It also has crap build quality and was obviously put together to get the lowest price. If that is good for you then great on the other hand the iPad mini has been built to very high standards and is ultra light so for some people that is going to be worth paying for. All this spec envy is just BS.
Now, I'm not about to buy either of these and am here mostly to see what people's take on the mini were, but I have to query this.
From Pcpro's July 2012 review (a UK magazine I've trusted for 10 years) - (and bearing in mind their full size A-list tablet at this point is the Ipad and this review was made before the announcment of the mini. Don't want this well respected magazines review foolishly accused of anti apple bias!)
"Summary:
The Nexus 7 isn’t a budget tablet in anything but price. It’s fast, it has a perfectly good screen, and it’s
built to a quality rarely seen from such a cheap device. Android’s Jelly Bean update brings its own advancements, and for the first time we can look at an Android tablet as a whole package and say: it all works. The fact that we’re saying that about a £199 device is remarkable."
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/tablets/375886/nexus-7/2#ixzz2ADnnKkUj
To say crap build quality just isn't true. The Nexus 7 was an Asus tablet that Google rebranded - one that had been aimed at a higher price point.
As to weight - 304g to 340g. 36g difference. the weight of a dart. 'Ultra light'? There's next to nothing in it!
FYI: I've an iphone 4, a Sony Xperia Play, a Mac Mini, macbook 13" at home and a work hp laptop. Android, Ios, OSX, Windows...I'm no great buyer of new kit, I tend to use things until they don't work, but in this instance, I'm feeling if I want a light tablet, the Nexus 7 has no downsides - though perhaps I'd like a better camera, I don't understand the premium this time round, maybe time will tell.