ever this year between smartphone and tablet choices were so many interesting and intelligent. Now among the various top of the range proposed various manufacturers are spoiled for choice and any device you choose we will hardly hurt in everyday use. Lovers of Android, Apple lovers or curious to try more unusual solutions such as Amazon, or even willing to move your PC around with Windows 8, the possibilities are certainly not.
Tablet In the segment of small size, there are three main alternatives for this Christmas since Windows 8 has a few proposals between 7 and 8 inches: iOS, Android, and Amazon. We therefore decided to compare the exponents of the three worlds with Retina iPad Mini, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire 7-inch HDX (in the Android segment is also worth mentioning that the LG G Pad 8.3 no longer have) .
Hardware, Materials and Ergonomics:
At the hardware level, we have three different but all excellent in terms of performance. Mini iPad is the only tablet with a 64bit processor and is very different from the others for Clock, much lower and amounted to 1.3GHz for the Core, and only two RAM memory equal to 1GB. Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire are very similar in architecture and both have a very powerful CPU Qualcomm. The Nexus 7 offers a 600 Snapdragon clocked at 1.5GHz Quad Core with 2GB of RAM, and the Fire one Sprandragon 800 clocked at 2.2GHz, quad core processor and 2GB of RAM.
Everyone has a display with excellent definition and all offer a powerful graphics card and able to run games very complex.
Regarding materials and ergonomics, iPad Mini is made of aluminum and the feel in your hand is very nice though, especially this season, the contact is cold. Nexus 7 has a rear shell loader that makes it more stable in the hand thanks to the different aspect ratio, more elongated, narrow and similar to a smartphone. The Kindle is a middle ground between the two materials, however, and offers excellent and pleasant to the touch.
In use, although the Nexus 7 is the lightest, the weight differences do not affect the usability. The dimensions are in the Google product the best compromise for portability but the display of 4:3 ratio of the iPad Mini is able to be more appreciated during use thanks to the diagonal slightly wider. The Fire is again between the two with a good size and weighs just over 300 grams.
Display and Audio:
If the definition is certainly not a choice you face any problem, even the pixel density is virtually identical despite the differences in size. If iPad Mini Retina objectively a higher resolution, larger screen lowers ppi then are virtually identical between all three of the Tablet. Therefore, the visual quality is outstanding and multimedia content are all really enjoyable.
Even the differences in color and color temperature are mild and give more to a different management software for the better or worse of the different panels. excellent viewing angles, good visibility in the sun and excellent touch screen. In this last case, however, the optimization software is able to offer small differences Retina and iPad Mini, thanks to iOS, offers a pleasant greater use of the scroll, pan and pinch in almost all programs. Minor differences that do not despise Nexus and Fire but that quote in the comparison.
Finally, the ratio of Retina iPad Mini is a winner through the contents in this particular market segment. Surely the programs developed for iOS affect much in this perception, but use, either for the outer shell limited, either because of the greater lateral width of the screen, the iPad is more comfortable and enjoyable.
Regarding the audio, really excellent all three. Choices of different positioning of the speakers but truly exceptional quality for all. Appreciable choice that allows Amazon to exploit a plan to reflect the sound and make it even more enjoyable, excellent location on Nexus 7 2013, which prevents sound coverage and even playing anyway enveloping sound of iPad Mini even if it comes only from the bottom the Tablet.
Software:
Speaking of software is a potentially infinite, and especially in the eternal struggle between iOS and Android it can take extreme developments with digressions. On balance, in everyday use, all three of the Tablet are extremely pleasant, complete and optimized. All have flaws, they all have unique qualities that allow experienced users to choose the right product for your needs.
But if we think of a less advanced user and looking for an excellent product, which is chosen iPad, Nexus or Fire, does not matter: the experience will be good in any case. Still trying to analyze the macro differences during the daily use of the following main points:
- Interface | The Fire of Amazon is the only one of the three products at the level of user interface offers really something designed exclusively for the Tablet. Large Icons, services in the foreground at the top, quick links to the most frequently used applications and files / s, looking ever present, multitasking using Swype and a series of features dedicated to using their tablet. Conversely Nexus 7 and iPad Mini Tablet borrow the interface from the smartphone segment. In both cases we have basically a porting of the Ui in giant size. If the difference is on the iPad optimized applications on Android using the Nexus 7 is approaching so incredible that of a Nexus 5. Widgets, UI, applications, management, notifications, settings and all the principal elements have no real differences (there is the multi account that is to emphasize the tabs Andriod).
- Programs | Taking up the last point, although on the iPad Mini Grid Home is not different from that of the iPhone, as soon as we open a program here that everything changes. The entire iOS on the iPad is designed specifically for the Tablet and this is reflected in the hundreds of thousands of applications actually implemented and optimized to a different UI than the iPhone. It is this, the macro difference that makes iPad appreciate more, in use the tablet, compared to Android today. Nexus 7 has lots of potential and in fact more options, but clashes with programs that ultimately are identical in appearance and function to those found on Nexus 5. Sure, some option changes, some app is actually optimized, but the overall experience is really like, something that we can not say between iPad and iPhone. When really the Android ecosystem will find a full optimization of the applications (even the main 10,000), it will probably be even more difficult to give up the freedom and flexibility afforded by Android. Fire And where is it? In this case is the outsider for excellence that finds its strengths and weaknesses. The lack of the Play Store can be a difficult obstacle to overcome, but the Amazon services and applications, however, Android, present in the APA-Shop, so you can make up for this lack good. Furthermore, the security is maximum, total control over downloadable content and initiatives are highly valued daily. The apps are the same as Nexus 7 in most cases and therefore the optimization Tablet is practically similar but collides with less freedom. Tablet UI centric but more customization significantly lower: the choice depends on the use of each one in this case.
- Games | There is little to say. If the hardware is great for all three, Retina iPad Mini is really a console. The titles made for iOS and Tablet are many more, are better optimized, they are able to harness the full power available and are really enjoyable thanks to 4:3. Nexus 7 and Fire are certainly not to be thrown away, and indeed, there are certainly many games but the offer is not comparable and some lag, frame loss and optimization is not perfect is the price to pay for a platform incredibly varied and diverse .
Endnote regards the internet. Navigation is now excellent on all ecosystems and the differences are minimal. iPad Mini, combining those features listed above the display, sensitivity and fluidity, it offers a higher pleasure in the small things while browsing, filling in online forms, entering passwords and use the keyboard. Even in this small aspect of writing, it is known as the keyboard of the iPad Mini is really designed for tablets and is not a 1:1 port of the smartphone.
Multimedia, camera and battery:
If the tablet are not made for the photo, the Kindle Fire, even if it were, it makes them not having the rear camera. Between the two challengers therefore iPad Mini is the one with the best overall quality and the Nexus 7 still manages to take pictures enough. For video speech is virtually identical.
instead Different media management. If the image quality differences are more of a personal matter and stylistic preferences that everyone can have, the opening speed, display and operation is virtually identical. Where Android wins is reading video on Nexus 7 and Fire allows you to open virtually any type of content on the iPad for certain types of files you will need an external program downloaded from the App Store.
Finally the battery life. The values ??are not very far away and when we display a video or actively use the device we have practically the same fuel consumption. The difference is found in the standby or mixed use where the tablet is not always active, but is used in different times of the day. In this case, the energy consumption of the iPad Mini and are less able to do even 1 more day of independence is not impossible.
Conclusion:
A clear winner does not exist and if we take into consideration all the aspects listed and join them to the respective prices, about 150 € more than the cost of the iPad Mini Retina much flatter preferences. All three are really excellent from all points of view and any choices you make sure we have a great product. iPad is able to offer the software, games, pleasure and money that little bit extra. Nexus 7 allows you to have the best portability and wider liberty and customization possible without distorting or really change the experience than a smartphone Nexus. The Kindle Fire combines two worlds, bringing with him a very well structured, lots of amenities and a world of applications filming Android ecosystem.
If price is not an issue, the iPad Mini is still the choice if your budget is lower, the Fire is perfect for the regular user, the Nexus for the most geek.
Reviews:
- HDX Amazon Kindle Fire 7 “: The Review by HDblog
- Nexus 7 2013: Review by HDblog
- Retina iPad Mini: Review of the HDblog
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