Google working on a 8-inch Nexus tablet
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Matt26LFC
Read about this a few days ago, looking forward to it! Gives me the excuse to upgrade from my 2012 Nexus 7 🙂
Lane
Why specifically 10bits re encoded h264 ( Hi10p ) ? its just a codec for encoding H264 with less size and less bandwith..
scoter man1
I'm not buying the April part, since the Nexus small tablet is never announced that early in the year. Anyways, I won't be buying this time around. I've got a phone, laptop, and desktop. There is no niche for a tablet to fit into for me anymore.
I wonder what the specs will be. I'm guessing snapdragon 800 (really should be an 805, but they don't do that), 3GB of ram and probably 1920x1080 or 2560x1440.
TheSarge
I always thought 7 inches was too small for a tablet. I am happy Google continues to try out different sizes. Bigger is not always better, but in this case I think it may be.
Lane
just watch them on h264 ,,,,mkv.. this **** from 10 bit ......... what a joke .. or force them to use real H 264 or 265 ..
and the hi10bit encoder is just an encoder.... not an Hardware encoder instruction, but a codec .. you dont need it in hardware cpu...... Im not really sure to undrestand whats your problem with thisb codec...
EKRboi
There is no doubt there was price competition in the 7" segment, but I assume there were many a 2012 N7 owners like myself who still even now in 2014 find it to do its job just fine, so there was no reason to get the 2013 N7. This was my reasoning anyways. Im not so sure that an 8" version this year is going to change my mind either. Ive never been using mine and thought I need more power or 1" more real estate. Its even snappier with KK than it was on JB IMO.
Just as the pc market has slowed due to people not having a need to update computers every 2-4 years anymore because the hardware has outpaced the software by quite a bit. I am finding the same thing is happening in the phone and tablet market especially when dealing with higher end devices. I run an AOSP rom and custom kernel on my Galaxy S4 and have it underclocked from 1.9Ghz down to 1.5Ghz because it saves battery, doesn't ever get hot and it still runs just as well as it does at stock speed. Just as I held onto my Moto Bionic for nearly 3 years, I foresee holding onto my S4 for 3-4 years and not doing the new every 2 the manufacturers would like me to.
elkosith
I sold my nexus 7 and bought a 5" phone. Won't buy a tablet anymore, no use.
Labyrinth
Well I hope this means the Nexus branding will stick around for a long time then
scoter man1
Yeah, pretty sure that whole rumor was by some butthurt moto fanboys.
TheSarge
Have fun trying to watch videos or surf web pages with that tiny little screen. :3eyes:
I got a Acer Iconia 10.1 inch tablet last month and it's great for surfing the web. It paid for most of it with the loyalty rewards card points I had saved up, and the balance was about $30 so I didn't even care if it was going to work for me or not. I paired it up with a Microsoft Wedge bluetooth keyboard and now its like a netbook only lighter faster and better. I should have bought a keyboard that's designed for Android, this one gets the job done.
Now between my tower PC gaming rig, my 15" laptop, my 10.1" tablet and my Galaxy S4 I have all the bases covered. The tablet is not top-notch, but it gets the job done and for what I use it for it's all I really need.
Frankly I don't see the need for these phablets and small (7-8") tablets. The Galaxy Note, Galaxy Mega, etc. are too large to fit in my pocket so not very useful as a phone, while the 7-8 inch tablets are too small to be useful as a tablet. I suppose some people must like them as they have sold fairly well, but I just don't see what I'd do with one.
