The Nexus 8 and Nexus 7 are out and if you are wondering which will be the better purchase, read on!
According to Smartphone Hub, the Nexus 8 have a display of 8.9 inches which offers 2048 x 1440 resolution, while the Nexus 7 should arrive with a 7 inch IPS LCD display offering around 1200 x 1920 resolution. The Nexus offers 241ppi and the Nexus 7 323ppi.
There is impressive resolution along with pixel strength and they should not offer images and video that is vivid and impressive. The Nexus 8 have a design that is aluminium zero gap, while the panel of the Nexus 7 has a strip of glass in black which covers the screen and which blends into the rubberized plastic of the rear panel.
The Nexus 8 has the codename of the Volantis/Flounder and weighs 418g and has a thickness of 0.31 inches. The Nexus 7 comes in at around 290 g and be 0.34 inches in thickness.
The Nexus 8 possesses the NVIDIA Logan 64 bit processor, which is the Tegra K1, along with 2GB of RAM. While the Nexus 7 have the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, which is quad core and clocked in at 1.5GHz, with 2GB of RAM. The Nexus 8 have Android 5 and the Nexus 7 will have Jelly Bean 4.3, which can be upgraded to KitKat 4.4.3.
Both of these Nexus tablets are offered with 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. The Nexus 7 does not support SD card but the Nexus 8 does.
The 2013 Nexus 7 has the 3950 battery that is not removable. The new Nexus 7 offers around 9 hours of viewing video and photos.
There is a 5MP camera on the back of the Nexus 7 along with one of 1.2MP on the front. The Nexus 8 have an 8MP and 3MP on the front.
The tablets are offered in LTE or Wi-Fi only and they should have support for NFC.
The Nexus 7 32GB LTE have a price tag of AU$398 while the Nexus 8 Wi-Fi 16GB comes in at around $US399. The LTE variation costs upwards of US$600.
