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as expected Google announced the new Nexus 7 last week the question now is can it fill the shoes of its predecessor better yet is it worth the upgrade or 230 dollars I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is our four of you of the new Nexus 7 the new Nexus 7 and old model have just enough in common to tell the two are related but there is no mistaking how much more refined the new Nexus 7 truly is a soos quite literally improved all the sore points of the original Nexus 7 with the new model it made the tablet nearly 6 millimetres narrower allowing the tablet to slip in to coat and pant pockets more easily the tablet is also 1.8 millimeters thinner and 50 grams lighter for an overall 200 millimeters tall 114 millimeters wide 8.7 millimeters thick and 290 grams even for a 7-inch tablet the Nexus 7 is small and it fits quite easily in one hand the contoured backside which is composed of a high quality soft touch plastic lens to the ability to Palm the device easily it doesn't attract fingerprints and allows you to get a nice firm grip on the tablet under the hood is where this tablet shines no the 1.5 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon s4 pro chipset is not the latest and greatest but it's certainly no slouch either it comes with 2 gigabytes of RAM either 16 or 32 gigabytes of fixed storage a 5 megapixel camera around back 1.2 megapixel front camera a 3950 milliamp hour battery Qi wireless charging NFC and Wi-Fi b/g/n it's also blue through smart ready and a t-mobile AT&T and Verizon compatible LTE model would launch soon the display is possibly the best part of this tablet the contrast isn't the best and the colors lack that certain pop we love so much but this is the first tablet to feature a truly high-resolution display the 7 inch IPS LCD panel features a resolution of 1920 by 1200 pixels for a total pixel density of 323 pixels per inch it offers wide viewing angles it's considerably bright and it's notably more crisp and clear than any other like size tablet as far as Hardware goes the Nexus 7 is spectacular it feels great in the hands and it certainly feels more high-end than its price tag eludes the software is exactly what you would expect of a Nexus branded tab it ships with the latest version of Android version 4.3 and will always be among the first devices to receive over-the-air updates we've gone over Android 4.3 a few times now so we won't bore you with too many details this version has all the things we've come to expect of recent versions of Android daydream mode lock screen widgets multi-user support separated pulldown menus for quick toggles and notifications and a gesture based keyboard one great new feature from Android 4.3 however is multi-user support with restricted profiles you can create multiple user accounts and restrict which applications those users can access this is a fantastic feature for families who may share a single tablet as far as the absent goes we're happy to see that the things are improving for Android tablets fortunately the effect of running a phone application on a 7-inch tablet isn't nearly as bad as it is on a 10-inch counterpart but we're happy to see that of the 30 or so applications we've installed on our Nexus 7 only two are not optimized for use with tablets that's a far cry from just one year ago we've been putting the Nexus 7 through the wringer for the last several days and we've counted a total of one performance hiccup which was during the initial setup process the rest of our time of the Nexus 7 has been buttery smooth opening applications switching apps returning home switching orientation and scrolling is as polished as we've ever experienced on an Android tablet we had no trouble playing various graphic intensive games either and this tablet's performance in synthetic benchmarks is nothing to scoff at with last year's chipset under the hood we never expected it to set any records but its benchmark scores are quite impressive the dual speakers face outward making them perfect for cupping your hands around but they aren't all that great they're loud but very tinny without a lot of depth you'll probably fare better listening to media and playing games with headphones but if you're going to use the dual speakers at least they're not terribly easy to completely cover also the camera isn't anything to get excited over but what tablet camera is we're glad it's there as it may be useful for capturing documents but the overall image quality is mediocre the 5 megapixel camera offers wash to help grainy dull images finally battery life the cell inside isn't giant and sure battery life while in use could be better as usual doing graphic intensive stuff will kill the battery quickly but the standby time is phenomenal sitting for over 24 hours on standby the Nexus 7 managed to drop only 5% on extra heavy days the battery should last you into the late evening but on light days of use you may only need to charge the tablet every other day add all of this up and we're quite pleased we'll venture to say that Google and Asus have created one of the very best Android tablets ever best of all is cheaper than just about anything else out there and it's display is the highest resolution display on a small tablet to date frankly if you're in the market for a new tablet the new Nexus 7 should be near the top if not at the very top of your list of tablets to check out we give the Nexus 7 and 8 point 7 out of 10 that's going to do it for this video if you enjoyed it be sure to click the thumbs up button below and subscribe be sure to follow us in all the usual outlets twitter google+ and facebook at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech i'll see you next time