The new Nexus 7 is now official: features, price and availability

Nexus 7 was undoubtedly one of the most important launches in the tablet sector last year, revolutionary in its fantastic quality / price ratio and a major buoyant driver for burgeoning compact tablets Android. Little more than a year later, Google has finally introduced us, and after many weeks of rumors, the second generation. Although the bar was quite high for this new model, neither Google ni Asus They have disappointed and have managed to present a tablet with fantastic features at a more than reasonable price for another year. We tell you all the details of the new nexus 7.

At 9 in the morning in San Francisco (6 in the afternoon in Spain), the long-awaited event of Google in which, as expected, the second generation of the Nexus 7, the most popular compact tablet Android and the favorite of many of the experts: we have already seen the new tablet in the hands of Hugo Barra and here we show it to you.

El designAs you can see, it is totally continuous with respect to the first generation, although with the amount of images leaked in recent days, and especially this morning, we were already on notice. However, it can be seen that the side frames have been reduced somewhat more (up to 2,7 mm). The tablet will also be lighter (about 290 grams compared to 340 grams of the first generation) and, above all, much finer, with only 8,65 mm thick (compared to 10,45 mm in the first model).

Technical Specifications

The first thing they have confirmed in the presentation is the increase in image quality: the new Nexus 7 will have a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and, therefore, it will be Full HD and will have a pixel density of PPI 323 (that of the first generation was 216 PPI), the highest at the moment in a 7-inch tablet. It will also have a 30% wider color range. As with the first generation, it is clear that it is a device specially designed to allow us to fully enjoy games and as a multimedia player. Its potential for this type of use will also be reinforced in this new model with an improved audio system and stereo speakers.

Regarding the rest of Technical specificationsWe have not encountered any big surprises either, and what we have seen is basically the same as what the leaks have been telling us so far: processor Snapdragon S4 Pro a 1,5 GHz (the first generation processor was clocked at 1,2 GHz and Google promises that it has 80% higher power), GPU Adreno 320 (which would double the graphics processing capacity compared to the first Nexus 7), 2 GB of RAM memory (double that in the previous one), battery of 3950 mAh (which, theoretically, will give us an autonomy of 9 hours video playback) and two cameras instead of one: the front one is now 1,2 MP and the back of 5 MP. Of course, as far as the operating system is concerned, as we expected, it will arrive with the brand new Android 4.3.

Regarding connectivity, in addition to Wi-Fi connection, there will also be a model with a 4G connection (currently exclusive for the United States), and of course, it will have Bluethooth 4.0 and NFC. The most surprising feature, although even of this we had already heard through the leaks, has been the wireless charging, something that undoubtedly many users will also consider an interesting improvement.

Price and Availability

Neither in regard to prices have we found anything out of the expected, since it had already been leaked on numerous occasions that the price of the second generation would rise slightly compared to the first, as is logical, on the other hand, taking into account that the improvements in technical specifications are considerable: the model of 16 GB can be purchased for $230 and of 32 GB by $270.

Regarding when we can buy it, it has been confirmed that some American distributors will have it on July 30, but for the rest of the world at the moment there has only been talk of Google Play and, unfortunately, without giving any specific date. The list of countries in which it will be put on sale in the next weeks, yes, it includes ours: United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, Spain and Australia.