After a flood of leaks and rumours, Google has made the seven-inch Nexus 7 tablet official today. Running on Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean, the tablet features the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth and a 1280x800p display.
Nexus 7 is available for preorder today from Google Play in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, and starts at $199 in the U.S. It will start shipping mid-July.
Interestingly, it is also the first Android tablet to come with Chrome as the default web browser. The tablet has been manufactured by Asus with instructions from Google.
More from Google blog:
All of this great Google Play content comes to life on Nexus 7, a powerful new tablet with a vibrant, 7” 1280×800 HD display. The Tegra-3 chipset, with a quad-core CPU and 12-core GPU, makes everything, including games, extremely fast. And best of all, it’s only 340 grams, lighter than most tablets out there. Nexus 7 was built to bring you the best of Google in the palm of your hand. Hang out with up to 10 friends on Google+ using the front-facing camera, browse the web blazingly fast with Chrome and, of course, crank through your emails with Gmail.
Nexus 7 comes preloaded with some great entertainment, including the movie “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” the book “The Bourne Dominion,” magazines like Condé Nast Traveler and Popular Science, and songs from bands like Coldplay and the Rolling Stones. We’ve also included a $25 credit to purchase your favorite movies, books and more from Google Play, for a limited time.
Full tech specs:
- 7” 1280×800 HD display (216 ppi)
- Back-lit IPS display
- Scratch-resistant Corning glass
- 1.2MP front-facing camera
- WEIGHT: 340 grams
- MEMORY: 8 or 16 GB internal storage
- 1 GB RAM
- BATTERY: 4325 mAh (Up to 8 hours of active use)
- CPU: Quad-core Tegra 3 processor
- SIZE: 198.5 x 120 x 10.45mm
- WIRELESS: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth,
- USB: Micro USB
- OS: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
- FEATURES: Microphone, NFC (Android Beam), Accelerometer, GPS, Magnetometer, Gyroscope
Do you know, when it’ll get launched in India?
Ohh…Awesome Spec with a great price tag…Thank God it comes with a micro usb…
any news about this launching in India
i didn’t find the tablet is attractive to users as it lacks 3g support. in my opinion, just Wi-Fi only version of tablets are waste. i agree that price is low on contract but contract free versions are costly i guess. i like new os jelly bean 4.1 and its features.
I think this is contract-free. That’s how it’s selling on google play, right?
Personally, I like this thing. 3G has its disadvantages, esp with poor signals in India. And it takes up a lot of battery power. But I’m sure that bu not keeping 3G, a lot of their market is gone.
Just wonder why 3g support is missing..
Does is support 3g dongle?
Does is support 3g usb dongle
Just Pre ordered from play store. There’s obviously no contract! Ships only to US and I expect that it’ll reach me by last week of July 🙂