This Is Volantis, HTC's Nine-Inch Nexus Tablet
This Is Volantis, HTC's Nine-Inch Nexus Tablet
With machine Silver rumors brewing, and LG's knowledge Hong indicating with the aim of the manufacturer doesn't declare a Nexus phone in the sphere of the cards, the future of the Nexus line the same as a in one piece has been sort of up in the sphere of the air.
We don't declare news almost whether a Nexus phone exists, but we execute declare in a row correlated to HTC's Volantis (or Flounder), an 8.9" Nexus tablet. The in a row provided to us indicates on the cards specs, skin texture, and pricing, the same as well the same as an before time look by the side of the form feature, though the images we declare don't appear to live final renderings of the device.
This in a row won't live treated the same as a rumor, since we feel self-assured in the sphere of our in a row, and we've heard almost Volantis from multiple sources the same as before time the same as Q1 2014. This is single of the rare instances someplace we strength of character live sharing a source image.
According to our in a row, the tablet is internally referred to the same as the Nexus 9, though this Christian name may well amend or else it comes to marketplace. Here's what did you say? We've heard so far in the sphere of the specs area:
8.9" put on view by the side of 2048x1440 (281ppi)
NVIDIA Logan 64-bit mainframe (Tegra K1)
2GB RAM
16/32GB interior luggage compartment
8MP OIS highest camera, 3MP front facing camera
Aluminum zero-gap construction
Stereo front-facing speakers
8.91"x5.98"x0.31" body (that's 22.63x15.19x0.79cm)
418g (or 427g with LTE) (that's 14.74/15.1 ounces)
Designed for reference, the 2013 Nexus 7 is 0.34" thick, and weighs 290g (or 299g with LTE). Samsung's different Galaxy Tab S 8.4, meanwhile, is a svelte 0.26" thick, weighing in the sphere of by the side of 298g, making Volantis thicker and heavier, though aluminum construction comes with heft compared to plastic.
Designed for the sake of clarity, I've redrawn the image over the same as devotedly the same as on the cards under, and illuminated the put on view.
Real inedible the bat, Volantis looks like the friendship daughter of LG's Nexus 5 and ASUS' 2013 Nexus 7 (and maybe the iPad Mini), but the image over observably doesn't quite correspond with the listed skin texture.
HTC's at present signature front-facing stereo speakers are nowhere to live found, and the casing (which resembles the soft lay a hand on back of the current Nexus 7) doesn't exactly look like an aluminum zero-gap construction. Additionally, 2048x1440 isn't a 4:3 aspect ratio, though it's on the cards with the aim of the 4:3 specification is accounting designed for the screen real estate lost to software nav buttons and a status bolt.
It is likely with the aim of what did you say? Are listed are permitted specs, while the image is an before time drawn from the tap of the hardware's developed design. From the in a row to be had to us, it's exonerate with the aim of matching specs are listed in the sphere of several spaces, so we feel literally self-assured in the sphere of their validity compared to the image.
From the in a row to be had to us (beyond the over image), we've besides learned round about on the cards fee points. Real at present, the tablet is considered to start by the side of $399 designed for the 16GB version, with the step up to 32GB quotation $499. LTE connectivity would extend by the side of an further cost, probably in the sphere of the $600+ range. Of flow, pricing is something with the aim of can very straightforwardly amend in the sphere of the run-up to publish.
These prices are quite a crumb other than the current Nexus 7, but from the sound of it, Volantis strength of character live packing other premium hardware. Volantis could besides launch with a hardly any executive accessories (including a baby grand case), but we'll save with the aim of argument designed for presently.
Speaking of publish, Volantis is likely to live the launch device designed for Android's L publish, pegged designed for an unspecified day in the sphere of Q4 2014. We without doubt are not expecting this designed for Google I/O.
With rumors with the aim of the Nexus 6 was canceled in the sphere of light of the machine Silver train, it's crucial to live cautious as soon as approaching one in a row regarding opportunity Nexus policy. With the aim of assumed, a source familiar with Volantis tells us with the aim of the hardware already exists, and with the aim of the tablet is already being toted around by round about by the side of Google. Additionally, the earliest policy pegged designed for the machine Silver train aren't likely until 2015, so it would progress to be aware of with the aim of Google is prepping a Nexus to launch machine L.
Many in the sphere of the machine village declare been yearning designed for an extra HTC-built Nexus designed for round about moment in time at present, and this tablet's specs - if they conclusion up being correct to the in a row we've seen - read like a hope for tilt. We aren't likely to hear no matter which executive almost this tablet until this fall, but it already sounds very promising.
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