I own two tablets.  well, I USED to own two tablets.  Recently, I was in the basement and accidentally dropped my 10-inch Asus Prime Tablet.  It did a perfect pancake, screen down,  on the cement floor and this was the result.

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Go ahead and click the pciture to enlarge.  As you can see, the screen has been destroyed and it is totally unusable.

Luckily, I had a Nexus 7 (2nd Generation 2013) in the wings.

The Google Nexus 7 is a fabulous tablet!  Check out the specs:

• 7-inch tablet screen, 1200×1920 (323 ppi), LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
• Powerful 3950 mAh battery, 10 hours, 15Wh Li-polymer Battery
• Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro 8064 Quad-Core, 1.5 GHz
• Memory: 2GB, 1.2 MP Front Camera, 5 MP Rear Camera, Auto focus (rear), Large f2.4 aperture. (rear camera)
• Output:5.2V 1.35A/7W for other USB device, Input:100-240V AC, 50/60Hz universal, Support Wireless Charging

The problem is, it’s not made anymore.  You can only buy these as refurbished.  But, believe me, it’s worth it!  You get a factory refurbished item that is like-new, and  you’re not paying a top shelf price.  Plus, Google has been incredibly reliable in sending this  device all the latest Android updates,.  Whereas, other Android devices by other manufacturers may not get those updates as soon or as often.  Google has made sure My Nexus 7 is always running the latest and greatest!  My Nexus 7 is current;y running  Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

I’m very glad I bought this as a backup tablet.  I’m considering buying a second one to have just in case I get clumsy with my current Nexus 7!   If you do buy one, make sure it’s the second generation Nexus 7 (2013).  It has the higher resolution screen.  Also, I recommend going with the 32 GB model.  More storage is better.

I’m also considering the Amazon Fire, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB – Includes Special Offers, Black

As a backup tablet, for 50 bucks, you can’t go wrong!  The screen resolution isn’t as high as the Nexus 7.  As a comparison, the second Generation Nexus 7 (2013) has a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200.  The first generation of Nexus 7 (2012)  ASUS Google Nexus 7 Android Tablet (16gb) has a screen resolution of  1280 x 800. (Again, this first generation is’t quite as nice as the 2nd generation tablet.  but, it is cheaper!)    The Amazon Kindle Fire, 7″ Display has a resolution of 1024 x 600.

And The 7-inch Kindle Fire isn’t as Google friendly as I’d like. But the folks at Amazon are addressing those isues as well as making sure that my bank’s mobile banking app is added to their library.

So, for 50 bucks, 100 bucks, or a little more than 150 bucks, you can get a really good tablet which will meet all your personal and business needs.  And, if you drop it (like some people I know), you won’t be out a lot of cash.