I also owned a Nexus 7 (the same 2012 version as yours, not the newer 2013 one), and it was my first "eBook Reader". It was nice to use in the early years, then later it started to freeze up frequently, requiring reboot. At times even simple reading of ebooks was a pain, and jerky. So early last year, I started searching around for a replacement - and bought myself a Nexus 9 in April 2016. It's not the top-of-the-line tablet around, but it's the best I could find for me at the time - within my price range and with fairly decent quality - I bought mine from an Australian-based online store at AUD$ 417 (before adding shipping cost). My Nexus 9 specs: - Made by HTC - Out in late 2014 - 8.9in, weight 436g - Resolution: 2048 x 1536, (~281 ppi), 4:3 aspect ratio - *32GB internal storage, 2GB memory, no SD card slot.- * *NVIDIA Tegra K1 64-bit dual-core processor at 2.3 GHz - 4G LTE (but I only use its WiFi)* *- battery: ~ 9 hours general use.* *Like you, I am also primarily using my Nexus 9 to read ebook, as well as online news & articles. But I also use it to view Youtube - there are lots of online how-to's & tutorials on the Internet nowadays, and with my tablet I can view them in many more places than a PC. I also use it to listen to podcast or even Youtube clips. * *One year on, my Nexus 9 still performs reasonably well for all the things I use it for. I had since upgraded its OS a few times, it's now 7.1.1. While not as handy as my old Nexus 7, I find its size and form-factor to be pretty good for e-reading - even US-Letter size PDFs. My eyes can't read small prints nowadays, so the ability to effortlessly zoom the font up really helps. With more memory and newer CPU, both reading and viewing of videos are much smoother than the Nexus 7. Started to have the occasional freeze up requiring a press-button reboot, but it's still few and far between ... * *Now in 2017, I don't think the Nexus 9 can cut it as the new tablet of choice, unless of course you could find a brand new one with a price too good to pass up! I haven't found a need to root my Nexus 9, just yet. Though at the time, one of my reasons to go with a Nexus tablet is its reputation for being 'easier' to be rooted.In fact, I found this site: *The best Android tablets in 2017 ... FYI. *http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/15-best-android-table... <http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/15-best-android-tablets-in-the-world-905504>* *and not surprising that Nexus 9 didn't make it into the list. In fact, only one Google tablet in this list - the Google Pixel C (but it's too pricey).* Here you are, just my personal impression and experience using an Android Tablet - not exactly a most recent model, but close. As for a smart phone, I don't think I can offer any advice as I haven't been looking around for a new one since 2013, when I bought my Nexus 5 - still working well (touch wood!) ... and I intend to keep using it for some time ... Cheers, Wen On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Craig Sanders via luv-talk < luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 03:08:14PM +1000, David Tulloh wrote:
As a few others have suggested your specs are rather ambitious.
they don't seem ambitious to me. They seem to be fairly common specs for android tablets from several manufacturers.
what i was after was recommendations or notes from people who actually have one of the more recent models.
As an example a high resolution 10" screen uses a fair bit of juice, just reading a PDF for a few hours will drain some batteries. The brute force solution, more batteries, hurts your portability and blows out the cost.
most of the 9.7"/10"/larger models on the market advertise at least 10-20 hours of video-watching time. even assuming that's marketing exaggeration (i.e. a lie), reading an epub or even a PDF with WIFI disabled should get at least that much. i'd prefer longer, but that's acceptable.
There are Kindle models which solve this with e-paper displays but that is black/white only and significantly compromises refresh rate.
i've tried e-ink e-readers before. too slow and way too fragile for my liking. From what i've read, current e-ink displays are a lot faster than when i last used them but they're still as fragile. I broke two kobos in less than six months before getting my nexus 7 which has lasted me 5+ years.
My first kobo broke in my satchel when i tripped while running and also resulted in a broken wrist so that's forgivable. The second was from falling asleep reading in bed, which is totally unacceptable as that's SOP for me...so i got a nexus 7 - and i can't count the number of times i've fallen asleep reading with it (at a guess, probably over 50% of the last 5 years worth of nights, so over 900 times) and it ends up either under me or dropped onto the floor beside the bed....there's a few little dints in the plastic shell but the screen is still uncracked and works perfectly.
I looked into tablets a few months ago and landed on the Lenovo Yoga which
Yeah, i've looked into the Lenovo Yoga. My overall impression is that it has seriously underwhelming specs for the price. The screen is larger than my Nexus 7, but the resolution is the same (1280x800) so will look blocky and ugly, certainly won't improve readability. it has double the RAM and a 10" screen but otherwise is no better than what i've already got (and at 16GB it has half the storage but does have a micro-SD slot). for just under $300. i'll pass.
hmmm...they have some better models, worth another look.
Their '10" BusinessTablet' seems better. 4-core 1.3Ghz (only slightly better than my Nexus 7), 2GB RAM (double the nexus), 32GB storage, micro-SD slot, and 1920x1200 resolution. $284 at JB. worth considering but i want something a bit better. cheaper and better than the Tab3.
Their 'Tab 3 Plus 10" Tablet' seems better again, 8-core 1.8Ghz snapdragon 652 CPU, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, micro SD slot, and 2560x1600 resolution (so should have beautifully crisp and clear readable text on the 10" screen - that resolution is better than my 27" desktop monitor). it's a bit pricey at $484 (JB again) but certainly matches the kind of specs i'm looking for. I'll put this one on my shortlist.
http://androidbiits.com/lenovo-yoga-tab-3-plus-yt- x703f-android-7-1-1-nougat-lineageos-14-1-unofficial-rom/
this seems to be for the Tab 3 Plus, not the earlier models....but that's fine, it's the model i'm most interested in. thanks
craig
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