If you're looking for a great Android tablet, there are plenty on the market to choose from?many more than there used to be, and they're only getting better. That doesn't mean all of them are worth your money, or worth buying for someone else who wants a new tablet. This week we asked you which Android tablets you thought were the best of the best, and here are the top five based on those nominations.
Earlier in the week we put out the call for you to tell us which Android tablets were the best. We expected some of your responses, but others were surprising. Either way, here are your top five.
Google Nexus 10 ($399-$499)
The Nexus 10 never got the same media attention as its smaller sibling, but that doesn't make it a less powerful tablet. It comes with all of Google's best cloud and media features, including Google Now, support for cloud-stored music, movies, and ebooks purchased from Google Play, and more. Manufactured by Samsung, the Nexus 10 packs a 10" 2560px x 1600px display, weighs about 22 ounces, and features a dual core ARM Cortex A15 processor alongside a quad core Mali T604 graphics processor. The Nexus 10 comes in 16GB and 32GB versions, features 5MP rear and 1.9MP front-facing cameras, and around 11 hours of battery life with normal use. The 16GB Wi-Fi model will set you back $399, and the 32GB Wi-Fi model costs $499.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 ($499-$549)
Samsung's 10.1" Galaxy Note is the company's flagship large tablet, and is built to impress. It comes with Samsung's S-Pen stylus, and is packed with apps and built-in tools designed to make taking notes and using that tablet easy, whether you're creative and want to make art on a digital screen or you just enjoy taking notes on a tablet as though you were using pen and paper. The Galaxy Note 10.1 ships with Ice Cream Sandwich (and can be upgraded to Jelly Bean stock, not to mention other Android ROMS), and Samsung's Touchwiz UI overlay. It also packs a MicroSD slot so you can add more storage. The tablet packs a 10" 1280px x 800px display, a 1.4GHz Exynos quad core processor under the hood, weighs about 22 ounces, 5MP rear and 1.9MP front-facing cameras, and about 9-10 hours of battery life in normal conditions. The 16GB Wi-Fi model will cost you $499, and the 32GB Wi-Fi model costs $549.
Google Nexus 7 ($199-$299)
The Google Nexus 7 was Google's first Nexus-branded Android tablet. Manufactured by Asus, it ships with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and in many cases was the first Android tablet to really come into its own. It's built for Google Play, and syncs your books, music, movies, and other downloaded media from Google Play in the cloud automatically. It also comes with Google Now and Google Chrome. Hardware-wise, it packs 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, a 7" 1280px x 800px display, weighs a mere 12 ounces, sports a 1.2MP front-facing camera, and packs an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core processor. The Nexus 7 also supports wi-fi, Bluetooth, and NFC, and gets about 10 hours of battery life doing regular tasks. The 16GB Wi-Fi model will set you back $199, the 32GB Wi-Fi model $249, and the 32GB Wi-Fi/Cellular model will put you back $299.
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 ($499-$599)
If you loved the ASUS Transformer Prime (which won our last poll of Android tablets), the Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 is the tablet for you. It's a direct uplift from the Prime, and an improvement in almost every way. The TF700 sports the clip-on full QWERTY keyboard and mobile dock that made the Prime so popular, and packs 32GB or 64GB of storage into a thin and light (21 ounces) package. It sports a bright and beautiful 10.1" 1920px x 1200px display, and an Nvidia quad core Tegra 3 processor in the Wi-Fi models (a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon ships in the 3G versions.) The Infinity also comes with Ice Cream Sandwich, features rear 8MP and front-facing 2MP cameras, a microSD card slot (on the mobile dock), and boasts 10 hours of battery life under normal conditions and a whopping 14 hours when connected to the mobile dock. All the wireless technologies you would expect are supported, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The 32GB model will set you back $499, and the 64GB version costs $599.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" ($249)
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7-inch was Samsung's original Android tablet, and has been updated with a newer, shinier model that sports Ice Cream Sandwich (and can be updated to Jelly Bean stock, or another Android ROM you choose) and Samsung's Touchwiz interface, and comes packed with new features. It weighs around 12 ounces. The 7" 1024px x 600px display is on the small side, but the tablet is extremely portable. It sports a 3MP rear camera, a dual core TI OMAP processor, and comes with 8GB of internal storage. It does pack a microSD card slot for up to 32GB of added storage, though. The Galaxy Tab 2 7" has been out for a while, and came at a time when there were a number of 7-inch Samsung tablets on the market, so it's available now for closer to $180. It's an affordable 7-inch Android tablet, and while it's not as feature packed as others, it's a great value.
Note that we've listed prices for Wi-Fi models. 3G models are available, but prices vary by carrier and availability. Now that you've seen the top five, it's time to put them head-to-head to determine the winner.
The honorable mention this week goes out to the HP Touchpad, which is still available in many places (although none for as low as their rock-bottom $99 from earlier this year) and many of you called out specifically for its flexibility. The fact that you can boot WebOS on it and root it and install your favorite flavor of Android on it at the same time makes it a versatile device, one so well liked it was (quite controversially) one of your favorites the last time we asked.
Have something to say about one of the contenders? Want to make the case for your personal favorite, even if it wasn't included in the list? Remember, the top five are based on your most popular nominations from the call for contenders thread from earlier in the week. Make your case for your favorite?or alternative?in the discussions below.
The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it?it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!
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