It's been ten years since the 2013 Nexus 7 was released, and no tablet since has recaptured the magic of that era.

Ten years ago today, Google released the 2nd-generation Nexus 7, just days after a surprise announcement. Back then, Android tablets still felt fresh and exciting. It seemed like anything was possible, and things could only improve from there. Well, we know what happened next. But the depressing state of the tablet market to come was in no way the fault of the Nexus 7. In fact, this is still one of the best Android tablets ever made, and it’s worth looking back and showing it the honor and respect it deserves.

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      All Samsung? And maybe that’s the case, relatively, but going from Lenovo with pretty much stock android to a newer Samsung was a very noticeable downgrade

      • Mike Stevens 🇦🇺 S23U@lemdro.idMEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Sorry yes, those are all Samsung model names that I was listing.

        Well, I can’t speak for the Lenovo experience as I’ve never used one, and I’ll happily admit that any Samsung device needs a little tweaking to begin with, but I use my Tab S8 regularly for editing 60mb RAW photos off my full-frame camera and I can confidently say it performs very well.

        My daughter uses my Tab S6 Lite and it’s more than up to meeting her demands — which includes a lot of educational games and so on.

        My son uses my Tab S4 and he’s had no complaints either.

        I mean, there’s not much else a tablet is meant for, really!

        • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          And now that I look it up, it’s a $500 tablet? This discussion was around the cheap media consumer ones that are $150 give or take. At $500 I would just get a $1000 laptop

    • ShortFuse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      None of those are 8.x inches. They’re all 10" or greater. Once we’re talking 10+ inches, I’d just use a Surface Go. It seems nobody besides Apple wants to sell a tablet in that form factor that has decent speed.

      Even the Lenovo M9 is vastly superior to the M8 in terms of CPU. Good 8 inch tablets outside the iPad Mini don’t exist. I’d gladly pay $400 for something that’s good on Android. I’ve even thrown money away for a Dell Venue 5855.

      The only reason I stopped using my Tab S 8.4 was because you can only get so far trying to keep it alive with LineageOS.