Well, everyone loves the Nexus 10 and still iPad is the way to go. Why? Did the article hinted at the one strong reason that could be causing the anomaly? the App sphere.
Well, everyone loves the Nexus 10 and still iPad is the way to go. Why? Did the article hinted at the one strong reason that could be causing the anomaly? the App sphere.
Those phone apps stretched on the 7" tabs will look awesome on a 10" tab
I find it funny when a great product comes out and all people say on here is "Do we really need that many pixels??, who needs NFC, Even tho the Nexus10 has hdmi out, better screen, more capable OS, and is $100 cheaper the iPad is still the better option" Cant we give credit where credit is due??
If you look at Google Play now vs the way their app store looked a year ago, you'd see that remarkable strides have been made.Well, everyone loves the Nexus 10 and still iPad is the way to go. Why? Did the article hinted at the one strong reason that could be causing the anomaly? the App sphere.
Don't forget that Apple's marketing revolved almost solely around Retina displays for some time (and still does rely heavily on it), so they play the spec battle as well.Sure, we should give credit where credit is due But do we really need that many pixels?? Serious question! If you can't see any pixelation when using Apple's Retina display, why do you need more? I can't see any reason other than to boast about specsand that's probably the only reason they've done it. Marketing. While Apple's advertising is centred around the user experience, much of the competition focuses on specsbecause that's where they're able to beat Apple.
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Okay, so I didn't read the full article, so maybe that's why I'm confused, but I'd imagine an Android tablet being a lot more capable of replacing a laptop than an iPad
That's one thing I hate about Apple's product. The shiny shell is next to useless for a regular human being. I prefer holding my e-ink Kindle (rubbery back) than my iPod touch (stainless steel back).
Yes we can buy a shell for the Apple products, but it's still a flaw. Once again functionality loses over looks. These products are made to be used, not to be looked at on a display.
If you look at Google Play now vs the way their app store looked a year ago, you'd see that remarkable strides have been made.
I agree that adding DRM to at least a tier of paid apps will make the store far more compelling to developers, and I think that's necessary to bring in the best of the best apps (although a number of really good ones already exist there).
That said, there is a lot more available there that the typical Apple user believes, and I say that as a typical Apple user going into this past summer. I bought the Nexus 7 on a lark - my brother was coming to visit, and I wanted a cool toy to show him. I figured what the hell, it's $200 and if I didn't like it I'd still be able to use it as a GPS. In the months since, I've been stunned by what I can get (paid and free) on Google Play. The depth and breadth isn't like the App Store, but it really is a very nice alternative. I don't think I'd ever want to go iOS-less, but now I also don't want to go Android-less either.
For me, having a 7" Android sandwiched in between the iPhone and iPad is ideal. The Nexus 10 appeals to me for similar reasons - I can't do on it what I can do on an iPad, but the reverse is true as well. I'd be far more likely to watch movies (stereo speakers!) or log into work's MS Remote Desktop over SSH on the Nexus, and far more likely to run other apps (fun or creative) on the iPad, and then back to the 10 for development (it is unspeakably cool to me that I can actually build Android apps on an Android device should I want). To me, it's not either/or. It's both.
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Don't forget that Apple's marketing revolved almost solely around Retina displays for some time (and still does rely heavily on it), so they play the spec battle as well.
Higher resolution is always better if everything else remains the same (but it never does, since more pixel require more GPU, battery, etc). The improvements become increasingly invisible, and at some point they cease to pay off, but we've got a long way to go before improvements are invisible to the human eye.
All that said, I agree that the resolution difference between the iPad 4 and Nexus 10 isn't likely going to matter in most cases. The one I'd think it would most likely matter is in remote desktops - using a 2:1 reduction (each axis) would still result in better resolution for those desktops on the 10 as opposed to the 4, and that would be easily discernible.
Pentile technology is used in some Samsung AMOLED screens, not the PLS LCD's.
The Nexus 7 is not a "relative" success, it's almost up to selling a million a month
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/10/30/asustek-nexus-7-sales-approaching-1-million-a-month/
And while it is true that the so called eco-system is lacking, Google is making a lot of headway with affordably priced products. Think about it, $349 for an unlocked 16GB Nexus 4 compared to a $649 16GB iPhone 5 is such a steal. Android is still developing itself, but is become better and better with each OS update, and it's only a matter of time before they are on par with iOS. I wish more tech companies would take the reasonably price route instead of following Apple's lead in the "premium" market.
Maybe you should tell that to the people who own Android tablets. Even with all of them out there, they account for less than 10% web traffic. Sounds like a good case that iOS devises are far more 'usable' - while still kicking ass in the looks department...
Sure, we should give credit where credit is due But do we really need that many pixels?? Serious question! If you can't see any pixelation when using Apple's Retina display, why do you need more? I can't see any reason other than to boast about specsand that's probably the only reason they've done it. Marketing. While Apple's advertising is centred around the user experience, much of the competition focuses on specsbecause that's where they're able to beat Apple.
Similarly, I hope Apple doesn't feel the pressure to go beyond 8MP with their cameras. For a consumer camera of this kind, it's simply unnecessarynothing but a waste of storage space to store all those extra pixels.
The Nexus 7 is not a "relative" success, it's almost up to selling a million a month
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/10/30/asustek-nexus-7-sales-approaching-1-million-a-month/
And while it is true that the so called eco-system is lacking, Google is making a lot of headway with affordably priced products. Think about it, $349 for an unlocked 16GB Nexus 4 compared to a $649 16GB iPhone 5 is such a steal. Android is still developing itself, but is become better and better with each OS update, and it's only a matter of time before they are on par with iOS. I wish more tech companies would take the reasonably price route instead of following Apple's lead in the "premium" market.
Ignorance is bliss
Higher resolution is always better if everything else remains the same (but it never does, since more pixel require more GPU, battery, etc). The improvements become increasingly invisible, and at some point they cease to pay off, but we've got a long way to go before improvements are invisible to the human eye.
Google is selling these devices at cost. They are that desperate to get someone, anyone, to buy an Android tablet. Which makes your entire premise about reasonably priced products wrong. How many companies can stay in business selling something they make no money on.
Asustek has just painted a pretty Q3 financial picture, showing a 43 percent jump in net profits -- $230 million compared to $160 million last year, according to the WSJ. Gross revenue also climbed 9 percent to around $3.8 billion, which the company attributes to the popularity of its Google-partnered Nexus 7 tablet, along with convertibles like the Transformer Prime TF201 and a healthy notebook lineup.
Nexus 7 numbers reports shipped not sold btw. Apple only reports sold to actual people.
In their desperation Google has killed their manufacturing art ears ability to make a profit. HTC has already pulled out of the tablet market.
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Why still using this argument? Do you really that they are in shelves month after month?
The only company that want to hire their sales number are the one that don't do well..
No. Apple typically has 4-8 weeks of inventory in the channel. And in Apple's case, if it go to the carrier, it is a sales since carrier will pay for the items and they will have to run their clearance if they don't sell all the Apple products that they carry. If the mechandize go to Apple store, it won't count as sell until a customer pay for the item.
So if you apply the same level of inventory to Nexus 7, when Asus said they shipped 600K, 700k an closed to a million unit in the last 3 months, you can argue that Nexus 7 sell through to customers range between 700k units to 1.4m units in the last 3 months. And I think that is the reason that Google does not want to disclose the actual sales number. If they have really banner sales number, they will want the world to know. Very much like Apple announce the sales number of Iphone and Ipad every quarter. The only company that want to hire their sales number are the one that don't do well..
I agree that for most people, Retina is fine enough, but there's certainly still room on the ~10" front for discernible improvement with higher resolutions. "Retina" is Apple's term using Apple's standard for how far away the display needs to be before the average person won't notice a change, but it's not literally the finest resolution the human eye can perceive. For most apps, images, movies, etc., there is no improvement with even finer resolutions, but with vector graphics and fine images, you'll see a difference between the iPad 4 and Nexus 10.but isn't the term retina define the point where thing don't look any difference at higher resolution anymore? Our eye cannot distinguish any higher resolution. Some of interesting Iphone 5 review go into the display improvement that Apple make (44% color saturation) and compare it to S3 and the new HTC device. Once you got to the retina spec for a particular device, the battle for better display become an issue of accurate color reproduction, contrast etc.. It is a good marketing feature since it has number that make comparison easy but it don't not have any effect in day to day usage...
I was talking about the shell of the products, not the software they run. Big difference, as the web traffic numbers show as you say yourself.
You were saying that the rubbery back makes the device far more usable, and that the iPad's metal back made it less usable.
Perhaps that is true for you...if that's your preference then so be it, but its obvious that the iPad is plenty usable with its metal shell.
"'Look how great Android tablets can be,' the company seems to be saying, 'if only you'd make great apps!'"
Maybe if the Android SDK didn't suck so bad, they would!
"plenty usable" does not esclude that one can be more usable than the other.
Like screen resolution. Nobody cared until the iPhone 3GS because it was resolute enough, then the 4 came and everybody turned into a DPI game.
Don't forget that Apple's marketing revolved almost solely around Retina displays for some time (and still does rely heavily on it), so they play the spec battle as well.
Higher resolution is always better if everything else remains the same (but it never does, since more pixel require more GPU, battery, etc). The improvements become increasingly invisible, and at some point they cease to pay off, but we've got a long way to go before improvements are invisible to the human eye.