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"It is lighter and more comfortable being held in one hand."

More comfortable, perhaps, but lighter? The Nexus 7 is 340 grams [1] versus 652 grams on the new iPad [2].

It might feel lighter, but it is all in your head.

[1]: http://www.google.com/nexus/#/7/specs [2]: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

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I'm sure I must be missing something, but how is 340g not lighter than 652g?

You can probably criticize a lot of things about the review, but a 7" tablet being lighter than a 10" one is more of a "well... duh?"

He's gotta be making a reality distortion field joke.

"There are four lights!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eSwq1ewsU

I misread - see my reply to my original comment.

Right, so it's barely half the weight of the new iPad. How is that "all in your head"?

My experience this far -- comparing to a Xoom and a Galaxy Tab 10.1 -- is that the Galaxy Tab feels the most comfortable. The Xoom has sharp edges and feels extremely dense/heavy in the hand (and a much worse screen). The Nexus 7 is too small to comfortable hold in two hands, and the keyboard on a 7" screen is too small to comfortable type two-handed. Imho, the 7" form factor is ideal for two things: eReading and sliding into an airplane seat back pocket during takeoff & landing. The Galaxy Tab feels lighter than the Nexus even though I'm sure it probably is is twice the mass, simply because it's thinner and less dense. As Nick said, it's all in my head. :)

God damnit. I read the previous line as "I prefer the iPad to it", not "I prefer it to the iPad". Hence my original comment.

Stupid dyslexia.

So you're saying 652 is lighter than 340?

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