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Google Nexus 7 was globally unveiled in June 2012. Now nine months later, it has finally made its official debut in India.

As of now only Nexus 7 16GB model is available through Google's Play Store for ₹15,999. The website claims that shipments will commence on 5 April.

The Nexus 7 tablet PC is co-developed by Taiwanese PC maker Asus and Google. It was unveiled during the Google developers conference 'I/O 2012' in June last year, and its sales began in July in select markets across world. Since then, it has turned out to be a profitable product with more than 4.5 million units sold in 2012. It was also awarded 'Tablet of the Year 2012' title by UK based tech magazine T3 (Tomorrow's Technology Today).

Co-developer Asus had launched the Nexus 7 with limited editions in the Indian market way back in November.

The Google-Asus Nexus 7 tablet PC sports a 7-inch HD display and runs on Android v4.2 Jelly Bean OS powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor.

Key Specs of Google-Asus Nexus 7 include:

Model

Nexus 7

Display

7.0-inch back-lit IPS HD display

With 1280x800p resolution

And pixel density:216 pixels

per inch

OS

Android 4.2 OS Jelly Bean

Processor

NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core

Processor

RAM

1GB

Storage capacity

16GB

Camera

1.2-megapixel front camera

Battery

4325 mAh, up to hours of

8 hours back-up

Add-ons

Bluetooth, micro-USB,NFC,

Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)

Dimensions

198.5 x 120 x 10.45 mm

Weight

340 g

Price

₹15,999/-