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Tegra Note 7 or Nexus 7 2013

Adamaccelerated

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Oct 24, 2013
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Tegra Note 7 or Nexus 7 2013, i'm torn between the two, the Nexus 7 seems better all around, but the Tegra seems better for power. Plz give any opinions and suggestions.
 
Solution
Nexus 7 2013 Advantages: Sharper and more gorgeous screen, Quicker updates, Will probably be smoother, Lots of Dev support (for example Custom ROMS)
Tegra note: More horsepower, You can get Tegra effects in games, Nice and accurate stylus.
Overall I'd say get the Nexus 7 2013 unless you want to game a bit and do some drawing/stylus related stuff.
Nexus 7 2013 Advantages: Sharper and more gorgeous screen, Quicker updates, Will probably be smoother, Lots of Dev support (for example Custom ROMS)
Tegra note: More horsepower, You can get Tegra effects in games, Nice and accurate stylus.
Overall I'd say get the Nexus 7 2013 unless you want to game a bit and do some drawing/stylus related stuff.
 
Solution
The Tegra note would definitely game better, and the speakers seem better as well which is a plus. Unless you want a really Sharp screen and Android updates ASAP then get the note.
 
Newer features, bug fixes, optimizations
Oh yeah I forgot, Sometimes updates can introduce more bugs as well. E.g The Nexus 7 2012 when updated to 4.2 faced some lag as TRIM was turned off, this was fixed in 4.3