Nexus 7 (2012)

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Nexus 7 (1st generation; 2012)
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Front of the Nexus 7 with Android 4.1

Front of the Nexus 7 with Android 4.1

developer Google
Manufacturer Asus
Sales start June 27, 2012
August 27, 2012 Sales start in Germany, France and Spain
Technical specifications
Mass storage 8, 16, 32  GB flash memory
processor 1.2 GHz (1.3 GHz in single-core mode) Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3
random access memory 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM
screen Touchscreen ,
IPS with LED backlighting , 17.8 cm (7 ″ )
1280 × 800  pixels (216  ppi )
scratch-resistant Corning glass
Digital camera 1.2 MP (front camera)
Current operating system At launch: Android 4.1.2 "Jelly Bean"

Current: Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop"

Connectivity

Radio links

connections

Micro-B USB (host) , 3.5 mm jack

battery pack
Type Lithium polymer , 16 Wh
Duration
(according to the manufacturer) 		Max. 10 hours
measures and weight
Dimensions (H × W × D) 198.5  mm  × 120 mm × 10.45 mm
Weight 340 g
particularities

Gyroscope , accelerometer, magnetometer, GPS receiver

Website
www.asus.com/Nexus7

The Nexus 7 (2012) is the first generation of a product line of tablet computers , which was presented by Google together with the Android version 4.1 Jelly Bean on June 27, 2012. It was the first device with Android 4.1 and the flagship device of this Android version. It was built by Asus and is the first tablet in the Nexus series . With an introductory price of 199 US dollars , it was computer tablet as a competitor and Google's response to the Kindle Fire from Amazon viewed. Since the start of sales at the end of August 2012, Google has sold around 2.8 million devices worldwide in three months. From January to mid-April 2013, Asus produced twelve million devices and delivered them to Google.

The successor is the Nexus 7 (2013) .

history

The Nexus 7 was presented together with the Android version 4.1 Jelly Bean on June 27, 2012 at the Google I / O in San Francisco. In mid-July 2012, the Nexus 7 was shipped to customers in Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK. Sales started on Google Play in Germany, France and Spain on August 27, 2012. The Nexus 7 was also available through regular stores in Germany from September 3 and in Austria from September 10.

Back of the Nexus 7

After the release of the Nexus 7, Google has continuously released new operating system versions, with which frequently requested functions are upgraded. This includes, for example, the presentation of the start screen in landscape format , which has been available since the beginning of October.

On October 29, 2012, Google presented a revised Nexus 7 with 32 GB flash memory, while the 8 GB version was rejected. A UMTS version has been available since November 13, 2012. You cannot use it to make calls.

Since November 13, 2012, Google distributed an operating system update to Android 4.2. Downloading and installation are possible over the air , i.e. without a cable connection to another device.

Since July 2013, Google has also been distributing the Android 4.3 version. Associated with this was the introduction of the so-called TRIM process, which informs the SSD / eMMC controllers that memory blocks are free and thus improves the data throughput of the device, especially after frequent deletion of large amounts of data.

Currently (May 2015) Android 5.1.1 is available. Updates to newer Android versions are no longer provided by Google, official support ended in June 2015.

technology

The Nexus 7 is based on the Asus MeMO ME370T ; many aspects were changed during the four months of development. The Nexus 7 is the first 7 "tablet to feature an Nvidia Tegra 3 (quad-core processor with 1.3 GHz clock rate). An Nvidia GeForce ULP with twelve cores clocked at 416 MHz is used as the graphics processor sufficient to smoothly display games with 1280 × 800 pixels.

Reviews

Critics praised the high performance, the processing quality, the long battery life and the support of NFC . However, the lack of an SD card slot, the HDMI output and initially the lack of connection to the public mobile network were criticized . Since mid-November 2012, however, there has also been a version with mobile communications.

After the update to Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), complaints about very delayed responses to inputs and touch increased.

Web links

Commons : Nexus 7  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BLE on Nexus 7
  2. ^ Official website of the Nexus 7. Google , accessed October 30, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Denise Bergert: Android tablet. Google sells around a million Nexus 7s a month. Reported to PCWelt on October 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ Panagiotis Kolokythas: Nexus 7 - successor could be presented in May. Reported to PC-Welt on April 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Christian Stöcker: Google develops show talent. In: Spiegel Online. June 28, 2012, Retrieved October 10, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Google Nexus 7 supposedly from September 3rd in Germany. In: heise online. August 22, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Google's Nexus 7 will soon be sold out in Austria. In: The press . September 10, 2012, accessed October 10, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Jan Kluczniok: Android 4.1.2: Google equips the Nexus 7 with landscape mode. In: netzwelt . October 10, 2012, accessed October 10, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Tobias Költzsch: 7-inch tablet with 32 GB and UMTS modem for 300 euros. In: golem.de . October 30, 2012, accessed October 30, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Andreas Floemer: Android 4.2: Google distributes update for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7. In: t3n magazine. November 13, 2012, accessed November 16, 2012 .
  11. ↑ André Westphal: Android 4.3 accelerates Nexus 7. In: hartware.net. July 30, 2013, accessed July 31, 2013 .
  12. ↑ https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-lmy47v-factory-b48bd71d.tgz
  13. ↑ Check and update Android version. In: support.google.com. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
  14. ↑ a b Nexus 7 Technical Specifications at Google.com, accessed November 18, 2012.
  15. ↑ Google I / O 2012 Keynote Overview: Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.1, Nexus Q Media Streamer, and Project Glass . PC World. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  16. ↑ Tegra 3 Powering Google Nexus Tablets . NVIDIA. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  17. ↑ Josh Miller: Google Nexus 7 review (8GB) at cnet.com, June 28, 2012.
  18. ↑ Google Nexus 7 review ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.techradar.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at techradar.com, August 14, 2012.
  19. ^ Zack Whittaker: Android Lollipop users warn of 'unusable' devices after upgrading. In: ZDNet. November 19, 2014, accessed July 6, 2016 .
  20. ^ Rick Maybury: I updated my tablet, but now it's running slowly. In: The Telegraph. January 17, 2015, accessed July 6, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Peter Chubb: Nexus 7 Lollipop slow, but here's a simple fix. In: Product-Reviews.net. March 4, 2015, accessed July 6, 2016 .
Google Nexus
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Nexus One (January 2010) • Nexus S (December 2010) • Galaxy Nexus (October 2011) • Nexus 4 (October 2012) • Nexus 5 (October 2013) • Nexus 6 (October 2014) • Nexus 5X (September 2015) • Nexus 6P (September 2015)

Tablets

Nexus 7 (June 2012) • Nexus 10 (October 2012) • Nexus 7 (July 2013) • Nexus 9 (October 2014)