14 DAY TRIAL // It’s no longer a mystery that Google will be adopting the 8.9-inch form factor when tablets are concerned, and will also offer a successor to the popular Nexus 7 (2013). Rumors abound relating to the Nexus 8’s specs, but one thing they don’t seem to be agreeing on is which company is going to be manufacturing the device.
The Nexus 8 is widely expected to make an appearance at the next Google I/O event this summer and the tablet has been hypothesized as running the latest Android 4.5 build. But this is all speculation at this point.
Anyway, going back to the manufacturer, the latest information we have pinpoints towards HTC taking up the manufacturing process for the device. But the company has also been said to be jumping onboard with Google for the production of the next-gen Nexus 10 tablet.
Of course, ASUS remains a contender too, as the Taiwanese company has worked with Google to breathe life into the first two Nexus 7 tablets. So why not carry on the family tradition and release the Nexus 8 under the same banner?
But there’s a third contender to be considered in this story, in the persona of LG. So the question is, what if LG were making the Nexus 8, would it be a good thing or a bad thing?
Like HTC, LG was facing issues in the tablet market, as its original Optimus Pad failed to capture the interest of consumers.
But the manufacturer has managed to bounce back and make a re-entry into the market by releasing the pretty worthy the LG G Pad 8.3, a slate that received good reviews and feed-back.
So, given the fact the G Pad 8.3 helped the company gain a little bit more experience while tablets are concerned, Google might be more interesting in offering the job to LG.
We should also note, LG and Google have a pretty close working relation, as the former has been responsible for the production of both Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 smartphone. Moreover, the LG G Pad 8.3 has been launched as a “Google Play Edition” variant too.
Even further, the LG is working on a smartwatch that will run Google’s own Android Wear OS for wearables (but so is HTC).
On the other hand, HTC is known to be the maker of beautiful products, and an HTC-made Nexus 8 could look pretty amazing. But LG demonstrated it could produce a very aesthetically pleasing looking gadget with the Nexus 4. So which one do you think would be more suited to take up Nexus 8 production?