SmartQ X7 rights the Nexus 7 wrongs for $250, plus $20 shipping

10. PhenomFaz posted on 19 Nov 2012, 15:21 1 0

yup the Chinese are bringing it in a big way but the Nexus 7 aint really wrong for its price...no matter what and with the advent of cloud storage and suitable infrastructure sd cards are eventually going to disaapear. Google is innovative so it has started taking these steps...thats all

14. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 03:03 0 0

I really hopeyou are wrong, i dont want to give up all my digital life to the cloud and end up paying more for all the services that i have to use cos i have no SD card slot.

Also you forget all the countries that do not have the infrastructure.

And the whole Apple business model Google is now getting into, ( lock-in-user-and-suck-your-cradit-card-little-by-l​ittle ) is the reason no.1 i would never buy one.

19. PhenomFaz posted on 25 Nov 2012, 04:28 0 0

I wish I was too :) but i am not...
I work in this field and I know for a fact that physical storage is going to diminish slowly by slowly....technology follows a certain path of evolution and physical storage has almost reached its prime.
If you want devices in the future which are as thin as paper or lets say for example Irom Man-style tech with the 3d crap floating in air you cant have that much of a hardware in your hands itherwise the experience doesn'tt exist :)
hardware has to go minimum.....the infrastructure is there the problem is adapting to it but people are getting there.

and the whole apple business model is different from cloud. Apple does suck but it sucks your credit card with overpriced crap no one really carees about. in future cloud wont be expensive...it just cant be or else it'll cease to exist.Amazon has a very smart take making tablets at $30 profit margins but roping in customers with good web services. Apple just charges premium for everythin thats not what Google is getting into. I amgine if all smartphone/tablet/pc/laptops start using cloud companiees could give away cloud services for as low as $0.99 cents per month to all users but only if it was mandatory with every device and it soon will be....give it around tthree years...not that long :)

20. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 07:11 0 0

Well if you are right, then there is a market for Chinese brands like SmartQ cos there will always be ppl who do not want to follow the crowd and use the latest of the latest cos some blog or ad told them they really need it.

Cos its 0.99 or even free does not mean you wont get charged more then you wished you where.

Hell, im still using Win XP, on not on Facebook i store my own files and i can still enjoy the same content and technology as evryone else.

What you are predicting may very well happen in US, but it wont heppen every in the wrold and thanks god fo taht.

I dont mind paying for my hardware to say away from so called free services.

Thats why im arguing that buying a tablet like X7 is actaully giving you more freedom then the lock in user Apple/Google/Amazon model.

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21. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 07:16 0 0

Btw, you say:
I wish I was too :) but i am not...

Well if you really wish you could change that, we the users are the one who in the end have the power to decide what and how we use the new techology, the decision is in your hands.

Maybe Freedombox will save the Internet once day.

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9. TalkingTechy posted on 19 Nov 2012, 08:10 3 0

+1 to you

Further, "yay" that this device has Android 4.1, but the Nexus already has 4.2, and the Nexus will be the first tablet to get 4.3, and 5.0, etc.

Who knows if the SmartQ X7 will ever get 4.2?

15. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 03:04 0 0

I think we should have a healthy competition and support all kind of devices, not only from Google.

13. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 02:55 0 0

Well OMAP4470 with 2GB RAM preforms in many ways much better then Tegra 3 (not in 3D gaming).

For gaming Tegra 3, if games are not your main reason to buy a tablet OMAP4470.

See me X7 review to see the real differerence.

22. TylerGrunter posted on 25 Nov 2012, 07:30 0 0

Not only gaming, the OMAP4470 is a dual core A9 and the Tegra a quadcore A9, so it´s worse both in GPU and CPU. And it´s built in 45nm while the Tegra is in 40nm with an extra A7 core to lower power cosumtion, so the OMAP also consumes more battery.
There is really no advantage over the Tegra, they are using it just because it´s cheaper.
What has the 2GB or RAM has to do with anything? You can also create a tablet with Tegra and 2GB, my complain was that they were calling changing the chipset an improvement, which is obviously not.

23. andropos posted on 26 Nov 2012, 09:02 0 0

Another not so intelligent comment.

You must be one of those who only care about numbers on white paper and TV ads, instead of real life experience.

Compared to you i have actually had both devices in hand i can therefore say from my own experience, and to be honest i dont care how many cores and mn a device has as long things work better for me its a better device.

You have right on one point, 3d games optimized for Tegra will always work better then any other solution.

However i found that more games, including some 3D games are supported by OMAP compared to Tegra.

See my battery test to see how much better X7 preforms in real life, not advertised numbers.

If you never experienced 2GB tablet with high-end CPU then you have no idea how much it will improve the overall experience.

I agree that common user sould stick to the mainstream devices, but if anyone care for better hardware for less and more control over your digital life, go for X7.

Its like with Apple fans, they will never try something else cos that are too comfortable.

The one who never try will never learn.

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16. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 03:07 0 0

Same misleading info as 6 months ago, the price you talk about is only for US. You need to spend at least 50USD more as the adveristed price if you live anywhere on the planet outside US.

18. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 04:22 0 0

UPDATE

8GB version goes for $243.88 at amazon plus shipping.

amazon.com/Asus-Google-Nexus-Tablet-Quad-core/dp/B​008J6VYUC%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJKKTJAC33DYSAVBQ%​26tag%3Dgdgt-engadget-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3​D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB008J6V​YUC

17. andropos posted on 25 Nov 2012, 03:09 0 0

+ FM radio and transmitter + OTA firmware updates + more

Check out my X7 review over at tabletrepublic.com to find out more reasons to why X7 is better then N7 if you are not living in US.