The latest handset from Google is now cheaper. When the Google Nexus 7 in India had been announced last year, its 16GB variant stood at Rs. 20,000. Now after the reduction, the Google Nexus 7 price in India is tagged at Rs. 15,999 on the Play store. Being the first device slated to go up on sale through the company’s virtual outlet, the slab has only been put up for pre-order as of now and the units will not start shipping before April 5.
The Google Nexus 7 shows off a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels within a screen estate of 7 inches, just as its moniker suggests. With a view to save it from mundane scratches, the company has sheathed the backlit IPS display with a layer of Corning Fit glass. In terms of dimensions, the slate measures 198.5 x 120 x 10.45 in millimeters and it tips the scales at 340 grams.
Packing Android 4.1, the tablet will arrive fitted with an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. The chipset will tread at a clock speed of 1.3GHz and at the same time, house four cores. The device’s hood will also conceal 1GB of RAM together with a 4,325mAh Li-polymer battery. The operation time reaped on account of the latter component should amount to approximately 8 hours. The Google Nexus 7 should moreover be able to render up to 10 hours of web browsing and roughly 300 hours of standby.
Users could also look forward to latching onto wireless networks owing to its integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n support as well as wireless sharing using Bluetooth 3.0. Additional notable highlights include NFC support, GPS, an accelerometer and a gyroscope amongst other such attributes.
As mentioned earlier, the Google Nexus 7 should hit availability status on the Play store in a little over a week. For those who cannot wait, eBay has stashed the Android 4.2-powered units together with the ones preloaded with the OS’ 4.1 version. But purchasing the tablet through the e-retailer means ending up shelling out more than the current value, since the 8GB model has been put up for sale at the same amount as that of the 16GB variant.
Let’s take note of the slate’s highlighted specifications:
– 7-inch backlit IPS display with scratch-resistant Corning Fit glass protection
– 1,280 x 800 pixel resolution
– 1.2MP front-facing camera
– 1.3GHz quad core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor
– Android 4.1 OS
– 16GB internal memory and 1GB of RAM
– 4,325mAh Li-polymer battery
