may serve a side of tablet with the main entrée of xel phones this fall.
According to the (usually very accurate) hardware-leaking Blass a new tablet will be built by Huawei ready by year’s end. ’re already expecting two new smartphones from HTC to be shown off in early October.
‘s Huawei-built 7-inch tablet, with 4GB RAM, on track for release before the end of the year.
— Blass (@evleaks) September 5, 2016
As you can see from the tweet there isn’t a tremendous amount of detail. ile 4GB of RAM sounds nice, the chipset, storage options, price will be key in whether or not this will be a tablet worth buying. Not to mention other factors, like display quality. For example, the thickness weight of the xel C make it a little hard to wield.
The other factor worth noting is ’s shift in its hardware strategy. l indications are that the company is dropping the Nexus br going with xel for its phones. The current xel group includes the xel C tablet Chromebook xel 2, which was recently discontinued. Both of those devices featured top-of-the-line specs were sold built by .
ile for its latest phones tablet may still partner with another hardware maker, there may be little visible indication that they played much of a role. As we hear more from the rumor mill, we’ll be sure to keep you updated.
The story behind the story: ’ve argued before that it’s time for a new Nexus 7. The xel C is expensive the current-generation Nexus 7 isn’t getting Nougat so we’re left without a solid Android tablet that isn’t infested with bloatware other customizations. Android has a lot to offer on tablets, but the struggle has been a consistent hardware offering in comparison to the ultra-popular id.
