Interested in getting your hands on a Google Nexus tablet? From the sounds of it, this dream is coming closer to a reality with the Google/Asustek jointly developed tablet set to officially be unveiled at the Google I/O developer event hosted from the 27th to 29th of June. The price of the tablet is set at $199 and will be manufactured by Quanta Computer, according to inside sources.
The Nexus 7 will feature a 7-inch screen (hence the name), a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3, GeForce 12-core GPU, 1GB of RAM and two different storage sizes, 8GB and 16GB. As expected, the document reveals the building partner as Asus. Other interesting bits released in the leak include the use of an IPS display with a 178-degree viewing angle, a 1280×800 resolution, a 1.2MP front-facing camera, a 9 hour battery and NFC that makes use of Google Wallet and Android Beam.
If that doesn’t get you excited, the device will also feature Android Jelly Bean, which is believed to be numbered as version 4.1, and will be the first device to offer the new OS.
The prices sound like they will be $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the 16GB model. The Nexus 7 sounds really exciting, provided it’s real. For now, take this all with a grain of salt, though more than likely we will know for sure in a few days when the Google I/O event takes place. If the leak does prove real, budget Android devices are in for some pretty stiff competition, and Amazon better have a 2nd-gen Fire in the works if they want to continue to stay relevant in the budget space after this thing hits the market.
The tablet war is certainly heating up, with Google’s own Nexus tablet, the iPad and now the announcement of the Microsoft-made Surface tablet. It seems that late-2012 will truly be the beginning of an epic new chapter in the war for mobile device supremacy. Who will win? That’s a hard call, but at least for the moment, the true winner is us as consumers since more competition means more choice and hopefully better pricing.
The Nexus 7 will feature a 7-inch screen (hence the name), a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3, GeForce 12-core GPU, 1GB of RAM and two different storage sizes, 8GB and 16GB. As expected, the document reveals the building partner as Asus. Other interesting bits released in the leak include the use of an IPS display with a 178-degree viewing angle, a 1280×800 resolution, a 1.2MP front-facing camera, a 9 hour battery and NFC that makes use of Google Wallet and Android Beam.
If that doesn’t get you excited, the device will also feature Android Jelly Bean, which is believed to be numbered as version 4.1, and will be the first device to offer the new OS.
The prices sound like they will be $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the 16GB model. The Nexus 7 sounds really exciting, provided it’s real. For now, take this all with a grain of salt, though more than likely we will know for sure in a few days when the Google I/O event takes place. If the leak does prove real, budget Android devices are in for some pretty stiff competition, and Amazon better have a 2nd-gen Fire in the works if they want to continue to stay relevant in the budget space after this thing hits the market.
The tablet war is certainly heating up, with Google’s own Nexus tablet, the iPad and now the announcement of the Microsoft-made Surface tablet. It seems that late-2012 will truly be the beginning of an epic new chapter in the war for mobile device supremacy. Who will win? That’s a hard call, but at least for the moment, the true winner is us as consumers since more competition means more choice and hopefully better pricing.
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