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[bankerdanny]

Google came so close here. But the 7 is missing two key pieces: an SD slot and a rear camera to be perfect.

I have been holding off on any kind of tablet. But a $275 Nexus 7 with 8gb of built in memory, a 5-8mp rear camera and a microSD slot probably would have gotten me to finally buy one. Google could have felt free to delete the front camera that almost nobody uses anyway to offset the cost of a far more useful rear one.

I use the camera on my phone all the time and if I buy a small tablet I am sure I will use its camera too. So no camera, no interest.

This post has been edited by bankerdanny: 29 June 2012 - 07:04 AM

[lonnied]

bankerdanny, on 29 June 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

Google came so close here. But the 7 is missing two key pieces: an SD slot and a rear camera to be perfect.

I have been holding off on any kind of tablet. But a $275 Nexus 7 with 8gb of built in memory, a 5-8mp rear camera and a microSD slot probably would have gotten me to finally buy one. Google could have felt free to delete the front camera that almost nobody uses anyway to offset the cost of a far more useful rear one.

I use the camera on my phone all the time and if I buy a small tablet I am sure I will use its camera too. So no camera, no interest.

[EricShotwell]

Guess it won't be replacing my Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0. No Flash, no SD, no rear camera, no HDMI, and no landscape support? NO SALE!

The Nexus may be lighter and faster, but for $50 more, the Samsung galaxy tab 2 completely kicks this thing's butt on specs.

[EricShotwell]

You should look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7"). I paid$249 and I love mine.

bankerdanny, on 29 June 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

Google came so close here. But the 7 is missing two key pieces: an SD slot and a rear camera to be perfect.

I have been holding off on any kind of tablet. But a $275 Nexus 7 with 8gb of built in memory, a 5-8mp rear camera and a microSD slot probably would have gotten me to finally buy one. Google could have felt free to delete the front camera that almost nobody uses anyway to offset the cost of a far more useful rear one.

I use the camera on my phone all the time and if I buy a small tablet I am sure I will use its camera too. So no camera, no interest.

[ChristopherStSauveur]

One pro thou about the Nexus is it will get Android updates first...

[ChristopherStSauveur]

Even thou XDA rocks stuff out better than stock android

[DlBetty]

bankerdanny, on 29 June 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

Google came so close here. But the 7 is missing two key pieces: an SD slot and a rear camera to be perfect.

I have been holding off on any kind of tablet. But a $275 Nexus 7 with 8gb of built in memory, a 5-8mp rear camera and a microSD slot probably would have gotten me to finally buy one. Google could have felt free to delete the front camera that almost nobody uses anyway to offset the cost of a far more useful rear one.

I use the camera on my phone all the time and if I buy a small tablet I am sure I will use its camera too. So no camera, no interest.

My thoughts exactly, 8gb is VERY small and 16gb is passable. We were looking for the rear facing camera and expandable storage also. 7 in our home we'd hoped these would be good for a couple of the teens and they love the camera in their devices. The price was sweet but this just won't do for their needs. When they are 18+ they can do their own shopping for them, until then it's up to me, fun, not. I see they say aimed at the Kindle Fire, and they have a new one coming out any day now too. I think it's going to be a long wait. Thanks

[Cullan66]

bankerdanny, on 29 June 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

Google came so close here. But the 7 is missing two key pieces: an SD slot and a rear camera to be perfect.

I have been holding off on any kind of tablet. But a $275 Nexus 7 with 8gb of built in memory, a 5-8mp rear camera and a microSD slot probably would have gotten me to finally buy one. Google could have felt free to delete the front camera that almost nobody uses anyway to offset the cost of a far more useful rear one.

I use the camera on my phone all the time and if I buy a small tablet I am sure I will use its camera too. So no camera, no interest.

Agreed regarding the micro-SD card slot, but I think most people really just don't care about a camera on a tablet (other than a simple one for video chat). When vastly better quality cameras are smaller than the size of a tablet - and aren't junk - why not just bring that camera instead?
For me, leaving out micro-SD and HDMI-out was the larger disappointment.

[Cullan66]

While I'm disappointed it has no micro-SD slot and no HDMI-out, it still is better than everything else in this price range, and I guess my 25gigs of online storage will cover things.
In the end, it's more important to keep the base model from going above $200, as that is the decided price limit for millions of people who see a tablet as largely a recreational content consumption device, not really meant for productivity...and they'd be correct about that being the current state of tablets.

What they should have did, was offer a micro-SD card slot and HDMI-out on the $250 model.

[coryatjohn]

The author didn't point out that Google is also giving a $25 credit in the Play store for every Nexus 7 purchased.

This will help "prime the pump" and help sell things in the Play store plus it lowers the cost of ownership with this credit.