Surface RT or Nexus 10?

Posted by Interslice on November 3, 2012 12:13 am 35

Surface RT

Pros:

- Fresh and exciting user interface

- Office apps

- Great hardware (full usb port is nice)

Cons:

- low screen resolution, although the cleartype technology really does give it nice contrast

- although the kickstand and keyboard cover are really cleaver and useful features, I don't see myself wanting to replace a laptop that way

- slightly taller (10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 vs 10.4 x 6.9 x 0.35)

Nexus 10

Pros:

- Amazing screen (2560x1600)

- 10% lighter than Surface

- rubberised back makes for easier one handed holding

- front facing speakers

Cons:

- despite powerful CPU & GPU some benchmarks are less than expected (perhaps only some tweaking needs to be done, Google just released an update for Chrome for Android yesterday http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2012/11/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html

- some are claiming battery life will be 8 hrs. max, which is really fine for me but not for some

- it would be nice if they gave it a cover that allowed it to be propped up at an angle... ya know, kinda like the iPad

Realistically... I'm getting the Nexus 10 because I love Android and Nexus devices and having 4.2 on a really ergonomic phone that's all glass & a tablet that's the lightest in its category that sacrifices metallic style for comfort and grip... which I think is well worth it, made evident by the Nexus 7. I just wanted to see if there's something astounding I'm missing about the Surface.