04Sep Cracked Nexus 7 screen an excuse to upgrade?
Ironically I was mentioning the dangers of storing a tablet or laptop in the back compartment of a camera bag just yesterday. Not following my own advice I found my old Nexus 7 cracked after it’s return from travel in the back compartment of my camera bag. I could fix it and they do sell replacement screen kits for around $30 on ebay. Replacing the screen doesn’t look very hard, but used Gen 1 Nexus 7’s only sell for around $130 (still a decent field monitor for the price) and cracked tablets sell for around $65. Not sure it’s worth the $30 profit margin to do the repair and sell the tablet. I’ll probably just sell it with the cracked screen.
The damage isn’t horrible, but I think I might use this as an excuse to upgrade to the New Nexus 7 with it’s beautiful 1920×1200 display. I don’t really need to replace my old tablet, but the current price of $204 on Amazon’s warehouse deals definitely makes it tempting. I’m guessing remote desktop apps would really benefit from the extra ram and higher resolution display and the 9 hour battery life makes it handy for travel. I might have just sold myself on the upgrade.
September 4th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
and there i was hoping i was finally reading “hacked” tablet to be used as a field Monitor …LOL!
September 4th, 2013 at 1:39 pm
You can basically use a nexus 7 as a field monitor though you don’t get a full 1080p signal. Check out this earlier post.
September 5th, 2013 at 7:40 am
I`m also considering the upgrade but my screen isn’t cracked. The reason i`m considering the mk2 is the battery life has decreased between charges on mine also the sound quality through the mono speaker is on the quiet side.
The other thing i`ve to consider is the profile of the mk2 and whether it will still fit my holder.
September 5th, 2013 at 9:32 am
I think the new tablet is only 1 mm thinner so you shouldn’t have a problem getting them to fit.
September 5th, 2013 at 8:04 am
Nice new studio Deejay, an upgrade… You should do a video tour. Sorry about the tablet.
September 5th, 2013 at 9:30 am
I might put one together once I get things cleaned up. It’s a 1800 foot open work space so there’s plenty of room to run around.
September 5th, 2013 at 10:56 am
Hey Deejay, I recent bought the ram mount holder for the new nexus 7 2013 model. It does fit with a mako case bought from amazon. I find it nice that I don’t need to remove the case from the tablet and just mount it into the ram mount.