The original
Google Nexus 7 was
unarguably one of the most widely acclaimed gadgets of 2012. Among the several
reasons of its success, was the element that it came at a price tag which made
it accessible to almost everybody.
Now, after one year, Google has
made the successor to the
Nexus 7 official. The new Nexus 7 comes with a number
of new, important features, better
internals, including a better and more portable design a hugely-better display
and rear-camera.
The display of the original Nexus
7 was already fine with a resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels but Google has upped
it even further, intensely, to 1200 x 1920 pixels. Protection is supported out
by Corning Gorilla Glass.
It comes with completely improved
hardware now. In Google Nexus 7 the storage options have been made enhanced, stature
from 8 and 16 GB versions to 16 and 32 GB. The amount of RAM is also increased
to up to 2 GB from 1. As for the processor, the new Nexus 7 approaches with a
new quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, clocked at 2 GHz on a Krait CPU, up
from NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor.
Last year’s Nexus 7 came with
only a front-camera as a rear one might have increased costs. This year, that
was thinkable so the new Nexus 7 pretensions a 5 megapixel camera at the back, proficient
of doing 1080p Complete HD video. To be honest, a rear-camera on a tablet
doesn't make much sense but it’s definitely better than having nothing at all.
The tablet is also much more convenient.
It’s a full 50g lighter and 1.8mm stripper than last year’s offering.
Latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
7 inch display with resolution of
1200 x 1920 pixels
Corning Gorilla Glass protection
and 10-point touchscreen
8.7 mm thick
290g heavy
1.5 GHz quad-core SnapDragon S4
Pro processor and Adreno 320 GPU
2 GB RAM and 16/32 GB
non-expandable storage
5 megapixel rear-camera with
1080p Full HD video
1.2 megapixel front-camera
Dual-band WI-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0,
microUSB 2.0, NFC, HDMI
Support for Wireless Charging and
Google Wallet
3950 mAh battery
Available in Black
The
new Nexus 7 is a bit pricier
compared to the last year’s offering. The 16 GB version costs $230 now while
the 32 GB is available for $270. That’s more expensive compared to last year’s tablets
which cost $200 (8 GB) and $250 (16 GB). But you simply can’t ignore the fact
that this year’s models come with twice the storing capacity, much, much better
power under the hood and a monumentally better display, because of these, the
price difference is more than justified.
The new Nexus 7 will hit the
markets worldwide in the starting of the then month. The best all-round 7 inch account
on the market just got even better!
At its announcement, Google
called the original Nexus 7 the tablet which started the power of Android in
the tablet scene. Will the new Nexus 7 turn that supremacy into an undoubted
lead until the arrival of its successor? That remains to be seen.