Ten years ago today, Google released the 2nd-generation Nexus 7, just days after a surprise announcement. Back then, Android tablets still felt fresh and exciting. It seemed like anything was possible, and things could only improve from there. Well, we know what happened next. But the depressing state of the tablet market to come was in no way the fault of the Nexus 7. In fact, this is still one of the best Android tablets ever made, and it’s worth looking back and showing it the honor and respect it deserves.
I remember the high end Android tablets being in a rough place because of app performance and layouts (where some apps still don’t offer a really good tablet centric layout, they give you a big mobile layout)
I remember looking at the Galaxy tab range about 5-6 years ago and while they had good processors, they seemed to struggle on multi-core performance and smoothness.
It could totally be a different scenario today, but it feels like their reputation has been set, the Android tablets are a poor man’s iPad (which is a bit funny considering how expensive some can be!)
This is basically it, we just need better hardware in android tablets and maybe more optimization, Google is trying with tensor but it is a ways off.