The 2013 new version of Nexus 7 was released on July 25 Because of its powerful performance improvement and excellent cost performance, we also got the 2013 version of 32G and gave it a simple try.

The packaging of 2013 Nexus 7 (hereinafter referred to as the new Nexus 7) is designed in blue paper box, with bright colors ▼

Relevant information is printed on the back, and it can be clearly seen that the capacity is 32G ▼

The packing box adopts a two-layer structure ▼

The fuselage has the original protective film ▼

The accessories are very simple, only relevant instructions, USB cable and charger ▼

Charging current is 1.35A ▼

There is no mark ▼ on the front of the fuselage

Compared with the Nexus 7 of the previous generation, the new Nexus 7 has narrow left and right borders, but the upper and lower borders are much thicker, which makes the whole machine very long ▼

The new Nexus 7 uses a 7-inch 1920 * 1200 screen, and the display effect is much better than that of the previous generation ▼

The back is made of skin like material, still with Nexus and ASUS brand logo ▼

On the right side of the fuselage are the On key and the Volume key ▼

Speaker ▼ on the top of the fuselage

Brand logo and speaker ▼ at the bottom

MicroUSB interface ▼

5 megapixel camera ▼ on the back

The system UI of Android 4.3 is believed that users who have contacted the Android 4.2 native system will not feel unfamiliar, but the UI layout used by Nexus 7 is a special layout between the mobile phone mode and the tablet mode ▼

System setting ▼

Android version is 4.3, and the version number is the latest JSS15J ▼

When taking a picture, click anywhere in the viewfinder to call up the menu ▼

For the 1080P 7-inch Android tablet, what application to use is still a contradictory question. Take Weibo as an example. With the mobile phone's microblog client, the overall UI layout is not suitable for tablet use ▼

When using Weibo HD, the buttons and fonts are very small due to the poor adaptation of the application to 1080P devices ▼

Here is also a simple score run. Anthare only scored more than 18000 points, which is not very high for a Krait 300 core quad core processor, and the 3D drawing performance is not ideal ▼

3DMark performs well ▼

BaseMark X works normally, showing Adreno 320@400MHz Normal level ▼ of

GFXBench 2.7.2 also played poorly ▼

Use Chrome Beta to conduct the web page Javascript test of Sunspider 1.0, and the score is 1132ms ▼

Nexus 7 added a 5 megapixel rear camera, but the effect is very poor. Even in the scene with good lighting environment, there are many noise points (click to view the original image) ▼

In general, from the point of view of the first try, the new Nexus 7's body design and screen effect are satisfactory, and its hardware configuration can basically meet everyone's requirements. The limitation is that Android itself lacks "HD" applications for tablets, and the quality is uneven. The hardware performance of the new Nexus 7 did not bring any surprises. However, many third-party kernels and ROMs have been launched for it. Some can even overclock the CPU to 1.9GHz and the GPU to 487MHz. This frequency increase is believed to bring significant performance improvement to the Nexus 7. We will also further test it. In addition, for the Nexus 7, the price of less than 2000 yuan can bring the configuration of Qualcomm quad core+1080P screen, which is undoubtedly very cost-effective. We hope that Android tablet applications can rise rapidly, so that the Nexus series of tablets can really improve their competitiveness.

Here is a score of the third party ROM+the third party Kernel overclocking 1.9GHz, which is significantly improved, but not as big ▼ as we thought

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