Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 8, 2014 7:39 pm wrote:
> Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on December 8, 2014 1:14 pm wrote:
> > I am shocked and amazed at how little traction cheap Windows and Android tablets have compared to iPads.
>
> I am one of the unlucky owners of 2021 Nexus 7 tablet which I recently upgraded to Android 5.0
> Lollipop. The resulting device is barely usable, it's plagued with slow-downs and sometimes locks
> up for up to a minute before responding to a command. I've also got a 4th generation iPad which
> similarly went through a couple of major updates and while it has weaker hardware (at least
> on paper) than the Nexus 7, it is still remarkably smooth and pleasant to use.
>
> Now, consider that most recent low-end Android tablets have significantly slower SoCs than my Nexus 7 and you'll
> quickly realize why they're so unattractive compared to iPads. Even against the cheaper ones of the range.

I have a Nexus 7 2012 (9 year younger than your Nexus ;-) and upgraded it to Lollipop using ADB and factory images. Was too impatient to wait for over the air upgrade. Unfortunately the upgrade process was tedious and painful, required way too much Googling, and took almost whole day instead of one or two hours as I originally thought it would take. But the end result is a exceptionally smooth running tablet. No slowdowns whatsoever and rock stable.

Ronald Maas