iPad Mini VS Google Nexus 7 VS Amazon Kindle Fire HD – Which is the Best 7-inch Tablet?

With the introduction of the iPad Mini Tuesday, Apple hastens its goal of getting its products in every consumer's hands and also leaves buyers of small tablets with more choices. To dominate larger tablet market and fight its rivals down, the 7.9-inch iPad Mini retails for as low as $329 and is thinner and lighter, even adding 4G support. While, it is too soon to say that the iPad mini could win the tablet war as the previous iPad. As we know, several 7-inch Android-based tablets are so hot and have already occupied the market in advance, such as Google's Nexus 7, Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Barnes & Noble's Nook HD. If you want to pick up a 7-inch tablet for pocket, which one you would pay your money for? Let's continue the discussion from specs and services to compare iPad Mini, Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD.

Review based and beyond the specs

The iPad mini will go on sale on the Nov.2, and Apple will accept orders from the Oct. 26. But both the Google Nexus 7 and the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD are already on sale. It is very obvious that Apple iPad Mini is relatively expensive than the other 7-inch tablets those all starts the price at $199. Will customers of small tablets leave iPad Mini away concerning about the price? No! Certainly existing Apple fans will gravitate toward it. What iPad Mini brings to users is also perfect experience!

Even though the screen resolution of iPad Mini lacks Apple's crystal clarity and is lower than its rivals, it is even more prominent with the same 1024-by-768 resolution as iPad 2. Because that iPad Mini reduces the width of the bezels on two sides of the display and rethink the software behind it to make sure giving you the maximum amount of screen in the minimum amount of space. In addition, the entire package of iPad Mini weighs a slight 308 grams - making it lighter than its rivals.

The iPad Mini's A5 dual-core processor running at 1GHz could easily fall to the Nexus 7's quad-core CPU. Of course, but we can't deny that Apple's A5 is powerful and power-efficient which makes everything you do feel smooth and natural. And without testing we still don't know how performance stacks up.

What should be mentioned is that iPad Mini offers a cellular option of 4G LTE connectivity. In other words, without access to Wi-Fi, you can enjoy the ultrafast cellular network connections around the world — including LTE7 and other advanced wireless networks such as HSPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSDPA. It is a great advantage comparing Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD, and will certainly help flood the market.

It is still hard to say which wins. After all, there are different demands for each product and the lower price of Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. Furthermore, the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD already target slightly different audiences from the beginning. The former lures gamers, multimedia enthusiasts, and Android fans looking for the "pure" Jelly Bean experience. The Fire HD is a steal for Amazon Prime members looking to maximize their Amazon membership while keeping tablet costs low, memory high, and the screen mighty.

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Microsoft Surface RT VS iPad 3: Another Cruel War in the Tablet Maket

The Surface RT of Microsoft is no doubt released to compete directly with the king of tablets, the Apple iPad 3, especially at the price point. While the Apple iPad dominates most of the sales in the tablet market and iPad 3 is a high and strong wall other tablets can’t overstep, the Microsoft Surface is given all hopes and grabbing most of the spotlight right now. 

Besides, the rumored iPad Mini would be also released sooner next week, but it would be going to fight with the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 at the middle and low end of tablet market. So if you want a high-end tablet and are ready to pay about $499 or above, Microsoft Surface RT and iPad 3 would be ideal choice! 

However, can the Microsoft Surface RT draw your attention away from iPad 3? Let’s check and compare the details of both tablets.

Price:

Price is the first and important key factor that determines any tablets' future maket sale! The price of Surface with Windows RT, 32 GB (no keyboard cover) is $499. This 32GB version of the Surface with Windows RT is also available for $599 bundled with a black Touch Cover, and a 64GB version bundled with a black Touch Cover is priced at $699. The Apple iPad, on the other hand, is available in a smaller 16GB capacity for $499, a larger 64GB model for $699, and all three capacities have configurations with 4G mobile data (16GB for $629, 32GB for $729, and 64GB for $829). 

Based on the above information, it is hard to determine which owns better cost performance. The prices of them are so close and the difference about $100 will depend on those different accessorial specs.

Display:

The 10.6-inch screen of Microsoft Surface is slightly larger than the iPad's 9.7 inch one. The former is only able to display images at a 1280x720 resolution and is only able to pack in 139 pixels per inch. However, as we all know, the iPad has a 2048x1536 resolution and packs in 264 pixels per inch and is able to show images with better detail and sharpness. Of course, we can’t ignore that the Surface features with its ClearType HD Display and brand-new colorful user interface which will lure a lot of people numbed to the iOS and Android interface.

The Surface offers 720p cameras both front and back, while the iPad offers a better rear-facing camera (1080p) but lower-res front-facing camera (VGA only), meaning that the Surface will offer better video in face-to-face chat, but not the full HD video shooting of the iPad.

So if you care about sharpness more than other features, you can choose the iPad 3, and if you want different user experience, why not turning to the Microsoft Surface?

Operating System:

 

The Microsoft Surface runs on Windows 8, which is the latest flagship operating system of Microsoft and has powerful touch controls in addition to traditional mouse and keyboard options.

The Apple iPad 3 runs on the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system iOS 6, which is packed with more than 200 new features. We can get many comments from friends about how perfect the iOS6 is, such as Siri, iTunes and more.

To compete with the Apple App Store, Microsoft will also be vamping up the Windows Store. But the fact is that Apple App Store has greatest amount of apps. in addition, another advantage of Microsoft Surface is that users can enjoy its family services like famous  and latest Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT Preview1 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote); Windows Mail and Messaging; SkyDrive;  and Internet Explorer 10.

Other key Specs:

The Microsoft Surface is equipped with a powerful NVIDIA processor, 1.4GHz T30 Tegra 3 quad-core processor. And it also has 2GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage with an expandable memory slot.

The Apple iPad 3 runs on a proprietary Apple A5X dual-core processor. The Apple A5X runs at 1.0GHz and is paired with a quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4 graphics processor. The tablet also has 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage with no expandable memory slot.

Finally, for those who want greater flexibility, a better price, and maybe wish their tablet could be a new experience, the Surface with Windows RT is certainly what they've been waiting for. But for those who prefer to pay money for Apple's highly polished iPad experience and Apple store, they will head to iPad 3.


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Amazon Kindle Fire HD VS Google Nexus 7: Which Is Your Own Taste?

The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, the world's most-advanced 7" tablet as Amazon announces, has surfaced with other Kindle Fire members, Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Wi-Fi.

Obviously the Kindle Fire HD will fight into the heated competition among a list of tablets in recent months. Comparing with other tablets, Amazon's brand new Kindle Fire HD and Google's Nexus 7 are natural head-to-head competitors. Even though they are entirely different beasts relying on the respective strengths of the parent companies, they're both 7-inch tablets with Android under the hood, close specs and seductive price tags. 

However, which of these $199 tablets is right for you? It's a tough choice, so let's weigh the strengths and weaknesses and check out how Amazon can compete with Nexus 7 or even legendary iPad mini.

                                                                                 

              Hardware and Specs

In terms of hardware, the Kindle Fire HD has a few features that the Nexus 7 can't boast. It features with exclusive Dolby audio and dual-driver stereo speakers for immersive surround sound. It is actually the world's first tablet with dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi announcing 40% faster downloads and streaming than others. Its 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core will offer you fast and fluid performance than the speedy Nexus 7's Tegra 3. But we still have to wait for true experience when it is available. 

 In addition, different connectivity shows HDMI-out port with Kindle Fire HD and NFC with Nexus 7. When it comes to space for movies, games, and music, the former packs 16GB with the price of $199 and the same 16GB with higher price for the latter. To be mentionable, users can get free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content. So in this round the Kindle Fire HD wins.

                                                           
                                                                   

Entertainment and Apps: 

       Amazon.com vs. Google Play

If your main use for a tablet is entertainment, there's plenty to love about the Kindle Fire HD. The tablet is tied to Amazon's much-beloved ecosystem including over 22 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, audiobooks, and popular apps and games such as HBO GO, Pandora, and Angry Birds Space. Amazon's Prime service also offers great services, such as free streaming-video content and free books from Amazon's lending library.

If you pay more attention on apps, obviously Google's Nexus 7 has all Android-based apps from Google Play at its fingertips. Amazon's got the entertainment, but its app marketplace is no Google Play.

Besides, no matter users want to watch MKV and DVD on Kindle Fire or Nexus 7, no doubt it is better to convert those HD files.

Great performance from software tricks: Whispersync, X-Ray, FreeTime vs. Google Now on Android 4.1

A new feature of the Kindle Fire HD called FreeTime is a set of parental controls that lets parents set limits on time and content for their children. Amazon's Whispersync system allows gamers to save their progress and helps book fans jump back and forth between written and audio forms of some book titles. And the expansion of Amazon's X-Ray feature gives fans behind-the-scenes information on their favorite movies and TV shows, in addition to e-book analysis.

But It the Google Nexus 7 runs Google's most advanced version of the Android 4.1 operating system, Jellybean, which includes advanced features such as voice commands, NFC, GPS and context-aware information though the Google Now dashboard.

Others:

Can the Kindle Fire HD play flash? As we all know, Google and Apple both abandon the Adobe Flash. Maybe the Kindle Fire HD support flash, on the contrary we should takes some methods to play Flash/SWF on Google Nexus 7.

Summary:

The Kindle Fire HD is designed amazingly for serves of reading, watching and the web. And the Google Nexus 7 comes for Google Play and helps users enjoy perfect experience from Android system.

The real magic of the Kindle Fire HD is also a service. So a strong choice for anyone who primarily uses a tablet for entertainment and consumption will be the Kindle Fire HD. And Google Play has some must-have apps you can't get on Amazon, which might be the tipping point. So if you use a tablet more like a smartphone or a computer, the Google Nexus 7 wins hands down on your cash.