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what's up everyone John rent from TechnoBuffalo here's a full review for you of this guy the brand's new 2013 Nexus 7 it brings a ton of Android hotness and his little 7 inch form factor let's go ahead break it down see if it's worth your tablet buying buck as I'd like to do with all my reviews let me give you a disclaimer I use this as my daily tablet for six days and in conjunction with an iPad Mini for two more so make this video very simple I'm gonna break it out into two parts what I liked and what I didn't like first thing that I loved about this tablet is that gorgeous gorgeous screen it's a 7 point 2 inch 1920 by 1200 screen little extra there for those on-screen buttons everything looks absolutely beautiful on it it's got bright rich colors video looked absolutely incredible as a pleasure to watch video whether it was YouTube or HD content that I downloaded from the Google Play Store it was incredible pictures and text looked absolutely awesome as well there was no sort of pixelation as you zoomed all the way and as you'd expect it just looked really good the white that was a really white the black clothes were really black everything about this screen was absolutely awesome in fact I'd say it's probably one of the best screens I've ever used next thing I liked is the design it's not the thinnest tab on the world at point four three inches it's not the lightest at 10.23 ounces but it feels razor thin and the weight is really evenly distributed the tablet's got sort of a beveled edge to the side so it feels really thing when you hold it if ever held one of the HTC 8x phones or the 8 X T you'll know what I'm talking about it feels just really incredibly thin I really appreciated the thin bezels on the side in portrait mode as well even as you hold it there's just enough room for your thumbs on the outside but other than that everything else was pretty solid from the design standpoint I like that as a camera it's a 5 megapixel sensor on the back and a 1.2 on the front not for taking pictures at events or much but I likes I can video chat on an app want to take a picture for Instagram or Facebook I've got the option to do that's the inclusion of cameras regardless of quality I was really nice next is the processor the s4 pro is really fast I went to the two gigs of rent and made Android run buttery smooth I never felt I had to worry about memory management or maybe out if I was playing up you know memory intensive game or processor intensive game I was gonna slow down no issues at all with that it ran Android really really really quickly I would expect it's a reference device for Android 4.3 and it just absolutely hauls so if you play heavy games you want to watch HD video have no worries or qualms about picking up the Nexus 7 someday I don't really talk about that much of a tablet I talk a lot about it with phones and that is the audio the built-in speakers on this sound really really really good like almost sounds like I had some big speaker plug into it very impressive audio next and that's sort of one reason you pick up Nexus device it's pure naked unadulterated Android I loved I loved making Android my own I loved downloading the widgets that I liked and loading you know HD widgets or anything else that makes a tablet my own really I just anything that's naked Android I love it gets me the ability to customize it's one of the best benefits of Android and of course being a Nexus device it's got that in spades lastly wireless charging something that I don't think that much about but I really found myself using I have a ton of Qi standard chargers I just do the tablet right on since I found the right area to charge just started charging was really a a very handy thing to have so wireless charging definitely a thumbs up but I hope every device moving forward I can take advantage of that standard so it's clearly a lot to like about the tablet but there's also quite a few not to like about it the big one for me is Wi-Fi I had similar issues with the original Nexus 7 the radio had a really hard time picking up signals I tested at four different locations at my home at the office at my wife's parents home and then at my own parents home and each time I had a really tough time grabbing on to Wi-Fi I know room issues when I was you know browsing the web or downloading emails but I noticed it especially when I was trying to watch a video I made it a real chore about streaming video on here and if I took it next to a comparable iPad Mini I closed all the applications I tried to load a beta exactly the same time and the same YouTube app it was almost twice as fast on the iPad Mini and I read speed tests showed the speed tests were fine for some reason the Wi-Fi just would cut out and the signal strength was not pulling anything at expect so really disappointed with the Wi-Fi now obviously the caveat that might have just been my one review device we did not have time to get to device into test but when we get other devices in if this is a problem with just one device I'll be sure to update it so in the likes comments I mentioned a lot of things about the design but it's far from perfect I loved how they did these bezels on the side but I did not like these big fat chunky bezels on the top and bottom they are absolutely humongous on really seemed totally unnecessary it makes a tablet just seems really really long the next one from design standpoint I didn't like is this here power button it feels almost totally flush to the body it's hard differentiating the power button and the volume up and down it didn't feel natural trying to find it and push it so I really would've wish there was a more pronounced hard butt or a different locations so I knew always that was power next this is a big issue for me as battery it's got a 3950 million power battery which you figure should be great let me tell you a little bit about my tablet usage it's connected to Wi-Fi obviously all the time is to make them find a Wi-Fi signal and it's my something to do with a battery issue because it kept trying to search for Wi-Fi it's pulling in two accountants checking emails every five minutes usually I do some pretty heavy video viewing and I don't watch a lot of YouTube video I'd say probably about an hour and a half to two hours of video viewing the about twenty to thirty minutes of light web browsing other than that I just pretty much leave it on its own I do keep the brightness up quite a bit I like a bright tablet that's usually around 88% at the end of the day with the Nexus 7 I had about 50% of battery life 100% charge it's an iPad Mini in the same usage it had about 75% of battery life so 25% difference was really discouraging I obviously get through a full day be expected with the tablet trying to get through two or three days might definitely be a struggle now with the Nexus 7 so if you want to pick up this device definitely be mindful of the power I turn the brightness down and I was able to get much longer battery life so you might have to sort of change how you use the tablet I'm hopeful though that a software update you know might fix the Wi-Fi issue and I subsequently fix the battery issue so what is this Nexus 7 tablet get I really wanted to like it I love naked Android I'm really big on Nexus devices but at the end the Wi-Fi and battery were huge huge issues for me so I got a final score of an 8 if the Wi-Fi issue gets fixed and the battery becomes better this easily could have been a nine nine and a half tablet it is absolutely incredible I love everything about it but it became really hard to use without Wi-Fi I got a consistent Wi-Fi Wi-Fi could rely on and if I'm traveling and I have to be using my tablet all the time I eat something it's I know is always going to work and I wouldn't feel comfortable taking this with me now again I'm hopeful it was just as this unit and if something happens I can get another hand my hands on another one relatively student I can test it I'll be sure to date the review and let you guys know but at least for right now I got to give this an 8 which is still a very very solid score what do you guys think do you agree I disagree I'd love to hear your thoughts if you have a nexus own you had similar Wi-Fi issues leave them in the comments down below I love to hear your opinions on it thank you guys for watching please give the video a thumbs up but stuff we appreciate it I am John Ranger from TechnoBuffalo I'll see you in the next video what's up everyone its Ashlee thanks so much for watching that most recent video if you enjoyed it please click on the words subscribe right underneath me to get tons of more tech videos from us here at TechnoBuffalo we have got unboxings comparisons reviews recaps and everything else you can think of here on the channel if you're in the mood for more technology just click right over here to check out some of our most recent videos see you next time humans