Google Nexus 7 review

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Undoubtedly tired of the struggle against the iPad, Google announced its own branded 7-inch tablet: the Google Nexus 7 by Asus, complete with stellar specs and a rock-bottom price.

We've now been given a new and upgraded 32GB option to join the 16GB offering, with the price not raised above £199, which is hugely impressive for a quad core, Tegra 3-endowed tablet.

Like other Nexus-branded devices, the Google Nexus 7 tablet isn't actually hardware manufactured by Google (as you may have noticed, thanks to the suffix).

As the Mountain View company has done with Samsung, HTC and Motorola in the past, Google paired with Asus to design and manufacture this slender tablet.

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