Editors Liked
- Very fast
- Excellent IPS display
- Lovely design
- Low cost
- Great hardware build
- Fast and smooth
- Latest OS version
- Solid design
- Optically bonded display minimizes glare
- Jelly Bean feels like it was built for the Nexus 7
- The first 7-inch quad core tablet
- Well worth the money
- Speedy performance
- High-quality design
- Powerful Android 4.1 Jellybean UI
- Great price
Editors Didn't Like
- No microSD card slot or rear camera
- No landscape home screen access
- Missing camera app
- Limited storage
- 8GB model has just 5.62GB of use-accessible space
- Android still doesn't have enough tablet-optimized apps
- Google Play media store doesn't quite work
- No HDMI or MHL to connect the tablet to HDTVs
The Google Nexus 7 has the distinction of being the first device to run the Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" operating system. It measures 198.5mm x 120mm x 10.45mm in size, weighs 340g, and features a 7-inch IPS display that is protected by scratch-resistant glass. The Nexus sports a 1280 x 800 pixel display. It runs a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and 1GB of RAM, it also comes in 2 versions: 8GB and 16GB capacities.