Google and partner ASUS have updated the Nexus 7 tablet for 2013. The new Google Nexus 7 is slimmer, lighter, and faster with an awesome display. If you are looking for the best tablet for watching movies, playing games, and reading books, the Google Nexus 7 2nd Edition is the best tablet out there.
The build of the Nexus 7 has greatly improved. Despite its competitive pricing, the Google Nexus 7 looks sleek and classy. It is slimmer than the first generation tablet and also slightly lighter, making it more comfortably to hold.
An Awesome Display
One of the most noticeable differences between the current generation Nexus 7 over its predecessor is the display. Google Nexus 7 now boasts of the best display on any tablet. With a pixel-packed resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels on the 7-inch display (323ppi), the Nexus 7 boasts of the having the sharpest 7-inch tablet screen.
With Apple taking forever, to offer Retina display on its own 7-inch offering, the iPad Mini, Google is already offering a tablet with what can be called a Retina display. At 323 ppi, the display on the Google Nexus 7 even rivals the iPad 4 with its 264 ppi display. The 1080p HD IPS display is 7.02-inch diagonal and protected by scratch resistant Corning glass.
The all new Nexus 7 offers two cameras: a rear facing 5 megapixel camera and a 1.2 megapixels camera front-facing camera.
Jelly Bean Part 3
Google Nexus 7 comes with the latest iteration of Jelly Bean (Android 4.3) with some improvements. It comes with more power, now offering a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM. Early reviews show the device to be fast and responsive.
The all new Google Nexus 7 comes in two variant, a Wi-Fi only model and a model with cellular data support on LTE, HSPA+, and GPRS/EDGE.
Pricing and Availability
ASUS Google Nexus 7 launched on July 30 in the United States, but is not yet available in Nigeria. We do not have any official info on Nigerian pricing but based on some international pricing information, and the usual over pricing of tablets in Nigeria we expect the Google Nexus 7 price to range from N60,000 to N90,000, depending on built-in storage.
ASUS Google Nexus 7 2 Specs:
Here are a few specs of the second generation Google Nexus 7:
- Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
- 1.5 GHz quad-core Processor (Snapdragon S4 Pro)
- Adreno 320 GPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 16 GB or 32 GB built-in storage
- 7.0-inch IPS Touch Display (1920 x 1200 pixels, 323 ppi)
- Corning Gorilla Glass
- 5MP Camera with 1080p HD Video & Autofocus
- 1.2MP front facing camera
- Micro SIM (Cellular Versions)
- Weight: 290 g (Wi-Fi version), 299 g (LTE/3G Version)
- Dimensions: 200 x 114 x 8.7 mm
- Colour: Black
- GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- 3G/3.5G bands (UMTS/HSUPA/HSDPA) 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100MHz
- 4G LTE bands 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 MHz or 700/750/850/1700/1800/1900/2100MHz
- HSPA+
- EDGE/GPRS
- 4G LTE
- Accelerometer, digital compass, proximity
- Gyroscope
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Bluetooth 4.0 with AD2P and LE
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Dual-band
- USB 2.0
- NFC
- Wireless Charging
- HDMI Port
- Document viewer/editor
- Loudspeaker
- Facebook, Twitter
- image/video editor
- Navigation with Google Maps, GPS, A-GPS
- Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Wallet, YouTube, Picasa
- email/push email/IM
- Music player (MP3, WAV, eAAC+, Fac)
- Video player (MP4, WMA, 3GPP)
- XHTML/HTML5 Browser
- Battery capacity: 3950 mAh
- Use Time: up to 9 hours
