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Huawei Is Building A Successor To The Google Nexus 7, Says Report (arstechnica.com)
According to reliable product leaker Evan Blass, Google is working with Huawei to produce the successor to the wildly popular Google Nexus 7. Evan Blass tweeted yesterday: "Google's Huawei-built 7-inch tablet, with 4GB RAM, on track for release before the end of the year." Ars Technica reports: "Of course 'Nexus' probably won't be the name of this device. Google is undergoing the Great Hardware Unification of 2016, and according to a report from Android Police, the Nexus line is going away to make way for a unified 'Pixel' line. The two upcoming Google phones are reportedly going to be branded 'Pixel' and 'Pixel XL.' If that report holds true, this device would probably be branded a 'Pixel,' too. We last saw a 7-inch Google tablet in 2013, when the Nexus 7 was released as a follow-up to the original 2012 version. Both of these were built by Asus and were well-received thanks to their novel (at the time) 7-inch, 16:9 form factor and low price (~$230)."
Parent has the 2012 edition. You're probably on the 2013 edition like I am. There is a major leap and bound in performance and capability between the two years. The 2013 Nexus 7 is still my daily tablet for news, web browsing, social media, and even gaming. The thing is incredibly rock solid build and stable.
I'm posting this on my 2013 LTE Nexus 7. Tablet that's still small enough to fit in a pocket. Can run everything I use it for. Looked into replacements when the orientation sensor stopped working and there was nothing comparable on the market.
Was able to fix the sensor by reseating a cable. Still running 4.4.4 due to horror stories of the 5 update on the LTE Nexus. Recently Google docs started crashing with an error in the logs from ART about some docs clipboard class failing compile time verification. Switching back to Dalvik fixed that, perhaps Google is now releasing apps that crash when using ART on KitKat?