when I try to use it on the ps3 I can't use it, it said I have to subscribe, I'm on metropcs 60 dollar plant, my question is why I can use in the ipad but no on my ps3???
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The same thing happens to me. I'm able to use my galaxy tablet but when ever I connect my ps3 it just won't work. Also I've noticed that with my computer some websites work and some don't.