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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 don't want much, really, just a stock android phone that doesn't suck, is regularly updated and has a slot for a MicroSD card
It's starting to feel like one of those "choose any two" thought experiments.
I have the 2012 original Nexus 7 and use it every day. Google may have thought that their update would kill it, and it all but did kill it, but I was able to flash it back to the older Android version it came with.
>If these rumored specs are correct then the Pixel phone will be a winner.
The specs may be good but who the heck wants a phone branded 'Pixel'?
It sounds like it should be a childs toy or a Disney movie.
Nexus is cool, Pixel is just lame.
To be honest, I don't get what you're complaining about. That a four year old tablet is no longer fast enough? Please. You gotta realize that the mobile technology in 2012 was nowhere near being as mature as the PC technology. A 2012 PC notebook is usually a perfectly usable device today. A 2012 smartphone or a tablet.. that's a big question mark.
The 2013-2014 technology was a lot more mature by todays standards. A Nexus 5 from the late 2013 is still a perfectly usable device today, and still has a better SoC than most entry and mid-level devices.
The only thing it is lacking is an SD card. My phone will do 2 terabytes but my tablet is stuck at 32gb.
I use my 2013 Nexus 7 daily and use the OTG cable on a weekly basis (for backups and transferring large amount of data from USB flash drives).
Also recently, I bought a 32G USB3/OTG combo drive when it was on sale.
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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?