Last week, Apple and Microsoft took center stage and
announced their newest line of products. Apple made headlines last Tuesday when
they introduced the iPad mini alongside the 4th generation iPad, the
new iMac, Mac Mini and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with retina display. A few days
after, Microsoft stayed true to its promise and released the Microsoft Surface
tablet and Windows 8 & Windows RT.
Google was supposed to hold a special Android event Today
(October 29, 2011 – PST) in New York City, but was cancelled due to hurricane
Sandy. But lo and behold, the power of a hurricane isn’t enough to stop Google
from announcing their newest set of Nexus devices to compete head to head with
what Apple and Microsoft unveiled last week.
Here is a quick rundown of the specs of each device starting
with the Nexus 4, followed by the Nexus 10 and the upgraded Nexus 7.
LG NEXUS 4
The Nexus 4 will be manufactured by LG and is based on the
LG Optimus G. It will feature a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus capacitive
touchscreen with a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels, will have a pixel density
of 318 pixels per inch, protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2.
The phone’s internal memory is set at 8GB or 16GB and there
is no expansion card slot. In terms of connectivity, it will have speeds of up
to 21 Mbps (HSDPA), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
and support for NFC.
It will have a rear 8MP camera capable of capturing images
with a maximum resolution of 3624x2448 pixels and will have autofocus, touch
focus, geo-tagging, face detection, photoshere and LED flash. The phone will be
powered by a 1.5Ghz Quad-core Krait processor – Qualcomm’s APQ8064 Snapdragon
chipset with Adreno 320 GPU and will run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
The Nexus 4 will also have an accelerometer, gyro sensor,
proximity sensor, compass and barometer. It will also have A-GPS with GLONASS
support, HTML 5 support for the browser and active noise cancellation with
dedicated microphone. This device will be in direct competition with Apple’s
iPhone 5 and other Microsoft Windows Phone 8 devices like the HTC 8X and the
Samsung Ativ S.
SAMSUNG GALAXY NEXUS
10
Created by Samsung for Google, the Nexus 10 will directly
compete with the 4th generation iPad and the slew of Windows 8
tablets. It is expected to be available by November 2012 and will sport as the
name implies a 10.1-inch Super PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution
of 2500x1600 pixels, will have a pixel density of 299 pixels per inch and will
be protected by a Gorilla Glass panel.
Just like the Nexus 4, this device will not support card
expansions and will have an onboard internal storage of either 16GB or 32GB. It
will have of course support for Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with Wi-Fi direct,
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0 and NFC.
There’s a 5MP camera at the back capable of capturing images
with a maximum resolution of 2592x1936 pixels. The camera also features geo-tagging,
touch focus, autofocus, face detection and a LED flash. There’s a 2MP front
facing camera for video conferencing and the back camera can capture videos at
1080 pixels at 30 fps.
This tablet will run Android 4.2 Jelly bean and will be
powered by a 1.7Ghz Cortex A15 Dual-core processor – Exynos 5250 chipset and
Mali-T604 GPU. Sensors available on the tablet include an accelerometer, a gyro
sensor, a proximity sensor and a compass.
NEXUS 7 HSPA+
Google also unveiled an upgraded version of the Nexus 7
tablet. This time the device will have additional connectivity options, HSPA+
connection to be specific. Specs-wise this new version of the Nexus 7 will
share almost identical features as the original Nexus 7, namely: the 7-inch IPS
LCD capacitive display, Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset with the 1.3 Ghz Quad-core Cortex-A9
processor and ULP GeForce GPU.
Google has also announced that they will be slashing the
prices of the existing Nexus 7 tablets with the 32GB version now at $249 and
the 16GB version at $199 while the 32GB HSPA+ version will retail for $299 once
it’s released next month.
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