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by: Markshort70 September 5, 2012 8:39 AM PDT

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Arrrrrgh 7 or 10

by Markshort70 - 9/5/12 8:39 AM

Hi all,

I'm in the process of buying a budget tablet! Up until now I've only considered at 7 inch model (because of price) and I'd set my sights on the highly rated nexus 7.

While looking the other day I came across an offer for the Samsung Galaxy tab2 10.1 which would mean a cost of £220.

Now if you read the reviews for both models it sounds like theirs only 1 winner! But is it as simple as that? The nexus is reviewed as a £200 tablet but the Galaxy is reviewed as a £450 tablet!

So basically what I'm asking is your opinions on weather an averagely rated £450 tab will be better than a well rated £200 unit?

I would be using it for basically messing around on, odd books, music, streaming (sky go) browsing, games the usual really.

I really need all the help I can get because I change my mind every day! I'm dreading making the wrong choice!!

Please help
Mark


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I have boh sizes

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 9/5/12 8:55 AM

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And find myself back to the laptop except for demoing our tablet apps. Maybe I'm not into tablets enough that I would find them attractive to carry instead of a small laptop but I find them a bit too limited.

With that out of the way, the 7 inch is a treat when using it for music and odd books. For video I no longer bother as it's not as good as the HDTV.
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Cheers

by Markshort70 - 9/5/12 1:04 PM

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Thanks for the reply.

I do have a laptop which I'll still use for anything taxing! The tablet is mainly just as a toy, and as daft as it may sound I'm planning on using it in bed! To do a bit of reading/surfing/games and streaming. I just can't decide if for the same money the tab 2 10.1 is a better machine.
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Mark


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At the office, getting the Nexus 7 from google.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 9/5/12 1:07 PM

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Why? It's "the" tablet to target. It's a shame the current Kindle Fire doesn't have bluetooth serial port profile or we'd have that one in the collection.
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