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by shaded2 3935 days ago
I found that I hardly used my nexus 7 and my toddler pretty much made it his own. I use my work MacBook for everything I couldn't or did not want to do on my phone.

At some i began to feel like I needed an in betweeen device and a tablet which is essentially a bigger phone was not the answer. Enter the Asus chronebook flip. Its a thin 10 inch chromebook with a touchscreen that flips all the way around and becomes a tablet. It seems to fill that void. Once Google opens up the ability to install more android apps on chromeos, it will be even more useful.

2 comments

I stopped using my nexus 7 as soon as I got a phone with a 5.2 inch screen. I think if you own a phablet it duplicates the tablet's functionality while having the benefit of being always with you.
I just found a nexus 7 (2013) being sold around the corner by a guy that never even opened the box for 150$. Should I pass if I'm going to use it for web + note taking ?
My nexus 7 (gen 1) is very slow these days, just something you should be on the lookout for...
If you have a phone that is at least 5.5 inches l'd say pass on any 7 inch device.