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| Nexus 7 Home (Photo credit: Stmpjmpr) |
I've just done a little table to compare the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire and iPad mini which I thought I would share.
Off course, it is not all about the specs, it is also about the look and feel of the mini-tablet and mainly about the ecosystem that you want to buy into: Google versus Amazon versus Apple.
I feel that these ecosystems are getting increasingly incompatible with one another and changing from one ecosystem to another can be painful and requires a lot of adaptation.
I feel that these ecosystems are getting increasingly incompatible with one another and changing from one ecosystem to another can be painful and requires a lot of adaptation.
Nexus 7
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Kindel Fire
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iPad mini
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Screen
Ppi (pixel per inch)
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7"
1280x800 HD display at 216 ppi
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7" multi-touch,
1024x600 resolution
at 169 ppi
or 1280x800 resolution for the HD option
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7.9" multi-touch,
1024x768 resolution at 163 ppi
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Front facing camera
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1.2MP
front-facing camera
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1.2MP FaceTime HD
camera
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Weight in grams
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340g
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400g
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308g
312 (wifi + cellular)
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Memory
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1 GB RAM
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512MB
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512 MB (???)
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Battery
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4325 mAh (Up to 8 hours
of active use)
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Up to 9 hours of reading, surfing the web on
Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music.
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Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on
Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music
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CPU
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Quad-core Tegra 3
processor
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1GHz
dual-core processor
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Dual-core A5
but see here for full benchmarking
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Size in mm
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198.5 x 120 x 10.45
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189 x 120 x 11.5
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200 x 134.7 x 7.2
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Wireless
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WiFi 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth
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Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); does not support
connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks
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Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n; 802.11n on 2.4GHz
and 5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.0 technology
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Connection
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Micro USB
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USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) port for connection
to a PC or Macintosh computer or to connect to the Kindle PowerFast
charging accessory
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Ligthning conector
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OS
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Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
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iOS6
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Features
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Microphone
NFC (Android Beam)
Accelerometer
GPS
Magnetometer
Gyroscope
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3.5 mm stereo jack and integrated stereo
speakers
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720p HD video
FaceTime video calling over
Wi-Fi or a mobile network3
Face detection
Backside illumination
iSight
camera
5MP
photos
Autofocus
Face detection
Backside illumination
Five-element lens
Hybrid IR filter
ƒ/2.4 aperture
Siri
- Use your
voice to send messages, set reminders and more.
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Price
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£199 for 16GB and £159 for 6Gb
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8 GB internal memory, approximately 5.5GB
available for user content
£129
or £169
for Fire HD with 16
GB or £209 32 GB on device
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Wi-Fi
16GB
£269
32GB
£349
64GB
£429
Wi-Fi
+ Cellular
16GB
£369
32GB
£449
64GB
£529
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