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Google Announces New Nexus Smartphone and Tablets

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

TheBoat writes In with news that not even a hurricane can keep the Google product announcements away. "Surprise, surprise. It looks like Hurricane Sandy can't hold Google down, as the company has just gone ahead and unveiled the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet even though its press conference was canceled. Nexus 4 specs include a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus display with 1,280 x 768-pixel resolution, an 8-megapixel camera, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM and Android 4.2. The phone starts at a shockingly affordable $299 without any contract or subsidies, and it will launch in the United States on November 3rd. The Samsung-built Nexus 10 tablet sports a 2,560 x 1,600-pixel display with a pixel density of 300 PPI, a dual-core 1.7GHz Samsung Exynos chipset, 2GB of RAM, NFC and a 5-megapixel camera. Pricing starts at $399 with 16GB of storage and tops out at $499 for the 32GB model, and both will launch on November 3rd alongside the Nexus 4. Both devices will be available through the Google Play store."

6 of 297 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No LTE. Less space than an iPhone. Lame. by farble1670 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1/2 the price of an iphone. win.

  2. Re:Still no microSD? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Media. Audiobooks in my case.

  3. Re:No Strings Attached? by spire3661 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Under that criteria, i could label the power button a 'gaping security hole'

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    Good-bye
  4. Re:No Strings Attached? by scot4875 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You mean that gaping security hole that still requires the user to confirm their desire to install things after they've been shown a fine-grained list of permissions that said things require?

    Unlike Apple, other phone manufacturers don't believe that locking you in a padded room with children's safety scissors is an acceptable practice.

    --Jeremy

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    Jesus was a liberal
  5. Re:Still no microSD? by plover · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the real reason to not have an SD card would be that that Google is subtly trying to push consumers into the cloud. Flash drives don't make them extra money. But Google Drives do.

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    John
  6. Re:Nexus 10 needs better designers by cduffy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I loathe the "cloud" (and since this is a Wi-Fi-only device, it's not a viable solution anyway)

    How many people carrying around a Nexus 10 won't have a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone in their pockets?

    If the tablet always has connectivity when it's near your phone, why would you want to pay your carrier $30/mo (or whatever) for the privilege of having separate connectivity?