Prevent these issues when choosing a 7-inch tablet - nelsenheratat

Are you buying a new 7-inch tablet this holiday season, or hoping to receive one as a present? Last class the original Raise Fervency sparked the success of the smaller tab segment. This year there are a number of massive 7-inch tab options, which is a good thing, but also way you have to weigh your options before choosing one.

The Kindle Fire is freshly and improved with the Kindle Fire HD, Barnes and Highborn has stepped up its game with the Nook HD to go head to head with Evoke Fire, and Google and Apple have both entered the 7-in tablet fray. Each has its pros and cons.

FixYa, a site with an online community for changeable device issues, has released a report detailing the all but common complaints of the leading 7-inch tablets. The report aggregates data from thousands of technical support and troubleshooting inquiries from the FixYa site and its iOS mobile app.

Amazon established the 7-inch market with its Kindle Fire.

Let's start with the Evoke Fire HD. The Enkindle Fire rode the credibility of the Elicit brand, and a steal price compared to other tablets to huge success last year. The Kindle Fire HD includes a number of improvements and enhancements over its predecessor, but intimately a third of the complaints about the twist revolve around around the ads displayed on the lock screen. A fourth of users also reputation issues with slow multitasking.

The leading complaint for the Corner HD—reportable by 30 percent of users—is that the touch screen display is not responsive enough. One in basketball team Corner HD users also has an issue with hardscrabble multitasking, the sound character of the speakers, or slow performance generally.

The Google Nexus 7 has emerged every bit a very popular small pill option, but it's non without its ain issues. Nearly a third of the tech support inquiries are related to problems with system updates. Tied for first at 30 percent, a issue of users besides have complaints about the showing.

The most common "take" reported for Malus pumila's iPad Miniskirt isn't really an issue at all. A quarter of the technical support requests for the iPad Miniskirt relate to the 4:3 aspect ratio according to FixYa. Most other tablets give a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, so the aspect ratio is an issue with the iPad Miniskirt, but it's a illustrious "feature" of the tablet.

Google's Nexus 7 has been a strong player.

The past top iPad Miniskirt complaints are more logical. Tied at 20 percent apiece, iPad Miniskirt owners are apparently unhappy with how easy the in reply plate gets scratched, the display—which is not Retina so it's inferior to the display on the full-size iPad, and the noncomprehensive storehouse capacity. Orchard apple tree's iPad and iPad Mini behave not have any Mount Rushmore State memory bill of fare slot or USB port for expanding storage, then you're stuck with whatever the device has on board.

Acknowledged, none of these reported issues is needs a "deal breaker" per se. Without digging deeper into the information, it's thorny to know what the sample sizing is for each tablet—thus we don't really know the answer to "30 per centum of what?".

There are also other elements to subscribe into circumstance when choosing a 7-inch pill. The Elicit Terminat HD is Android-ish, but it uses a unique Amazon fork of the Android Operating system. The Nook HD runs Android, but it's heavily modified with a unequaled Barnes and Noble UI. The Nexus 7 is a unclouded Android tablet, and the iPad Mini is iOS. Your choice of tablet could be set aside the mobile OS on your smartphone, OR which mobile ecosystem you're already invested in operating room most comfortable with.

Keep in mind that these aren't the lonesome cardinal choices knocked out there either. Still, you should at to the lowest degree get a load at the FixYa report so you're alive of some of the most common issues with each tablet before making a decision.