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EEVblog #321 – Google Nexus 7 Tablet Teardown
Posted on July 25th, 2012 18 comments
Teardown Tuesday
What’s inside Google’s new 7″ Nexus 7 Tablet? Dave’s does a teardown to find out.16 responses to “EEVblog #321 – Google Nexus 7 Tablet Teardown”
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I think the square hole is for a missing “main/back camera” which they decided not to include… and leave only the front facing low res camera
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meeee July 25th, 2012 at 13:56
On android devices to do a factory reset you hold down power and volume down when powering up. Presumably that’s why it’s labeled “reset.”
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Chris July 25th, 2012 at 19:44
Free-fall detection is good for parking the heads on hard drives so they don’t get damaged when the impact happens. Not that the Nexus 7 has a hard drive in it
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Well, that bites.
My Nexus 7, preordered STILL HASN’T ARRIVED YET. And Dave had his long enough to tear it down.
Not to mention, if I hadn’t preordered, I could’ve walked into the store and BOUGHT ONE IMMEDIATELY, saving $20 in shipping. Or ordered it online with FREE SHIPPING.
And I would’ve had it already.
So let’s see, I preorder it, get it later, and paid more. Let that be a lesson to you – if it’s sold by Google, don’t bother preordering – you’ll find it cheaper and quicker in the store. Every other store around treats their preorderers with more respect.
Gah.
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Bummer. My mate Rog who is in the review video pre-ordered his and got it ages before me.
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Goophy69 July 26th, 2012 at 15:22
Looks like the copper foil on top of the Nvidia chip is also used as a heatsink, nice idea. So besure to push it back firmly or you’d have a free handy egg cooker LOL
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I agree with Pablo — that looks like a place where a rear-facing camera could be mounted. Dave, is there any circuitry adjacent to it that might lend itself to driving a camera?
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You don’t have to read info about each freaking chip! All you have to say is “this is the wifi/bluetooth module”. What else is there to say that anyone cares about? Also your speech inflection left me visibly disturbed. “monotonemonotonemontoneSCREEEEEEECH!
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Yes, I do. This is an electronics blog after all. You seemed to have stumbled upon the wrong blog…
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Anatol July 30th, 2012 at 03:56
Chips are spice of the world. Try different blog with reviews for housewifes
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That mysterious hole in the side looks a fair bit like the microphone hole on my HTC Android phone.
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spunge August 6th, 2012 at 03:07
What triggers the smart covers/cases to turn the device on/off? Is there a magnet in the device that completetes a circuit or something? Plz use general terms, I’m no guru whatsoever
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Alcosmurf August 10th, 2012 at 02:36
The magnet sensor for the trigger is on the lower left hand side of the device. Almost on top of the 4 random gold connectors on the side.
Has anyone worked out what those 4 connectors are for? In the Vid you mentioned there was no power on any of them, could this be related to the magnet sensor somehow, like for a special case they haven’t yet released?
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Hansraj August 25th, 2012 at 03:04
4 random gold connectors are for connect to google nexus with stand which helps to charge the nexus 7 also. u can check with the link “http://www.gearzap.com/google-nexus-7-case-compatible-desktop-sync-and-charge-cradle.html”
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Pablo July 25th, 2012 at 11:32