At the Breakfast with Sundar Google event this morning, Hugo Barra, Vice President, Android Product Management at Google officially announced the new Nexus 7 which we’ve seen leaked pretty thoroughly so far already. Announced simply as the Nexus 7, there is no ‘New’ Nexus 7 title, however the original Nexus 7 is now labelled as Nexus 7(2012) to differentiate them.
Let’s get down to the official specs :
- 7.02” 1920×1200 HD display (323 ppi), 1080p HD IPS, Scratch resistant Corning® Glass
- 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, Adreno 320 GPU, 400 MHz
- 2GB of RAM
- 16/32GB of storage
- 1.2MP front-facing camera, 5MP rear camera
- Stereo speakers, Surround sound powered by Fraunhofer
- Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n, NFC (Android Beam), Bluetooth 4.0
- GPS, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient Light
- MicroUSB , SlimPort™, 3.5mm audio, Microphone, Power and Volume buttons
- Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS
- 3950 mAh (Up to 9 hours of active use)
- 9 hrs of HD video playback
- 10 hrs of web browsing or e-reading
- 300 hrs of standby
- 114 x 200 x 8.65mm @ 290g grams
The Nexus 7 has built-in QI compatible wireless charging, but no mention was made of an accessory to supply the wireless charging at this time.
Now, there are 3 models – 16GB Wi-Fi, 32GB Wi-Fi and 32GB LTE. Hugo Barra only made mention of US carriers and availability of LTE for the US, however they advised that the 32GB version will be ‘with global 4G LTE support’ :
- North America
- 4G LTE: 700/750/850/1700/1900/2100 MHZ (Bands: 1/2/4/5/13/17)
- HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100/AWS(1700/2100) MHz (Bands: 1/2/4/5/8)
- GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Europe:
- 4G LTE: 800/850/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 MHz (Bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/20)
- HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100/AWS(1700/2100) MHz (Bands: 1/2/4/5/8)
- GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Whether this will be released as one sku or as two different models is unclear at this stage but we will be following up, to clarify.
No Australian pricing was announced, only a re-iteration of the US pricing that was leaked – USD $229 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model, USD $269 for the 32GB Wi-Fi model and USD $349 for the 4G LTE Model.
The new Nexus 7 will be on-sale next Tuesday 30th of July in the US and they advised that it will also be available for order in Google Play in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Japan and Korea with more countries coming soon as well.
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Will you be ordering the new Nexus 7?
