The New Nexus 7 2013 – What’snew? Should you upgrade? Design and build While the design remains almost thesame, with thick bezels on the top and bottom, and curved edges, the choice of materials have changed. The plastic that covered the sides is now completely engulfed by a soft touch material with the glass on the front. This makes it nicer to hold andthe dimensions too help. The device has nicely slimmed down from 10.45mm to 8.65mm and weighs slightly lesser from 340g to 317.5g. Display The new nexus 7 2013 sports a nicely upgraded true full HD display. The resolution is up from 1280×800 to 1920×1200, but both remain good 7 inch IPS displays. The pixel density is now 331 ppi vs 216 earlier, making it one of the most pixel dense displays on a 7 inch tablet. Internals The internals too have gotten a nice upgrade. The new Nexus 7 is powered by a Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with a quad core 1.5 GHz processor with 2 GB of RAM which is an upgrade from Nvidia Tegra 3 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor with 1 GB of RAM. This should make it easier todrive the high resolution display andbring the performance to a modern levels. But, it being a older generation chipset, we assume some cost cutting might be going onhere. Other obvious changes that come with the chipset include support for Global LTE in the upcoming 32 GB mobile versionand Bluetooth 4.0 LE that comes with Android 4.3. The new Nexus 7 2013 also has Wireless Charging and a Slimport, which is more like a MHL port. Cameras With the front facing cameras remaining the same in terms of megapixels, the new nexus 7 gains arear facing camera at the back and isof 5 MP, with 1080p video encoding capabilities presumably. Software will be on par between both the devices predictably. And finally coming to the price, the base model which is the 16 GB WiFi variant, is 30$ higher at 230$, and starts shipping the end of this month in the US and soon elsewhere. So, is it worth the upgrade? To be really honest, there were not many things that lacked in the old Nexus 7. If you had bought it and arecontent with it, there is no reason toupgrade, but the new high res display, internals and the presence ofan external camera might tempt youmuch, let alone the new thinner and lighter design. So, in case you are notcontent with your current Nexus 7 or any other 7 inch tablet in fact, at this price, this really is a tempting choice. But, if you happen to be in a camp that doesn’t own any 7 inch tablet, and are looking for one, this is a no-brainer. So, will you buy a Nexus 7 if it lands in India soon? Let us know in the comments section below.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:11:00 +0000
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