Asus, the renowned mobile manufacturer that bag rave reviews for manufacturing quality products, has moved a step ahead with the launch of of its next Nexus series tablet. After a week following Google’s launch of the 16 GB variant through the Play Store, the Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has put the 32GB variant of Google Nexus 7 tablet on the shelves in India. The tablet is quite unique and handy with its newly added specs and features. Excited? Have a look.
Among the latest features, the tablet boasts of its 7-inch IPS screen that supports a resolution of 1280×800 pixels at 216 ppi. That means, it makes all your time tea time offering you crystal clear visuals with automatic adjustment of contents on screen. Apart, the screen is wide enough to give you a rich visual experience. It’s powered by NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz that makes your operations quite smooth and supports 1GB inbuilt RAM for storage purposes. Besides, it provides you with 32 GB internal memory which is ample to store your essential data.
The This new Nexus 7 runs on Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” which is upgradable to Android 4.2 and hence makes quite a buzz. It comes featured with both Wi-Fi supporting the 802.11 b/g/n specification and Wi-Fi+3G variants that assists you with uninterrupted web connectivity devoid of any cable. The 3G with HSPA makes your surfing experience quite smoother and enables you to handle all web affairs at just your finger tips. However, the model in display at Google Play Store does not provide the variant with cellular data. For data transfer options, the tablet supports Bluetooth, NFC and micro-USB. Nexus 7 comes with the speed and simplicity of Google Chrome preloaded, giving you a delightful browsing experience as well as an edge of mobility with data sync through the Google Dashboard.
Nexus 7 has been designed keeping gaming in mind. With such a powerful CPU and RAM along with an internal memory of 32 GB, this device will be a delight gadget for gamers too. With pulsating quad-core gaming performance along with a vibrant 1280-by-800 at 216 pixels per inch high-resolution display, and dedicated gaming sensors like a gyroscope and accelerometer – do a barrel, roll then tilt, touch and tap your way to the top of the leaderboards, giving you an easy control over cars in racing games like Need For Speed or Burnout. As well as the Google Play gives you the freedom to explore over 700,000 apps and games.
It also features a 1.2MP front camera which will help you in a video chat with your near and dear ones on Skype at a cosy place from a distance and its 4325 mAh battery gives you a long lasting power support for all your smart apps, browsing, music, videos or gaming. With over 8 hours of HD video playback, 10 hours of web browsing or e-reading, and up to 300 hours of standby time, Nexus 7 can go the distance. Whether you measure battery life in chapters read, levels completed, movies watched or minutes of backseat silence, now you can take your tablet with you in a long tour even without the charger. We hope you shall have no problem for power backup; it should last well over a day with average usage. The tablets also supports the GPS feature which, along with a navigation app like Google Maps, will help you determine the location of your journey. It’s quite sleek though bit wider with a shape of Size 198.5×120×10.56 mm and weighs around 340 grams, but we are sure that it will suit your personality the best. Then let’s have a brief look on the specs and features of Nexus 7.
Key Specs of Google Nexus 7
- 7-inch screen
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- 1280×800 pixels at 216 ppi
- 1 GB RAM
- 32GB of internal storage
- 1GB RAM
- 4325 mAh battery
- 1.2 MP front camera
- Weight 340 grams
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Size 198.5×120×10.56 mm
- Micro USB 2.0
The Wi-Fi-only variant of Nexus 7 is priced at Rs. 18,999, while the model with both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity will cost you Rs. 21,999. But yes, Nexus is worth of this price. Undoubtedly, it puts the best of Google in the palm of your hand.
Its main rivals are Apple’s iPad mini with 16GB storage capacity and no 3G data compatibility which costs Rs 21,990. The 32GB iPad mini with Wi-Fi+cellular data is priced at Rs. 35,900 in the country. Another major rival in the market is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0, which has been unleashed but is yet to be rolled out to the market. As of now, its price is unknown.