►►►► Nexus 7 (2012) vs Dell Venue 7 (2014) [Price: Rs.11k]

kool

kool

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Guys,

I am planning from long time to buy NEXUS 7 16/32 GB (2012) for Rs.10k-11k from flipkart. But suddenly this new news is stopping me that Dell Venue 7 is coming to India for Rs.11k only.

The Dell Venue 7 is with a 7 inch capacitive touch screen supporting 1200×800 pixels resolution. As mentioned it houses the Intel ATOM chipset Z2760 (Clover Trail) it’s a dual core @ 1.6GHz. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is the OS used that works smoothly with 16GB storage and 2GB RAM.

Also included is a VGA front camera and 3MP camera on the rear. Micro SD card of up to 32GB is supported. Other features are Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. A 4100 mAh battery gives a decent video playback time of up to 10 hours. Dell Venue 7 is priced at Rs. 10,999

Guys, what you will suggest Nexus 7 (2012) or Dell Venue 7 ?

LINK ::::: Dell launches Intel ATOM powered Venue 7 and Venue 8 android tabs in India for under Rs. 18K
 
Vyom

Vyom

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I checked the comparison between specs of Nexus 7 and Dell Venue 7 at GSMArena. And it was clear that there are a lot of differences, both pros and cons to both the devices.

I started to make a table that lists the features of both the tablets and decided to compare them one by one.. but I quickly realized Nexus 7 stands no chance in front of Dell Venue 7 in terms of features.
Consider the following which DV7 have in comparison to N7 2012:
> weighs less
> double the RAM
> expandable memory
> rear camera
> inbuilt 3G

Also the Atom Z2560 processor is dual core instead of quad cores in Tegra 3 in N7. But Atom Z2560 processor have HyperThreading which means its equivalent to Quad cores and real world benchmarks proves that while Atom processor performs better than Tegra 3 it does so only marginally and Tegra 3 can't be ruled out of the game completely.

(Read more about the comparison on Atom Z2760 processor and Tegra 3 here. Although they have compared two Windows tablets but comparison will mostly hold true for Android also.) [Atom Z2760 vs Z2560 differs only slightly.]

In terms of battery performance both chips stands almost equal standing too.

Now comes one of the most important factor which is Development of custom ROMs like Ubuntu Touch, future Android upgrades and support on XDA. On XDA forums, the Dell Venue 7 is listed under "Legacy & Low Activity Devices". Link: Dell Venue - xda-developers
So I can't help but think that the support for DV7 is non existent and since I can't predict the future I don't know if it will ever pick up the pace once DV7 will be launched elsewhere in the world.

So in the end, it boils down to personal choice and requirement. Surely N7 is no match in front of DV7 in terms of performance but in terms of real world performance N7 still gives other tabs a run for its money.

Personally, I bought Nexus since I am an experimental freak and for me ability to tinker around with the device is more important than having a real camera (tablets are not meant to take birthday pics :lol:). But if you want future proofing DV7 is a good option, and one that Dell have priced competitively.
 
Vyom

Vyom

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Yes.. my bad.. it seems it doesn't come with 3g sim slot. The first line at GSM Arena for Dell Venue 7 does say its only WiFi version.
So that's one less positive for DV7. :p
 
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kool

kool

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Its Wi-fi version only! Thanks Vyom for pointing out diff. By d way... Me too experimental freak. ;) DV7 atttacted me bcoz of its sexy look, 2GB ram, and rear camera. Rest are almost same.

I read somewhere DV7 has low brightness and dont supports internet from any hotspot mobile. Also i didnt find much support or group on fb or forums. :thumbdown: so finally i am going to order N7 32GB frm flipkart this week.
 
Vyom

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kool said:
I read somewhere DV7 has low brightness and dont supports internet from any hotspot mobile. Also i didnt find much support or group on fb or forums. :thumbdown: so finally i am going to order N7 32GB frm flipkart this week.
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Well, its from Dell. A company not known to provide stuff in budget category. So it wont come as a surprise if they sacrificed some things to provide the tab at that price point.
N7 2013 2012 32 GB on the other hand have come down from Rs 19k. And haven't sacrificed on quality. Its also tried and tested product that have a thriving support on XDA. Because of all these reason, I think N7 would be the best bet even if its a year older.
 
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theterminator

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My bloody month old Nexus 7 2012 edition restarted while playing Subway surfers yesterday. Would you believe it? I mean "pure android", "gaming machine " and whatnot you people talk about and all these companies are making sh!t! Rebranding Chinese stuff as their own.
 
Vyom

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^^ :lol:
I can understand your frustration. I myself have spend countless hours trying to beat the high scores in Subway Surfer.

And who says its "gaming machine"? Its a pure Developer friendly tablet. Good in games comes as an added bonus. :p

Anyway, are you sure your tablet didn't restart due to heating? If not then you might need to start worry. :|
 
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kool

kool

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theterminator said:
My bloody month old Nexus 7 2012 edition restarted while playing Subway surfers yesterday. Would you believe it? I mean "pure android", "gaming machine " and whatnot you people talk about and all these companies are making sh!t! Rebranding Chinese stuff as their own.
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Bhai ab aisa mat bol... it took 3month for me to decide to buy this N7 instead of iball,mmx,xolo, swipe. This is the only TAB which has less negative point. At this price i was getting MTV SLASH 4 with 3G inbuilt, quad,1gb ram but still i preferred Nexus.

by d i m not hardcore gamer, my needs are pdf eBooks like NCERT books, and watching movies. Thats it ! I hope N7 will fulfill my requirement. :)
 
animes_d

animes_d

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kool said:
Bhai ab aisa mat bol... it took 3month for me to decide to buy this N7 instead of iball,mmx,xolo, swipe. This is the only TAB which has less negative point. At this price i was getting MTV SLASH 4 with 3G inbuilt, quad,1gb ram but still i preferred Nexus.

by d i m not hardcore gamer, my needs are pdf eBooks like NCERT books, and watching movies. Thats it ! I hope N7 will fulfill my requirement. :)
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Have u checked Asus Fonepad 7, it's 5k more but you'll get 5mp camera, HD recording and 3G. And also Nexus 16gb is 2k less than Nexus 32gb. I don't think there is any point in paying 2k for 16gb storage.
 
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Vyom

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animes_d said:
And also Nexus 16gb is 2k less than Nexus 32gb. I don't think there is any point in paying 2k for 16gb storage.
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I can't agree with you on this.
Don't forget that you don't get complete storage space for your apps. Major part of it is taken by the OS and system apps. For eg, on my 16 GB N7, I get around 13.68 GB. So by this ratio you may only get 6.84 GB. Not enough.
 
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Vyom said:
I can't agree with you on this.
Don't forget that you don't get complete storage space for your apps. Major part of it is taken by the OS and system apps. For eg, on my 16 GB N7, I get around 13.68 GB. So by this ratio you may only get 6.84 GB. Not enough.
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Aying??

If u are getting 13.68 GB why will he get only 6.84 on his 16GB version of N7??
 
Vyom

Vyom

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rakesh_ic said:
Aying??

If u are getting 13.68 GB why will he get only 6.84 on his 16GB version of N7??
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Nevermind. I confused a bit. I meant you will get around only 6.84 GB in an 8 GB version of the N7. But he didn't mention the 8 GB version at all. As I said, confusion. :p
Now.. heading over to MOTO G thread!!
 
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