Android Nexus 7" tablet review
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:13 pm
I got a Nexus 7" 16 GB (2013) Android 4.3 tablet last week from Amazon for the standard price. It will upgrade once a WIFI
connection is made. For some reason it made me enter the router passkey twice. I hope I don't have to enter that Verizon 16
digit key every time I upgrade!
So far they all come in black with a front and rear camera. Travel cases can be ordered in colors separately. I recommend
one as the tablet did not survive a drop test on U Tube too well! Especially side hits! The drop test broke it on concrete dropped
flat on its back the first drop. After that it just got worse. These things need a Gorilla Case!
Power and speaker volume buttons located on the right top side of portrait mode toward back of side bevel are difficult to
accidentally push and even harder to push on purpose.
Battery life is about 7 hours. It takes twice that long to recharge it! The USB charger cable is about 2 feet. Charger is a standard
USB plug in with USB female output. I already have USB adapters to charge it in my car. I'll have to use the Nexus cable though.
If you press the power button while charging a picture of a battery will come up. A lightening bolt in the image tells you it is still
charging and the battery will fill up to full white when it is completed.
Facial recognition lock available or lock screen can be disabled altogether.
No memory card slot. Only port is for USB charging. No wireless charging.
Menu at bottom gets in the way of my fingers, but I am new at this stuff.
Performance is fast and screen is fabulous to look at! Wish Chrome had a better interface.
Warranty is 12 months but Amazon did not tell me that. It just listed that it came with a warranty card. It comes
with 2 warranty books, one in English. To find the coverage terms I had to find it on the UPC label attached inside
of the Warranty book as a number 12 off to the right. Accent on warranty!
The only instructions is a card with a picture of how to connect the USB charger.
The tablet settings icon is located inside of the applications icon list
Settings
Don't go to Google Play and buy a FREE guidebook! What a hassle! Why should I have to tell them my credit info to
get a free book? This link takes you to an "untrusted" PDF you can download from GoogleUserContent.com:
Google Nexus 7 Guidebook
connection is made. For some reason it made me enter the router passkey twice. I hope I don't have to enter that Verizon 16
digit key every time I upgrade!
So far they all come in black with a front and rear camera. Travel cases can be ordered in colors separately. I recommend
one as the tablet did not survive a drop test on U Tube too well! Especially side hits! The drop test broke it on concrete dropped
flat on its back the first drop. After that it just got worse. These things need a Gorilla Case!
Power and speaker volume buttons located on the right top side of portrait mode toward back of side bevel are difficult to
accidentally push and even harder to push on purpose.
Battery life is about 7 hours. It takes twice that long to recharge it! The USB charger cable is about 2 feet. Charger is a standard
USB plug in with USB female output. I already have USB adapters to charge it in my car. I'll have to use the Nexus cable though.
If you press the power button while charging a picture of a battery will come up. A lightening bolt in the image tells you it is still
charging and the battery will fill up to full white when it is completed.
Facial recognition lock available or lock screen can be disabled altogether.
No memory card slot. Only port is for USB charging. No wireless charging.
Menu at bottom gets in the way of my fingers, but I am new at this stuff.
Performance is fast and screen is fabulous to look at! Wish Chrome had a better interface.
Warranty is 12 months but Amazon did not tell me that. It just listed that it came with a warranty card. It comes
with 2 warranty books, one in English. To find the coverage terms I had to find it on the UPC label attached inside
of the Warranty book as a number 12 off to the right. Accent on warranty!
The only instructions is a card with a picture of how to connect the USB charger.
The tablet settings icon is located inside of the applications icon list
Settings
Don't go to Google Play and buy a FREE guidebook! What a hassle! Why should I have to tell them my credit info to
get a free book? This link takes you to an "untrusted" PDF you can download from GoogleUserContent.com:
Google Nexus 7 Guidebook