Google Nexus 10 vs. Microsoft Surface - News - Know Your Cell

With Google's Nexus 10 slate finally up for preorder on Google Play, some tech nerds are already proclaiming it to be the best tablet on the market. All this bluster without much to go on.

While there?s no escaping the fact that the Nexus 10 is one impressive tablet, we wanted to see how it stacks up against Microsoft's offering: the Microsoft Surface. Does it have as much functionality? Is the software better? How is the design?

Read on for the answer to those questions below!

Design

The design found on the Nexus 10 and Surface is quite different, but let's start with the Surface first. The Surface is very thin and extremely light. The Surface also has an industrial build and feels nice in the hand.

The Google Nexus 10, meanwhile, features a more clunky design in comparison. It has a considerable amount of bezel and a light, black unibody frame. It feels very light in the hand, yet durable.

Winner -- Microsoft Surface! Both devices have unique designs, but the Nexus is just clunky and looks like a last generation device.

Specs

Now it's time for the spec battle. Microsoft's Surface runs on a NVIDIA Tegra T30 processor. This is a huge deal because it is a step above the all-powerful Tegra 3. The device also makes excellent use of the PowerVR GPU, which delivers solid gaming performance at reasonable temperatures, and the device has 2GB of RAM.

The Surface comes in three flavors: 32GB without Touch Cover, 32GB with Touch Cover and 64GB with Touch Cover. The Surface does not come in any smaller size, sorry.

The Nexus 10, on the other hand, is powered by the quad-core Exynos 5 CPU, clocked to 1.2GHz. The slate comes in 16GB and 32GB variants. Like the Surface, the Nexus 10 doesn't have support for external storage.

Winner -- Google Nexus 10, hands down! The Exynos 5 CPU blows any Tegra CPU out of the water and is extremely powerful.

Screen

The Surface features a larger 10.6-inch HD display, ?which operates at a pixel density of 306PPI. That's quite a bit less than the 326PPI found on the iPad. From what I can tell, though, it's a good display.

In comparison, the Google Nexus 10 sports a dazzling 2560 x 1600 high resolution display. HD movies are more vivid and photos will look as clear as the day you took them on the device. Does the Nexus 10 screen match the Surface's display? Absolutely.

Winner -- Google Nexus 10

Software

Microsoft's Surface is powered by Windows 8, and while the operating system is still the most user friendly and polished in the land, it is a bit one dimensional and a little boring. The Nexus 10 runs Android 4.2, Google's all-new mobile OS.

Android 4.2 is similar to Jelly Bean, offering just a few more tweaks, including a new Google Now app and home screen UI. It is equal to, if not better than Windows 8.

So who wins in terms of software? I think the advantage here goes to Microsoft. Windows 8 is simply more versatile and there are probably more tablet apps available already.

Winner -- Microsoft Surface

Camera

The Microsoft Surface sports all-new front- and rear-facing shooters. The cameras are pretty good, according to reports, and can record in 720p HD. They also take good stills. Not much information is available on the Surface cameras.

Google's Nexus 10 offers a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a secondary 2.0-megapixel front-facing camera that is capable of 720P video capture! The Nexus 10 also has a much improved camera app that offers HDR mode.

Winner -- Google Nexus 10

And the overall winner is...

Microsoft Surface

The devices are, in most areas, fairly evenly matched, but the Surface just seems to have more polish and more apps. Again, this is from what I can tell thus far. No review has been done yet.

While the Surface might be better, the choice between the two devices is largely subjective. They both offer an excellent experience, so don't discount the Nexus 10 just yet.

What tablet will you be buying?

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Source: http://www.knowyourcell.com/news/1665952/google_nexus_10_vs_microsoft_surface.html

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