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Is the Nexus 7 one of the most of the anxious devices you have purchased?
Is the Nexus 7 one of the most of the anxious devices you have purchased?
For me, yes
I answered yes but mostly because it's the first thing I've ever pre-ordered, which instantly makes it the longest I've ever had to wait to receive a shiny new toy.
Second most anxious device (after Nexus One).
I dunno, but when I get mine I'll ask it.
As anxious as when I first got my iPad 1
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Don't know. Google hasn't specified it's anxiousness so hard to say . I am anxious about receiving it though
I hope it isn't too anxious because I have no idea how I would safely administer Valium to it. I'm fairly happy to be getting it though.
More anxious than when I was going to get my iPad
first real android tablet!! waiting is killing me!
I don't pre-order stuff because I'm very impatient, this is the first time I've pre ordered anything and the wait it is killing me.
I specified that I wanted one that was already on Xanax.
I am always anxious to get ANY new device
Dunno if anything will ever exceed the happiness of me getting my first USR 28K Sportster modem as a kid. Partly because it was the most expensive thing I ever bought with my paper route money.
I'm a early adopter and love my gadgets. Maybe the original Palm Pilot had the most anticipation for me followed by my first iPhone.
I was telling my wife last night about reading on Compuserve that the Palm Pilot was in stores, calling Circuit City and begging the guy to hold one for me for and hour. I called my boss and told him I had a personal emergency and went to get my Pilot.
I won't need to call off work to get my Nexus, I work at GameStop.
I'm pretty excited but a new toy is always exciting
Ever preorder thread has been like this. The tf101 preorder thread was intense, for example.
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daraldf said:
I'm a early adopter and love my gadgets. Maybe the original Palm Pilot had the most anticipation for me followed by my first iPhone.
I was telling my wife last night about reading on Compuserve that the Palm Pilot was in stores, calling Circuit City and begging the guy to hold one for me for and hour. I called my boss and told him I had a personal emergency and went to get my Pilot.
I won't need to call off work to get my Nexus, I work at GameStop.
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I called my boss once and said I had a flat when I was picking up my INT S2 the day they were available here in PR..
Waited eagerly for my upgrade time to get my Galaxy Nexus..
And the wait for the Nexus 7 is killing me..
Kind of off topic but check your PMS
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I am pretty excited about this tablet. I got an HP touchpad last year and loved it, especially after I got cm 7 on it then cm 9. When I got my girl the kindle fire I fell in love with the size of it and the price of it but not really the specs. The nexus 7 will be perfect for me.
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I'm pretty pumped but the the original evo 4g on sprint was the biggest build up for me
Asus Tf101 we were going crazy waiting...Every week Asus would post there big bang theory parody which provided more details and the final episode we got a release date
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So I noticed that on the left side of my screen isn't properly secured because I can push it inwards and hear a popping sound. Anyone else facing this kind of problem?
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So I noticed that on the left side of my screen isn't properly secured because I can push it inwards and hear a popping sound. Anyone else facing this kind of problem?
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Where did you buy it?
staples
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lazaro17 said:
How many of you are having manufacturer defects out of the box?
Had a dead pixel on mine that I picked up from GameStop
Also it seems the screen is coming up on the left like if the adhesive is giving out already.
I spoke to GameStop who referred me to play store but then play store said any warranty claims have to be done through the retailer. Obviously GameStop is out of stock but they said they were emailing corporate for me today to ask for another unit to be sent. So I should have mine replaced around Wednesday hopefully.
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I had the same issue. I returned mine to staples and am waiting for my preorder unit.
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Already a thread for this. Called nexus 7 defects. Go there has a lot of info.
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I cant believe this form ASUS/Google
Bought a 16GB from Staples canada, the left side wanted to jump out of the tablet when i opened it
Returned it yesterday, bought another one
opened it, i thought it was good! next day, left side starts separating from bezel
are u fking kidding me
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I cant believe this form ASUS/Google
Bought a 16GB from Staples canada, the left side wanted to jump out of the tablet when i opened it
Returned it yesterday, bought another one
opened it, i thought it was good! next day, left side starts separating from bezel
are u fking kidding me
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Same issue here. Bought mine from Gamestop. Going to wait a couple of weeks before I exchange mine. Figure that will allow a second batch to work out the issues. Other than that VERY annoying defect, i absolutely love this thing.
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yup waiting for batches to arrive @ london drugs (18), future shop (19) and best buy (19). could give them a shot.
The build quality of these tablet is not very good, especially when compared to the Galaxy Tab 2... I had one of those and it was a tank the build quality was superb!
I bought from sams club, and had the same screen separation issue and it had a small dent on one side, replaced it with another one, the screen is fine but this one also had a small scratch in one of the corners...
This might be my last ASUS product ever.... their Quality control is pretty much non existent.
Just bought one from Best Buy and noticed this as well, going to swing by tomorrow and replace it
The same problem here. Ordered from play store
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that really sucks, Hopefully next ones are proper, i'm disappointed with asus
Got mine from Gamestop last week and it is in perfect condition. Nothing out of place, no creaking, no dead pixels, etc.
Just stopped by Staples to ask if they had any in stock, not expecting much. Much to my surprise, they had one in stock! Today's my lucky day!
That aside, I don't see any build quality issues, and its working great so far. I just need to figure out how to manage app data between two android devices. (Ie, keep them in sync) Any seasoned dual android wielders it there have any advice?
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My mother was after a tablet. She didn't want an iPad, so I told her to try out a 10in and a 7in Android in a store an decide what size she liked the best. She liked the 7, so I said I had a Nexus7 on pre-order, and she could try it out when it arrived.
I took mine over last Sunday (29th July), she instantly loved it, ordered the 16GB there an then from Google Play store, I warned her it might take a week or so, but I was shocked when it arrived early on Tuesday morning (31st July). It's also defect free, and she is overjoyed with it so far. She has already spend her £15 on content.
Well done Google. They seem to be ontop of things now for sure, at least in the UK. Mine arrived perfect condition, but was delayed by a few days (not the end of the earth, despite the impression you would have got reading here).
The new ones don't need a OTA either, it arrived with 4.1.1 ready installed.
I got next day delivery and a perfect unit also, first wave UK device.
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I bought one for my mom, she immediately fell in love with it. My dad has an iPad and she doesn't like it b/c it's too heavy, and also because Apple sucks balls.
Nice Story.. my mother liked mine too, especially playing "wheres my water". I will buy her one for birthday hopefully I can purchase it here (germany) until then. Importing 5 pound of Walther Whites blue crystals is easier to get a Nexus 7 from UK to Germany
My mom probably plans on getting one, she just needs to get rid of her nook color. I can always tell when I show her my new toys if the next time i hear from her it will be "hey how do I do this on mine"
I got that when she was playing with the nexus. She also made sure before i left, so I'd want the 8gb, or the 16? lol
I'd get one for me and one for my mother, if only it was available in italy and you could buy something other than apps and books on the market...
Please google give us newpapers at least!
Just want to get this off my chest. I purchased an 8 gig nexus 7 online immediately after it was released. Being an iPhone user and having little to no experience with android products I fell in love. Good bye iOS. A few weeks ago I forgot that my nexus 7 was in my back pocket and got into my truck and cracked the hell out of the screen. I was not a happy camper. $200 and a trip to Staples later and I replaced my 8 gig with a 16. Wonderful. With the exception of the fact that the same day I bought my replacement and I was flipping through flipboard I read that Google is probably releasing a second gen nexus 7 this summer. Now I wish I would have waited for the latest and greatest for the same price. Only question now is should I return this unit and then go back in couple months for the second gen?
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norcal61 said:
Just want to get this off my chest. I purchased an 8 gig nexus 7 online immediately after it was released. Being an iPhone user and having little to no experience with android products I fell in love. Good bye iOS. A few weeks ago I forgot that my nexus 7 was in my back pocket and got into my truck and cracked the hell out of the screen. I was not a happy camper. $200 and a trip to Staples later and I replaced my 8 gig with a 16. Wonderful. With the exception of the fact that the same day I bought my replacement and I was flipping through flipboard I read that Google is probably releasing a second gen nexus 7 this summer. Now I wish I would have waited for the latest and greatest for the same price. Only question now is should I return this unit and then go back in couple months for the second gen?
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Enjoy your 16GB Nexus. The 2nd gen will be improved but not greatly. Wait for gen 3.
I say hold onto it. If the new N7 seems like its worth the upgrade sell.
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I think that you should keep it, 1st gen nexus 7 is a nice powerful device, off course 2nd gen will perform better, and I want to say that if you can live without it for 3 months, why not? But am afraid of the availability of the 2nd gen and also afraid of first batch...
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lol 8 gig
Early adopters gonna adopt... early
I ordered the Nexus 7 16gb from Google the day preorders became available and I was one of the lucky ones that received mine on time and didn't have any of the issues that came along with many of the first run of devices like the screen separation or bad flicker or screen washout. So with that being said, I wouldn't count on being that lucky again. I'm going to hold onto mine until I see what all is going to go wrong with the first runs of the 2nd gen N7's because if I had had as many problems as others had with theirs I would definitely not be a repeat customer.
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norcal61 said:
Just want to get this off my chest. I purchased an 8 gig nexus 7 online immediately after it was released. Being an iPhone user and having little to no experience with android products I fell in love. Good bye iOS. A few weeks ago I forgot that my nexus 7 was in my back pocket and got into my truck and cracked the hell out of the screen. I was not a happy camper. $200 and a trip to Staples later and I replaced my 8 gig with a 16. Wonderful. With the exception of the fact that the same day I bought my replacement and I was flipping through flipboard I read that Google is probably releasing a second gen nexus 7 this summer. Now I wish I would have waited for the latest and greatest for the same price. Only question now is should I return this unit and then go back in couple months for the second gen?
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Return it and wait!!!
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I'd say return it and wait, if they do announce the 2nd gen Nexus 7 it is most likely to be released a month after it's announcement, therefore it would be out by next month, Google I/O is only a few days away now, if there's no such thing and it was all rumors you can just buy the Nexus 7 again.
Don't wait for any new generation models. Simply enjoy what you currently have. If you keep waiting for the next best device you will never end up enjoying anything.
Say the 2nd generation Nexus comes out, and just a month later a better tablet in the same price range comes out from another manufacturer. What then? Just buy what you want and enjoy it and stop worrying over products which don't even exist yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272029
Here's a list of specs of the next N7. I wouldn't call that jaw-droping. It just isn't impressive enough for me to ditch my current N7. But if by some reasons you want a rear camera and a Qualcomm chip then you should wait for it.
I do believe in getting as much as you can for your dollar.
I would use the N7 as long as you can before your return period. The I/O conference is this Wednesday. Well know more then.
But for $200, do you want this years model or last years?
I have a N7 and its wonderful. Typically on Nexus devices, you can easy get 2 years out of them before wanting to upgrade.
If you own a current N7, upgrading doesn't make sense. But if you are new and have the option of one or the other, I'd say the new one.
Faster processor, rear camera (which is useless on a tab IMO), higher resolution screen, Qi wireless charging, newer Android, an extra year of official support, more ram, etc.
I'm picking one up for lots of reasons.
1. Support the Nexus project.
2. New toy
3. Pass off the first gen as a gift to family member
4. Above items
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norcal61 said:
should I return this unit and then go back in couple months for the second gen?
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No, because you will never be happy. Technology moves on, the Nexus 7 has been around for a year, a refresh is possible (but still not confirmed), and Apple are no different in this respect.
Call it a Nexus7s and you see that there is NEVER a right time to buy. Be happy that you have a unit that has refined production process with none of the niggles that early units sometimes had...
The Nexus7 is a great device, worth every penny, and it holds it's resale value well. Enjoy it for what it is, and don't try and surf the bleeding edge way, you will always be frustrated...
If you always wait for the next model, you'll never buy anything.
Its worth the upgrade. The tegra 3 was just about a year old the time the N7 came out. The S4 Pro isn't nearly as old, so it has a more current gen CPU this time around. Its a relatively inexpensive device.. its not like its 500$ every year.. whats 200$ nowadays? I've had my N7 since launch.. and the Next gen is going to be a first day buy for me. Im currently selling my N7 and will use those funds for the next gen. As one brought out.. use it as long as your return period allows you and return it for full price.. save the money and get the next gen.
And please ignore all the , "Wait for next years!" crap.. with that logic.. you'll keep waiting.. Next year they'll say the same thing.
I guess it depends if you bought it because you really wanted to do something with it or because you just wanted to check it out. If you just need a toy and you feel like you can wait, then you should.
You know what renews an old device? A shiny new update software can only go so far though.
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spotmark said:
If you always wait for the next model, you'll never buy anything.
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+1 THIS!
And now some new rumors suggest that the new gen of Nexus 7 will be revealed on June 10.
Even if you wait till then getting the hands on the device might add a few weeks more as i'm pretty sure the first shipment will be gone in a day.
In short, keep your Nexus 7 and wait until you see the specs and availability before deciding to sell your Nexus 7.
Well if it was anything like last year, Staples and other local outlets will have them. I didn't have a problem finding one at all locally. Eventually the 16gb's started to become rare but there were plenty of 8gbs. And the 32gb version I bought at OfficeMax before it was even supposed to be released and didn't have a problem. They had a "skid" of them, they said.
I agree that trying to order one on Google Play will be tight though... but I've always had relief in buying one locally so that if there was a problem, I could just take it back and get my money back or exchange it on the spot. Shipments through Google Play last year were pretty horrendous with shipments lasting weeks.
I've been searching for an Aussie Nexus 5 thread and couldn't see one so I thought I'd kick it off.
I missed out on the 1st run of black 32Gb devices so ordered mine when the 2nd batch came out on 3rd November.
I have to wait until 6th December to get it, so I'm hanging.
I notice the black 32Gb have sold out again today, these things are like hotcakes.
Any of you Aussies got yours yet?
Ordered mine on release day, had it for a week now. Couldn't be happier, but remember this IS half price over other top end phones.
I mean, it's simply brilliant but it does have it faults. Having said that though, I'd go through it all and buy another one if I had to.
Im in the exact same situation as OP. I bought black 32gb on november 6 and it says its gonna ship on december 6. Do u know why its taking so long?
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CyberScopes said:
Im in the exact same situation as OP. I bought black 32gb on november 6 and it says its gonna ship on december 6. Do u know why its taking so long?
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Because... GOOGLE! HURRAH!
Seriously though, at least this release isn't as bad as the Nexus 4 release. But still, a month is far too long.
I know, i expected 1-2 weeks not a month.
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Ordered mine on release day, had it for a week now. Couldn't be happier, but remember this IS half price over other top end phones.
I mean, it's simply brilliant but it does have it faults. Having said that though, I'd go through it all and buy another one if I had to.
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Same here ..ordered on 6th after I sold my 16gb one...that I got on 5th. Says would be shipped on dec 6th .
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I was having trouble sleeping the night that it was released. So I got up at like 5:30am... and was just wasting time on the net and thought I'd check out the Google Play store and the Nexus 5 was there. Woke my missus up for permission (so didn't enjoy that) and was lucky enough to get it the following Tuesday.
It is going great so far. I have noticed that people whinge about anything and everything they can find. You might want to lower the DPI though because it looks like an old person's phone with massive icons that you can read from 10metres away.
But wouldnt lowering dpi make some apps incompatible in play store?
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Hey guys, good to see a few Aussies on xda. I purchased my n5 black 32gb from the play store the morning it launched. And received it the Wednesday after.
I'm really happy with it. Coming from an n4 the screen is bigger and better. Despite the bad reviews battery life is definitely better than the n4.
It feels lighter and really nice in the hand
Currently running cataclysm rom with Franco kernel and loving it
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This thing rules. Same as the guy above, ordered the morning of, about 8.30am when I got to work and it turned up the Wednesday after. Black 16GB because I wasn't going to wait for the 32GB which was already 2-3 weeks delay by 8.30am.
Will have to try the DPI trick but actually happy with the stock ROM at this stage. This has to be longest I've left any of my android phones at stock [well i did root and TWRP but that doesn't count, right?]
Bought my 32GB Black the morning it was announced, delivered a few days after. Unfortunately it's going for RMA due to random sleep if death and a faulty vibrator. RMA was easy though, requested last night and it's already been shipped, should arrive Monday.
Nice phone, but then so is my Nexus 4
I'm still using my S3 until my Nexus 5 turns up.
I got sick and tired of waiting for updates from Samsung and thought why stuff around and ordered a phone that would get the updates the quickest.
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Bought my 32GB Black the morning it was announced, delivered a few days after. Unfortunately it's going for RMA due to random sleep if death and a faulty vibrator. RMA was easy though, requested last night and it's already been shipped, should arrive Monday.
Nice phone, but then so is my Nexus 4
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Sux about the faulty phone but at least you're getting a replacement quickly.
Ordered mine the day it was announced (went straight on the play store before work), it was delivered 4 days later. Been absolutely loving it so far.
32Gb White Model
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Ordered mine on the Friday and had it the following wed, loved my nexus 4 but this is great
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ballmead said:
I've been searching for an Aussie Nexus 5 thread and couldn't see one so I thought I'd kick it off.
I missed out on the 1st run of black 32Gb devices so ordered mine when the 2nd batch came out on 3rd November.
I have to wait until 6th December to get it, so I'm hanging.
I notice the black 32Gb have sold out again today, these things are like hotcakes.
Any of you Aussies got yours yet?
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i ordered mine when they were available the second time in the play store, mine arrived a few days ago. Although since its supposed to be a Christmas present and my mum paid for most of it i haven't even been able to open the box yet lol
I bought a white 16G the very morning it was announced. I checked the possible problems reported in other threads. Mine had 2 spots of little dirt under the glass and the power-rattle problem. I arranged RMA last week (not very difficult). Although it was said to be shipped in 3-4 weeks, it was actually shipped in two days. This time those two issues seem to be gone. Maybe it has been the second batch now and LG improves their quality control.
Ordered white 32gb day of release (I start work very early and have been checking the Google Play Store religiously).
Received it on Tuesday afternoon. Very fast delivery.
Since then I've unlocked the bootloader and rooted.
Attached a Spigen SGP GLAS.tR (For piece of mind)
This device is so awesome coming from a Galaxy S3.
Very fast. Battery life is amazing. Consistently getting 20hrs+ with 4hrs+ Screen on time & did I mention very fast :laugh:
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Ordered white 32gb day of release (I start work very early and have been checking the Google Play Store religiously).
Received it on Tuesday afternoon. Very fast delivery.
Since then I've unlocked the bootloader and rooted.
Attached a Spigen SGP GLAS.tR (For piece of mind)
This device is so awesome coming from a Galaxy S3.
Very fast. Battery life is amazing. Consistently getting 20hrs+ with 4hrs+ Screen on time & did I mention very fast :laugh:
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Now that's what I wanted to hear.
I also have an S3 which will soon be my wife's phone. The 6th December can't come fast enough.
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