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iPad Mini or Nexus 7
- Thread starter StonehamPark
- Start date
We're going way off-topic here, but despite there being a gazillion more Android devices out there than iOS devices now, Apple still dominates the mobile web in terms of usage:
http://www.akamai.com/html/io/io_dataset.html#stat=mobile_browser&top=5&type=line&start=20130209&end=20130311&net=both
Just what do most Android users do with their devices?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yes but it seems so unrepresentative. I can't understand why person a with an Apple product would look so many times more than person b with an android at threads such as 'If Gus hasn't sold Murray' etc.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
- Thread starter
- #44
Did you notice and difference in performance or display between the two?
What made you choose to go with the Nexus over the Mini?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I think that data is related to the States. If it were European or worldwide it would likely be a different tale. Curiously if only mobile data was accounted for, the roles are reversed and android browsing outweighs ios.
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
I've just bought a Kindle Fire HD and love it. But I'm a bookworm, so I guess it's horses and courses.
The display on the iPad Mini is a lot better, I honestly didn't notice that much difference in performance, both seem on par. I chose the Nexus as I prefer Android, if you use it properly it feels so much 'tidier' (I am really sold on the idea of widgets)
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Another vote for a nexus 7 (Although I've also got a ipad).
I don';t think either device is better than the other, they're both eminently capable but I've not found the nexus lacking in any way so for that reason alone, I'd get it over the more expensive ipad mini.
I don';t think either device is better than the other, they're both eminently capable but I've not found the nexus lacking in any way so for that reason alone, I'd get it over the more expensive ipad mini.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,329
not really, as you're comparing two different chips with two different OS's and two different sets of software. about the only metrics that a meaningfully comparable and of practical note are in screen resolution, memory, maybe camera spec. techie wise the Nexus 7 is better as its newer (4 core plus a control processor is neat stuff), iirc the Mini is using the older Ipad 2 internals.
The link you have makes it look like an Nexus win except for camera, and excepting the internal memory which is 32GB now.
Pisses? see above, there is very few areas in which the Ipad Mini is better. this isnt the 10" market where Ipad leads. that Infoworld link s a very poor review to make any judgment from, it calls it for Apple but doesnt say why, there's nothing in the preceding paragraphs to back that up except the camera. the only way Ipad mini pisses on nexus 7 is if iOS is a crucial factor. there's nothing else to justify the hike in price, £150 more for the 32GB version.
My wife is a lady of impeccable taste, style and is always always right. She has an ipad mini. This is probably all you need to know.
Normal Rob
Well-known member
I am a nexus user and love it. However I hope to god that you buy the iPad mini. I don't think I could stand all the moaning afterwards if you didn't.
jgmcdee
New member
- Mar 25, 2012
- 931
Apple users obsessive? From where could you possibly obtain that idea?
jgmcdee
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- Mar 25, 2012
- 931
Stuff other than websurfing? Y'know, real work.
Oh, and some of them even allow you to talk to other people on them. Strange but true.
scooter1
How soon is now?
ipad mini. I tried both and for the extra cash, IMHO the ipad mini was a far better bit of kit
Bold Seagull
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Gordon Bennett
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- Sep 7, 2010
- 384
Another vote for the Nexus 7 (from an iPhone user!)
Went for the Nexus due to the price differential given that the other differences between the Nexus and mini-iPad weren't that big an issue for me at the time. The only downside I've found so far is that I can't watch Lovefilm Instant on the Nexus but that's probably more to do with Amazon restricting the service and wanting people to buy the Kindle Fire than a reflection on the Nexus's true abilities as I have no problem watching MP4 video files or Sky Go!
Went for the Nexus due to the price differential given that the other differences between the Nexus and mini-iPad weren't that big an issue for me at the time. The only downside I've found so far is that I can't watch Lovefilm Instant on the Nexus but that's probably more to do with Amazon restricting the service and wanting people to buy the Kindle Fire than a reflection on the Nexus's true abilities as I have no problem watching MP4 video files or Sky Go!
Surrey Seagull
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I use my android phone as a phone primarily, the one thing my Brother and his I phone 4 struggles to do. He has a contract with o2 and they won't entertain the notion there's an issue with his phone.
Getting back on topic techradar had a roundup of the best budget tablets under £300. No prizes for guessing what the top two were.
Best cheap tablets: top budget options | News | TechRadar
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StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
- Thread starter
- #59
Didn't see this post until just now!
Just got back from Tesco and opted for this over the Nexus and Mini. Looks pretty decent, albeit loses in the Hardware battle against both other devices.
I'll give it a few days trial and if no joy, pay out the extra for the Mini.
So you wasted all of our time? Brilliant.