wraggster
July 24th, 2013, 23:53
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/07/ledegoogle072013-liveblog-0376-1374682488.jpgWhen we reviewed the Nexus 7 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/) last summer, we said it was the best tablet $200 could buy. A year later, that still might be true if it weren't for the fact that there's a newNexus 7 in town. One that's a bit better specced and a bit more expensive than the OG model. Today Google took the wraps off an updated version of its smaller tablet offering, this one also made by ASUS, which takes everything you know and love about the original and makes it just a little bit better. For one, the already-solid screen has been bumped to 1,920 x 1,200, giving the new Nexus a pixel density of 323 ppi. The 7-point touch IPS panel sports glass that's not only scratch resistant, but also fights off fingerprints and smudges (we'll believe that one when we see it). Of course, putting a stunning display on a device is pointless if you don't have the horsepower to serve up lots of smooth, high-quality content. So, Google gave the CPU a bit of a bump, moving to a 1.5GHz quad-core S4 Pro (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-pro-apq8064-benchmark/) from Qualcomm that comes paired with an Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Oh, and all those wonderful new components should be well utilized by Android 4.3 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/24/android-4-3-jelly-bean-official/), the exciting (if incremental) OS update released alongside Google's new tablet.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/24/new-nexus-7/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/24/new-nexus-7/