View original postOn brightness: supposedly, there are apps that can reduce brightness far below the normal minimum. I've not used them, but they have good reviews. Try something like this: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&hl;=en">Screen Filter</a>
View original postOn battery life: When browsing the web on wifi, my Nexus 7 gets about 1 hour per 7% battery, which seems excellent to me. Is yours comparable? If not, try installing a battery statistics app to get details on what's draining your juice. Common culprits are bad network connections (wifi or cell data), apps that do a lot of syncing to the cloud, and apps that constantly wake up to check on something.
More and more I'm think it's the screen size that's the biggest problem.
After you mentioned that 8 inch tablets are common now, I did a search, and yes. A lot of cheap ones too. Galaxy Tab 8 seems like the leader in that space. Now I'm looking up the difference between Galaxy Tab 8 and Galaxy Note 8....
What if I get an 8 inch screen, and it's still too small? Ideally, I would like something a little smaller and lighter than the iPad (9.7 inches, 1.33 lbs); lighter is more important than smaller.
I like the white trim on the Galaxy tablets. The black Nexus is too perfect a camouflage. Can you throw out a couple of brand names I should focus on? Aside from Galaxy? I guess I'm willing to spend up to $300.
Buying a tablet - please chime in (from iPad to Nexus 7 to ?)
- 14/11/2013 02:52:06 PM
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Can't you adjust the screen brightness?
- 14/11/2013 03:18:10 PM
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The minimum brightness on Nexus is much higher than the min on iPad
- 14/11/2013 05:23:15 PM
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Oh. That's no good. The "night" setting might just be the app I'm using, but others might have it. *NM*
- 14/11/2013 10:25:56 PM
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samsung makes a great tablet and the Kindle is very nice for the price. *NM*
- 14/11/2013 04:14:02 PM
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What should you do? Realize you're being illogical.
- 14/11/2013 06:17:47 PM
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I have a Nexus 7 since a few months, I'm quite happy with it.
- 14/11/2013 07:20:04 PM
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Re: I have a Nexus 7 since a few months, I'm quite happy with it.
- 14/11/2013 08:30:17 PM
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As I understand it, the Kindle Fire is a normal tablet - no Kindle-like eyestrain-less screen
- 14/11/2013 09:22:15 PM
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A quick correction: 8 inch is a very popular tablet size these days.
- 15/11/2013 06:28:11 AM
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The Nexus 7 is definitely the best bang for the buck. Maybe try to fix the problems you're having?
- 15/11/2013 06:40:01 AM
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8 inch tablets
- 15/11/2013 06:54:42 PM
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I've had the Nexus 7 for a while, and find it difficult to fault.
- 15/11/2013 09:45:55 AM
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I've had it on standby with minimal use for 1 days, and the battery is 1/2 gone.
- 15/11/2013 06:36:51 PM
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