Speaking of extending the life of the device, the Nexus 7's 4326 mAh battery is held down by just a small amount of adhesive, so it's easy to remove, and presumably easy to replace. As iFixit points out, the Nexus 7's battery is smaller than the Kindle Fire's battery, but lasts about two hours longer according to .

Google's website doesn't say whether the Nexus 7 has stereo or mono speakers, but iFixit found a pair of speaker drivers in its teardown. (The Verge also reports that the device has .) In any case, on my loaner Nexus 7 I can't hear much of a stereo effect, even on songs with hard panning. That may explain why Google isn't making a big deal out of it.

As iFixit notes, the Nexus 7's display glass and LCD are fused together, so if either one breaks, you'll have to replace both. That's obviously a more expensive and difficult repair in comparison to the Kindle Fire, whose glass is not fused to the LCD.