[Discussion] Your thoughts on 'Tablet Phones'? - Off-topic

I am not talking about phablets here. I am talking about a 7 inch tablet that you are using, and you get a GSM call. Then, you put it to your ear and talk.
EXAMPLE:Asus Padfone
WHAT I THINK: I think its a horrible idea. Phablets are now gaining traction and I have no objections to that. While, the Padfone, is...... CRAZY. I would never buy it. Now would you buy it? Explain.
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I used text+ on my Nexus 7 to make phone calls when they ran a promotion before Christmas. It worked alright on speaker phone. But will never be my daily driver. As a backup if my phone is dead is acceptable.
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I agree . the idea is quite mad, if it was always on speaker or video chat that's one thing but to your ear? Not for me
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I make phone calls on my iPad. Works great.
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Have you been giving your phone any attention since you got your N7?

I don't know about you guys but I haven't been giving my phone ANY attention after I picked up my N7. I love this thing. I have the galaxy s2 skyrocket and it doesn't even compare to the joy I get out of my tablet.
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feelinfroggy23 said:
I don't know about you guys but I haven't been giving my phone ANY attention after I picked up my N7. I love this thing. I have the galaxy s2 skyrocket and it doesn't even compare to the joy I get out of my tablet.
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it does now cuz jelly bean is now on it(;
I do, because I also got a SGS3 within days of it, making it 2 new devices. LOL
Nope lol.
And after a good while on my Tablet, When i pickup my SG2 if feels like its shrank lol.
I start to struggle to look at the screen and text lol
My Trophy, about the same as always ( I love my phone & the fact it runs WP7!) I have though dug out my old HD2 & flashed ICS to its nand memory as I have very little experience with Android and am loving it, I love being able to mess around with settings & tweak stuff, is making me more excited to get my Nexus 7 with all its quad core JellyBean goodness!!
Lol I know I have to squint when I look at the phone now. Also my s2 doesn't have HD screen so it looks like crap next to my N7. I love this thing.
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Ics on my RAZR feels like a joke after using the nexus.
I have because I got my gnex the same day I got my 7. Lol
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Isn't the nexus the same as the N7? Pretty much I mean. I heard somewhere that its kind of like a blown up nexus running jelly bean? I never played around with a galaxy nexus.
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My phone has lasted for 3 days without charging (since I got my N7)
First time ever
Yes and praise baby Jesus for that. Before this I was constantly checking the evo lte forums for some jelly bean, or even just some aosp love. The n7 has definitely distracted me from that. Now I just pick my phone to see if I have an lte signal
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the noan said:
Yes and praise baby Jesus for that. Before this I was constantly checking the evo lte forums for some jelly bean, or even just some aosp love. The n7 has definitely distracted me from that. Now I just pick my phone to see if I have an lte signal
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By "Phone" do you mean that smaller wanna be Nexus 7 tablet that fits in my pocked and broadcasts WiFi and sends me texts? Not much attention at all
Only for texts. =p
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I only use my Galaxy Nexus LTE for tethering Netflix to my N7.
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And after a good while on my Tablet, When i pickup my SG2 if feels like its shrank lol.<br />
I start to struggle to look at the screen and text lol
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Same here XD
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TreyDaPrince said:
Only for texts. =p
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Get tablet talk. Sync text to your tablet from your phone.
My phone is back to being a phone for a long time.
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Actually had to clean to dust off my skyrocket. Poor thing.
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I was thinking the same thing. I didn't pick up my phone all weekend. It almost feels too small to tinker with now. I love everything about my Nexus 7.
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Get tablet talk. Sync text to your tablet from your phone.
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You all are so lucky mines supposed to come tonight or tomorrow ahhh.
And I didn't know you could sync texts.

Who does NOT have any problems with the N7

I'm thinking of buying a Nexus 7, but I'm seeing tons of people posting with all kinds of screen problems. I'm wondering, is everyone having issues, or is it just the people who are having issues that are posting? So if you have a Nexus 7 and it is working great, I would love to hear from you.
No problems what so ever, ordered 27 June, got it yesterday and I've been through two full battery charges and rooted and its still running like a champ. Don't hesitate!
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Mines great! It's probably just a 'nexus' of complaints here! Where else would you talk about it, that's making it look worse than it is perhaps.
Only problem I had was that it turned up TOTALLY empty of charge and needed a few minutes to get past 0%. Once done, it's been working great.
No flicker
No squeaky sides
No raised glass
It works and works great.
Non-rooted(so far), standard rom. Nothing out of the usual.
I dont! absolutely love the device!
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Mine is perfect. No screen issues and device came new in flawless condition.
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Works beautifully for me. Problem free!
My only problem is that I can't put it down and my ipad has started getting dusty since I got my N7 on Tuesday!
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As per any new device, there are bound to be ones that make it thru production with a problem or two. Apparently screen issues have been what's the most prominent.
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Works amazing for , dont hesitate.
No problems at all. My device is flawless. Great build quality on it.
Might be better if you create a poll then you will truly see most don't suffer from reported issues. It could be as simole as do you have any major hardware issues vs. Those who dont. Or are you satisfied with your nexus 7 vs. Those who arwnt. If you do, change thread title also. The complaints will always be voiced more over those who satisfied with their devices.
I'd easily recommend anyone to buy one of these ASAP.
No problems at all with mine.I am very happy with mine.Fast,looks good
And no issues with anything I have tried to do with it.
Everything is flawless here too. Highly recommended. The UI smoothness has me sold.
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First one had a dead pixel, returned to staples and the new one is awesome.
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Mine is amazing, and can do everything. No problems at all. Buy one, and join us!
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No issues here
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No problems here. A flawless 16GB unit from the Google Play store.
No problems either.
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16gb version with no problems no dead pixels either I checked
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I've got 3 dead pixels at the very bottom trim of the screen which are only barely noticable when watching a movie with weird borders.
Not returning it because of that, still very happy.
Mine came form google play perfect expect screen Flickr which I think is a driver issue.
Some people reporting getting replacements with the same exact issue.

Nexus7 Spotting

Hi everyone
I commute to work into the city every day.On the train I see the usual suspects iPhone/ iPad Samsung galaxy and a shed load of Kindle touches.
With Nexus selling loads why do I feel so lonely? I have yet to spot anther Nexus7 user.Have any of you spotted one yet?If so when and where?
I've seen several. A friends of mine has one. At places like chick fil a and Atlanta bread they r a frequent.
I live in Alabama though.
War Eagle.
I've never met anybody in person with a nexus anything. That's one reason why I love the nexus line. It's a lot more rare to me and not "trendy". It's not a social status symbol.
I have yet to see one too! Although every iPad user I see is interested in my awesome tablet! :laugh:
b4silver said:
I've seen several. A friends of mine has one. At places like chick fil a and Atlanta bread they r a frequent.
I live in Alabama though.
War Eagle.
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I should have said friends and family don't count, so how many would you say you have seen,BTW UK person here
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NicholasQ said:
I've never met anybody in person with a nexus anything. That's one reason why I love the nexus line. It's a lot more rare to me and not "trendy". It's not a social status symbol.
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Hopefully not to rare as I want good support from UK Google as we still don't have music on apps store.
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I haven't seen another N7 other than mine. However I did convince my friend to get one.
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V3RT3X said:
I have yet to see one too! Although every iPad user I see is interested in my awesome tablet! :laugh:
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I've had few interested eyebrows raised, if I could mind read it looks as if they are thinking what's he got there?ehhhh? That's no iPad or kinddle,, WTF
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shadowmonkey1974 said:
With Nexus selling loads why do I feel so lonely? I have yet to spot anther Nexus7 user.Have any of you spotted one yet?If so when and where?
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Most places are still sold out of Nexus 7 so many would-be Nexus 7 owners have not gotten theirs yet. With that said, other devices such as iPad or Kindle have been out much longer so it's not really a fair comparison either.
Someone I saw had one yesterday, and I heard someone else say to him 'wow, its like a mini ipad'
Fuuuuuuuuuuu
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I take mine down to the pub regularly and someone always says "wow! What a big phone!" or words to that effect.
markj338 said:
Someone I saw had one yesterday, and I heard someone else say to him 'wow, its like a mini ipad'
Fuuuuuuuuuuu
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Mini iPad Haah,,,,,,might as well gone up to him and kicked him the nuts..So that's one confirmed sighting and a few others.
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woshiweili said:
Most places are still sold out of Nexus 7 so many would-be Nexus 7 owners have not gotten theirs yet. With that said, other devices such as iPad or Kindle have been out much longer so it's not really a fair comparison either.
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Its not a comparison as such just interested to see how publicly aware it is.
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I haven't seen any other then mine and the missus'.
Also, when I have shown it to other people, nobody has had any idea what it is and has never heard of it either!!
The general reaction is "is that like an iPad then?"
mini ipad
Downtown Boston, McDonald's. He had the 8 gb and we swapped apps. It was cool to talk to another N7 user. Although he wasn't that tech savvy... He had no idea what "landscape" and "potrait" was :-/
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In my area the nexus 7 is super rare because I'm the only one who ordered one from the only gamestop in my area! Plus the rep that gave me my tab told me to stop in and tell him how it is because he wants to trade his iPad in for it!
Finally saw one on the underground in the UK last weekend no case naked nexus *tut* *tut*
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shaneydroid said:
I haven't seen any other then mine and the missus'.
Also, when I have shown it to other people, nobody has had any idea what it is and has never heard of it either!!
The general reaction is "is that like an iPad then?"
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I was asked one time while food shopping if my GNote was the ipad. If I didn't have ice cream and richie's slush that needed to go in the freezer asap he would have received a beating.
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rudeboy150 said:
Finally saw one on the underground in the UK last weekend no case naked nexus *tut* *tut*
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Mine is naked, I have a case coming from ebay. It has a screen protector though
I have to constantly explain to just about everyone why I have a nexus 7 instead of an ipad. Not only do I like it because it runs android and is a nexus devices, but am I the only one here who thinks that ipad is too big and heavy??
I know of only 1 person other than me with a nexus 7. Poor guy was harassed over questions about his 'mini ipad'

I love my Nexus 7

Just needed to tell someone....
Not the only one
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Yes just swapped up to a 32gb one. Had a 16gb version a few months now, that one had the screen lifting problem but this one is perfect!
Actually had forgotten how great the Nexus 7 is as I've been having a bit of fun with a Galaxy Note 10.1.
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You are not alone! I use my Nexus 7 for almost everything. Only 3 things I need now. 1. Y-cable. Will buy soon. 2. Ubuntu to get some bugs worked out. And finally.....3. The ability to dual boot. Ubuntu, installed next to Android? Hell yes. Thank you sir, may I have another?
I have from 3 days and I have completely forgotten to use my defy+
Love it!
Love mine as well. Now I'm itching for the ten...
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I am waiting for the wife to give me the 'that stupid tablet or me' ultimatum. Already got my bag packed
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Lol...me too. Especially if I come home with the Nexus 10. She's going to kick me out of my own house!!
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:good: and I even like it with 4.2!
I love mine too! 4.2 not so much until Devs catch up and we have Recoveries that play nice with it. It also broke ability to use USB storage devices with it. I got it from playstore when it came out. It arrived the 2nd day after. 1st thing was unlock and root. Ran stock 4.1.2 until I put on a custom 4.2 (plain vanilla )rom. I previously had Galaxy Tab 7.0+. Very expensive and I thought I was getting the best. It was OK, but my 32Gb N7 beats it six ways from Sunday in smoothness, reliability. Also the GT7 had a proprietary charge and data port/cable. It was USB but you needed a converter cable for lots of stuff. The N7 is great out of the box but awesome!! when unlocked, rooted and rom'ed. Everything just seems to work better. Movies, music, email, calendar, notes, to do's games, You name it. Now if I could just make calls on it...oh, wait, with Google (Voice?) you can I am told!
Problem with 4.2 is it messed up the sd card file partitions so that I can no longer make Nandroid back-ups. I sure it will be fixed in a few days. Meanwhile, I am enjoying the crap out of this thing.
Loved it since I bought it. Eyeing the N73G for the holidays, then the Mrs. Gets the 16.
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rebel1699 said:
You are not alone! I use my Nexus 7 for almost everything. Only 3 things I need now. 1. Y-cable. Will buy soon. 2. Ubuntu to get some bugs worked out. And finally.....3. The ability to dual boot. Ubuntu, installed next to Android? Hell yes. Thank you sir, may I have another?
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could you possibly pm me with any links for info on this as ubuntu recently took my interest
I feel exactly the same, not perfect but it's by far the most practical gadget I've ever owned. The iPad and S3 hadly get a look in these days.
dr.m0x said:
Yes just swapped up to a 32gb one. Had a 16gb version a few months now, that one had the screen lifting problem but this one is perfect!
Actually had forgotten how great the Nexus 7 is as I've been having a bit of fun with a Galaxy Note 10.1.
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How did you swap up? I had 16GB since launch and I wish I could upgrade somehow...
<3 Nexus 7 while PS Vita is catching dust.
He bought a new one lol
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pankomputerek said:
How did you swap up? I had 16GB since launch and I wish I could upgrade somehow...
<3 Nexus 7 while PS Vita is catching dust.
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I purchased a new one and sold my old one.
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Lmao I was searching for this very thread to express the love for this device. Damn I love this thing
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My N7 is so good that I sold my 3rd generation iPad a month ago. I still play my PS Vita quite a bit but I did pick up a Bluetooth game pad in preparation for some holiday sales on Android games.
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Loving my nexus 7 as well... awesome Google experience....
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Loving my nexus 7 as well. As a apple fanboy the nexus really has impressed me. The only thing I don't love about the nexus (android problem i guess) is that none of the browsers can compare to the Safari-browser found in the ios echo system. Sluggish scrolling, accidently clicking links when scrolling never happens to me on my ipad or iphone. Google, tweak the chrome-browser and my apple fanboy days might be over.

Gizmodo: What It's Like to Have a Nexus 7 As a Phone

http://m.gizmodo.com/5973469/what-its-like-to-have-a-nexus-7-as-a-phone
An idea I've been kicking around for a couple months now. I finally accepted that I won't ever own a computer or laptop. I despise my Note 2, the only thing keeping me on it is LTE, obviously the 7 lacks. But a larger screen is something I keep wanting more and more. The only other problem is the worrying dependency on GV in order to make it work.
Very nice article.
I don't think the Nexus 7 will fit in my pockets, and also, Google Voice isn't free in my country and isn't really supported, so I prefer my regular Galaxy Ace for the outside, and the Nexus 7 for the inside .
I use mine as a wifi phone with the groove IP app, when my phone goes dead.
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Is there any way to enable the call button in the maps?
I have asked this in another thread but no one could answer.
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bmstrong said:
I despise my Note 2, the only thing keeping me on it is LTE.
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Why?
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i wont read gizmodo untill they get rid of jesus diaz, & sam biddle.
can someone tl;dr this for us ?

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