Wanted to chime in here and echo dreadnatty just a tad. I have the Nexus, so I have LTE and dual-core. Performance is fantastic and I couldn't be happier. That said, I wouldn't want a TABLET to be on par or less powerful that my phone in terms of CPU/GPU. So as far as tablets, I would go the quad-core/WI-FI route. This especially since I would tether a tablet if I couldn't get onto a WI-FI network. Guess this is partially why I don't own a tablet. Well, I bought the wife a Nook Color this time last year, so technically, we have a tablet. But like her Stratosphere, I have not modded it. I am waiting for the "perfect" tablet (cost/performance/keyboard). I have wanted to pull the trigger a few times on a Transformer but am still waiting to see what the Nexus Tablet brings to the table. Since I am inpatient with phones (5 Androids in less than years) I told the wife I wouldn't be so trigger happy about a tablet!
/rant
jmar