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months after its original release Google now offers a cellular version of the nexus 7 but with increased competition in the small tablet space is the nexus 7 still a viable tablet option hi i'm eric franklin and today we'll take yet another first look at the nexus 7 this time with cellular the 8 gigabyte version of the nexus 7 has been replaced by the 16 gigabyte version for one hundred and ninety nine dollars two hundred and forty nine dollars gets you the 32 gigabyte version and for 299 dollars the 32 gigabyte version with hspa+ seen here can be yours there's still a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera a micro USB port headphone jack volume rocker power button speakers and that grippy textured backside that makes the Nexus 7 oh so comfortable to hold with the hspa+ version you also get a sim card slot on the left edge this version comes unlocked and can be purchased with either an AT&T or tmobile sim card in the US however is up to you to decide on a data plan thankfully there are no mandatory contracts to sign hspa+ is like an uber 3g or 4g light and the nexus 7's performance reflects that where 4g LTE devices can sometimes rival Wi-Fi networks and speed downloading a 225 megabyte app took twice as long on the Nexus 7 using hspa+ compared to Wi-Fi your performance however will vary depending on location all versions of the Nexus 7 now ship with the latest iteration of jelly bean Android 4.2 Android 4.2 brings with it the swipe like gesture type a new quicker way to access tablet settings magnification support and a built-in interactive screen saver among others look for information on to other features multi-screen and lockscreen customization in my full written review thanks to its low price comfortable design and Android 4.2 support that seven is indeed still a viable tablet option and is currently the cheapest way to get the very best what Android has to offer once again this is eric franklin and this has been a first look at the nexus 7