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Trying to decide on the best 7-inch tablet this holiday season? Here, we round up our favorite little tablets.

The Nexus hits the near-perfect price-to-performance ratio with NFC, a front-facing camera, and one of the most comfortable designs of any tablet, all at a $199 price.

4.0 stars
    Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)

CNET Editors' Rating

3.5 stars

Average User Review

out of 64 user reviews

Starting at: $199.00

The good: The Nexus 7 features a sharp screen, a comfortable design, and great battery life at a low starting price. Android 4.2 adds some welcome and useful features.

The bad: Android still needs more tablet-optimized apps, newer games have frame rate issues, and HSPA+ speeds seem particularly location-dependent.

The bottom line: With its excellent design, useful software features, and low starting price, the Nexus 7 is the cheapest way to experience the best that the Android OS has to offer.

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October 31, 2012 9:37 PM PDT

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