Report: Google to Launch New Nexus 7 in July
We were hearing talk of the Nexus 7 for several months prior to its June-unveiling at Google I/O. Now it seems there's a Nexus 7 2 to be talking about. Reuters cites two sources that say there will be another Nexus 7 launched in July, this one packing Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset as opposed to Nvidia's Tegra 3. Other details supplied to Reuters include a thinner bezel and a higher screen display.
Though the Nexus 7 is less than a year old, Google's commitment to the 7-inch market is not misplaced. In the last 18 months, the market has exploded with the arrival of the likes of Amazon, Apple and Google. Anyone hoping to dominate the segment really does need to stay on top of things like power, design and pricing. Google's Nexus 7 is one of the lowest priced tablets available. It's not clear if the company will retain the same pricing, but we imagine that will be the case, considering how much of a draw that $199 price tag can be. In fact, Reuters sources say the company may even offer the new model for even less ($149) while the old model would be heavily discounted.
The current generation Nexus 7 packs a 7-inch, 1280 x 800 HD display, Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 processor under the hood alongside a 12-core GPU and 1GB RAM, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a mic, and a 1.2-megapixel camera on the front of the tablet. Pricing is $200 for the 16GB and $250 for the 32GB.

Oh god, $200 for a high end quad core tablet. What more do you want? Google and Amazon don't make hardly anything off the hardware, how much cheaper could it get. Yea, Apple charges $500 for a $220 iPad, that could be cheaper, but how much lower could Google go?
I was real excited for the Nexus 7, I paid $269 shipped for the 16GB the day it was announced, but it's got that glitch in the early batch where it runs like crap when it starts to fill up. There should have been a recall. Honestly, I just use my GS3, it's way faster to me.
I really wish the Power button had an extra option to show/hide on-screen system buttons. One game that shows particularly well how easy it is to hit those soft-buttons by accident is Glow Hockey.
Send yours back to Google, they replaced mine
Makes me want to update mine in July, lol
The 4th enervation iPad 4 wipes the floor with all those tablets in the OpenGL tests, just buy an iPad 4
Only joking, the Nexus 7 is a joke though. I bought one thinking 12 GPU cores and quad core CPU was going to ensure a fast responsive device, and sadly it's as slow and glitchy as my first generation iPad 1. Mine also slows to a crawl as memory gets more than 50% full. Lets hope this time Google do a little more product testing.
OMG, you said the *pple word!?!? And you said the i*ad was better than a brick!?!?!
You're gonna get spanked so bad by the fanboys...
...says the kettle to the pot