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Question

Help deciding on a tablet

Jan 27, 2014 7:52AM PST

Just went back to school recently. Came into a little bit of money, so I was wanting to get a tablet since all my classes are via online. I was looking at a Nexus 7 (Fits my budget well), but PiPo has some nice specs for the price, but I haven't heard much about them. I don't mind buying unknown brands, IF I find some good info about them.

Does anyone know much about them? Are they reliable? Do they last? You know... the typical questions.

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At the office
Jan 27, 2014 8:08AM PST

We tried a few no-names and came back with finding very odd issues here and there. And asking the maker was a dead end. Now we just get the names and don't bother with what we've come to called "beginner tablets."
Bob

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That's about what I was thinking.
Jan 27, 2014 10:13AM PST

Thanks for bringing me good news for once Mr. Proffitt. Happy Looks like I'll probably just snag up an ASUS Nexus 7 then.

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At the office
Jan 27, 2014 10:28AM PST

I have the Gen 1 Google Asus Nexus 7. It's sort of the gold standard for Android tablets. At home we have the Kindle Fire with the HDMI port on it and it's really good but as you suspect, not a true Android tablet. But still very good for the bucks.

I also like that Samsung Tab 7 but Samsung's recent troubles with their web services give me pause. My neighbor picked it up for not much and 3 days could not register the unit. Now you might ask why that mattered. It matters because Samsung pesters you to register so you can't use it for but a few minutes and up comes the request to register. A shame too since it has features I like.
Bob

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Ended up with the ASUS Nexus 7
Jan 27, 2014 11:21AM PST

The 32GB is the same price as the 16GB now, and I really liked the power saving capabilities of the Tegra 3.0, if it works as well as they claim it does. And I figured 1.2 vs 1.5 Ghz in a quad core tablet won't make that much of a difference anyways, considering how most of the apps won't use all of them anyways.

Slighty lower RAM, but It seems to me that 1GB is pretty standard from everything I've ever needed on them anyways and I won't be using much gaming.

Figured at 165 bucks + shipping I couldn't do much better...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009X3UW2G/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item

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That's the Gen 1.
Jan 27, 2014 11:49AM PST

Just a tip. Mark the charger and cable "Nexus 7 2012" so you know they belong to this one. Otherwise you might complain like some about really really slow charging.
Bob