- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Google Nexus 10
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
- Apple iPad 1
- Apple iPad mini
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1"
Ranked Top 5 in cheapest 2012 tablets with a built-in microphone
Rated 80% by by c|net (Jun, 2012)The 1,280x800-pixel resolution packed into a 7-inch display gives visuals like text and graphics a sharper look than what I'm typically used to seeing on most 7-inchers.
Rated 80% by by Scott (Dec, 2012)No it is not the fastest thing out there but if you want something for email, FB, watching movies, a few games, reading books, and the simple normal tablet functions this works great.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Google Nexus 7 compared to the Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Rated 88% by by The Verge (Jun, 2012)Text and images look crisp and clear on the 7-inch screen — not Retina display quality, but not too far off either.
7”
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Rated 100% by by CharlieBoo (Oct, 2012)These are pretty need, works fast, the camera isn't its best, the memory card slot is a plus and it has a pretty sleek look to it!
screen size
7"
7"
Nexus 7 by Shaun-Russell (Jan, 2013)Not only is the 7" more affordable than the full size tablets, its the perfect fit for your hand and the screen is more than big enough.
Kyros 7" Tablet by Melissa (Jul, 2012)So I purchased the 10-Inch Coby Kyros so that I have something small yet big enough to display images and photos to clients during meetings.
screen resolution
Nexus 7 by chrisvioxxx (Dec, 2012)I am very happy with my Apple iPad and its amazing Retina display but there are times that I do not want to carry a heaver 10inch tablet around and so I waited for the arrival of Apple's iPad Mini.
Kyros 7" Tablet by plokiju (Jul, 2012)Even so, the screen is colorful, and has good resolution (800x480).
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 1.2 MP | 2 MP |
Nexus 7 by Thaddeus-Cultt (Oct, 2012)The front camera is 1.2 megapixels, and the quality of it puts the one on my Apple devices to shame (I'm only talking about the front camera, the back camera on the iPad is far superior to this one).
Kyros 7" Tablet by trudy (Mar, 2013)The screen resolution is terrible, the camera does not work while video chatting, the battery drains very quickly and the specs are very misleading as it relates to the amount of gb.
processor
Nexus 7 by Batmanfan2 (Jan, 2013)The things I like about the Nexus 7 are the speed, I absolutley love having the quad core speed.
Kyros 7" Tablet by plokiju (Jul, 2012)It's a single core, but it's fast enough to handle Android 4.
Performance Real world tests of Google Nexus 7 vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
cpu speed
Nexus 7 by Shanti--Shanti (Nov, 2012)The new processor is lightening fast!!! I multitasked, played Netflix, and loaded the thing and its speed held great.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
| More cores | Quad core | vs | Single core |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Has a gyroscope | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation | |||
| Has a light sensor | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Automatically adjust screen brightness for environmental factors | |||
| Has a compass | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Great for maps and navigation apps | |||
| Has a GPS | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Get directions and navigation, geotag photos | |||
| Significantly sharper screen | 215 ppi | vs | 133 ppi |
| More than 60% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images | |||
| Higher resolution front camera | 1.2 MP | vs | 0.3 MP |
| 4x higher resolution front camera; Video chat with other people | |||
| Faster processor | 1.3 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| More than 30% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Higher resolution screen | 1280 x 800 | vs | 800 x 480 |
| More than 2.5x higher resolution screen | |||
| Marginally newer | Jul, 2012 | vs | Apr, 2012 |
| Release date 2 months later | |||
Advantages compared to the Google Nexus 7
| Much more RAM | 4 GB | vs | 1 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4x more RAM; Better able to run big apps with lots of content | |||
| More storage capacity | 32 GB | vs | 16 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity; Holds more music, movies and photos | |||
| Supports Adobe Flash | Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) | vs | No (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean) |
| Somewhat common; Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Google Nexus 7 | Coby Kyros 7" Tablet | ||
 |   Rated by 903 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by F.-A.-Perez (Jan, 2013) Rated 100% by by Mikey-likes-it (Dec, 2012) Rated 100% by by Abhishek (Dec, 2012) | Rated by 679 users at amazon.com Rated 60% by by Maxx-Creese--maxximuscree (Feb, 2013) Rated 60% by by Thomas-Legge (Dec, 2012) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Google Nexus 10 OK operating system |
 | 2 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark |
 | 3 | Apple iPad 1 6-way tie: Supports 3G |
 | 4 | Apple iPad mini Much more recent operating system |
 | 5 | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" 2-way tie: Biggest screen |
 | 6 | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 4-way tie: Supported card formats |
 | 7 | Kobo Arc 2-way tie: Largest amount of storage capacity |
