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Nexus 7
Raised as a usability problem by 51 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 42 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Touchscreen stops responding until screen is turned off and onUnreviewed
20122026- After a hairline crack, the tablet's touchscreen becomes completely unusable2018-07-23
- Touchscreen randomly misfires, sending unintended messages to contacts2013-12-15
- Touches that should register on the touchscreen often don't, feeling unresponsive2012-07-20
Taps on small links often fail to register or give feedbackUnreviewed
20122026- Links in Chrome often need repeated taps before anything happens2012-10-23
- Keyboard sometimes fails to appear in text fields; taps on links often misfire2012-09-18
- Taps on small links often fail to register or give no feedback2012-07-30
Touch keyboard typing lags behind keystrokesUnreviewed
20122026- Up to 20 second delay between tapping and app or keyboard appearing2016-02-17
- Laggy typing on the tablet's touch keyboard2012-10-29
- Touch input lags and scrolling feels off compared to iPad2012-08-01
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- Tablet takes minutes to do anything after sitting unused and after reflashing2025-03-11
- Tablet became too slow to use within a year as storage degraded2024-01-15
- Device slowed down until it became unusable after about 18 months2023-09-26
- Storage degradation made the tablet unbearably slow to use even with workarounds2023-09-25
- Storage degraded until the tablet became unbearably slow to use2023-09-25
- Became completely unusable after a software update2023-05-13
- Tablet is so slow it is effectively unusable2023-05-12
- Device so slow after a year it was effectively unusable2022-01-25
- Becomes unusable over time, so the user gave up on it2018-11-26
- Apps took minutes to open after an OS update2018-08-08
- After a hairline crack, the tablet's touchscreen becomes completely unusable2018-07-23
- After an Android update, the web browser takes minutes to start, making the tablet unusable2017-12-29
- Device became nearly unusable and very slow after a major Android upgrade2017-09-05
- Tablet is so sluggish it is unbearable for anything interactive2017-09-05
- Standby battery drains abysmally, always has been2017-05-15
- Tablet became unusable over time, even after factory reset2016-12-12
- Up to 20 second delay between tapping and app or keyboard appearing2016-02-17
- Taps take a second or two to get a response after Marshmallow update2015-12-04
- After switching apps, Hangouts jumps to a random spot in the conversation, requiring scrolling back down2015-07-28
- Lagging interactions and double-gesture unlock make it frustrating to use2014-11-23
- Touchscreen randomly misfires, sending unintended messages to contacts2013-12-15
- Kids are completely confused by the Android interface2013-11-28
- Becomes unusable once storage passes 40% full due to slow flash memory2013-10-24
- Tablet becomes nearly unusable and laggy with more than one Chrome tab open2013-09-28
- Vertical scrolling on a web page is choppy2013-08-07
- Useful specs and pricing buried under excessive scrolling, video, and marketing panels2013-08-07
- Scrolling web pages is jerky and laggy, and the tablet slows down again after a reset2013-07-24
- Tablet felt less responsive and less comfortable to use than the phone2013-02-23
- Laggy, bad scrolling when other apps are running in background2013-02-10
- Charging cable looks like normal micro-USB but fails, with no warning in the manual2013-01-02
- Using a tablet with just fingers is really painful2012-12-30
- Desktop sites need lots of pinching and scrolling; mobile sites look awful2012-10-31
- Laggy typing on the tablet's touch keyboard2012-10-29
- Headphone jack only works at a certain angle2012-10-23
- Sites switch to mobile mode and desktop mode needs a many-tap sequence per page2012-10-23
- Links in Chrome often need repeated taps before anything happens2012-10-23
- Unusable for a nearly blind user wearing corrective lenses2012-10-22
- Keyboard sometimes fails to appear in text fields; taps on links often misfire2012-09-18
- Child can't figure out how to start and use it; accidentally opens distracting functions2012-08-31
- Touch input lags and scrolling feels off compared to iPad2012-08-01
- Taps on small links often fail to register or give no feedback2012-07-30
- Small on-screen targets under 44 points are very hard to hit accurately2012-07-21
- The box is hard to open2012-07-21
- Found transitions and ease of use difficult, unclear how to hold and navigate pages2012-07-21
- Touches that should register on the touchscreen often don't, feeling unresponsive2012-07-20
- Certain letters on the touchscreen keyboard can't be typed, blocking setup2012-07-20
- Screen edge doesn't respond to touch, and screen flickers after scrolling to new content2012-07-20
- Touchscreen becomes almost unusable until the screen is turned off and on2012-07-20
- Tiny links are hard to tap, forcing lots of zooming in while browsing2012-07-16
- 7-inch keyboard too small to type comfortably with two hands2012-07-05