[lmg643]

Amen. As an otherwise satisfied nexus 7 owner (first generation) a lighter and thinner model would be nice considering it is already a go-anywhere device for me.

But the inexplicable slowness as the device ages and memory use grows is a crappy reason to have to upgrade.

It's funny how quickly a market evolves and competition ratchets up. I can buy for $200 a device that gives me capabilities that cost an order of magnitude more 10 years ago, but I also still expect the cheaper device to have robust and long term performance capabilities.

I'll upgrade for "more, better features" but upgrading cause the old one kicked the bucket after a year is asking too much.

And given the market dynamics, even for $200, I'm not being unreasonable! Gotta love capitalism.

[JohnTHaller]

It's because the memory needed to have fstrim run on it regularly. In Android 4.3, this now happens daily. If you're running a device with an earlier version of Android, you can use LagFix (requires root): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmon...