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Nexus 9, does any one care?
- Thread starter pc747
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I am starting to question whether I do or not. I had a 2012 Nexus 7 that I gave to my wife when I picked up my 2013 Nexus 7. Since then, I gave the 2013 N7 to my wife and we use the 2012 N7 as a media playback device for Chromecast and our Logitech Boom BT speaker.
I had thought it would be a no brainer for me to get the Nexus 9 when it came out, but I have not really been missing the Nexus 7 like I thought I would. My Nexus 5 does everything I need it to, and does it well. So I feel like I would be getting the N9 just because it is a new toy.
When I had my Note 3, my tablet hardly got used, so I am thinking I could get the Nexus 6 and not need a tablet at all. I still like to do some gaming on either the phone or tablet, and the 5 inch screen is not small, but could be bigger.
I had thought it would be a no brainer for me to get the Nexus 9 when it came out, but I have not really been missing the Nexus 7 like I thought I would. My Nexus 5 does everything I need it to, and does it well. So I feel like I would be getting the N9 just because it is a new toy.
When I had my Note 3, my tablet hardly got used, so I am thinking I could get the Nexus 6 and not need a tablet at all. I still like to do some gaming on either the phone or tablet, and the 5 inch screen is not small, but could be bigger.
The only viable future for tablets to exist is to dual boot android 5 and Windows 10. Other then that, I see no reason to own the tablet when phone can do everything it can and more. We have 2 nexus tablets and 1 Samsung tablet that aren't used AT ALL! If phones ever come out with dual boot systems(and I think they will) it will be the final straw in demise of tablet market.
I'm asking honestly... What does the iPad do far better than, let's say, a Nexus 10? We have an iPad in my house that I never touch but I use my N10 constantly.
What am I missing out on?
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If you are using it to watch videos and stuff from a USB stick. Than yes android is for you.
If you are the other 90 percent who use their tablet for business or to shop from bed and write emails and do stuff from the couch then an iPad is for you.
Depends on your age and what you use it for.
If you are looking to torrent from it? Android
Stick a USB stick in? Android
Looking to actually be productive than an iPad
Surface and others, I have yet to find their niches. Still playing with my pro 3.
If you are the other 90 percent who use their tablet for business or to shop from bed and write emails and do stuff from the couch then an iPad is for you.
Depends on your age and what you use it for.
If you are looking to torrent from it? Android
Stick a USB stick in? Android
Looking to actually be productive than an iPad
Surface and others, I have yet to find their niches. Still playing with my pro 3.
Yeah. Not seeing anything on your list that ipad can do, but android can't. Quick office & Google Drive, eBay, Amazon, PayPal, printershare & native print capabilities. Chrome for buying online where there's not an app...
Sent from my Note 4
Uh actually every manufacturer kick out a bad batch right now the iPhone 6 plus is in the spotlight. I am sure there will be a sad batch that gets put out. But that is where warranties come in.Nope,
I can care less about the nexus 6 or the nexus 9 (at that price range)
I am going to let everyone order them (and get defects and get pissed off) This has happened in the past with all nexus devices, and I have to assume its going to happen again, Ill wait for batch two and Ill wait for them to end up on @swappa
My job doesn't have work that can be completed on a tablet, but I do use it to occasionally check files that were created using MSOffice. Not only that, two nights ago I purchased 5 sweaters from the Gap to get ready for winter...
...in bed
... after reading and answering emails.
Your list leaves me unconvinced, and, don't take this the wrong way, it seems like you're using the ol', "you're just not enough of a big boy to like deviceX" argument.
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I have a work iPad and it's honestly a pain to carry around. It's such a huge device that it's cumbersome to bring around when I work. I wish it was a smaller device such as the iPad mini. It beats carrying around a buncha paperwork though.
That being said, I have no interest in using it for personal use. Again, the whole computer/mobile phone debate. Yeah they provide 4g for us, but really all I use mobile for is light browsing and maybe a few YouTube videos. My phone covers that area quite well already.
To me, any tablet over 7" screen is just too big of a device to really be considered really portable. The thing about my N7 is it can fit just about anywhere; coat pocket, glove box, smaller compartment of my laptop bag, and heck even in the back pocket of one of my pants. All these places this work iPad can't fit and to top it off, it can't be comfortably held for one hand use. I wish my work provided app support for Android so I could use my N7 instead of this giant iPad.
Fantastic media device with great app support, but it's even less so my "cup of tea" compared to my N7.
IPads have the same limitations as android if not more in they only work with software that allows you to use it. Company it departments are going more tablets so they trying to incorporate where you can use tablet devices. But as is right now with out the ability to handle processes and programs designed for personal computing iPads and tablets are not able to become the device that people need. The point of a tablet for me is to be able to leave my laptop at home.