14 DAY TRIAL // If you remember, I recently told you Google would be moving away from 7-inch tablets to take up the production (along with its manufacturing partner) of 8-inch tablets instead.
For example, the LG G Pad 8.3 has been hailed as one of the best 8-inchers on the market, sporting one of the best screen-size a tableter could ask for, so there’s plenty of territory Google could cover.
If for some reason you’re not interested in 10-inch tablets or huge products like Sammy’s latest bunch (the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO), Google’s 8-inch might be of a real interest to you and here are a few reasons why:
Nexus 8 will sell for an attractive price
While tablets like the LG G Pad 8.3 sell for a relatively high price ($350 / €257), the Nexus 8 might sell for only $199 / €146 (as a recent concept render hypothesized), giving you the best value for your money.
That’s what the original Nexus 7 started out to do and succeeded, while its successor wasn't so great in the pricing department, thus failed to sell so much.
Increased performance
Samsung might bundle the Nexus 8 with the same processor powering the latest 8-inch Galaxy TabPRO 8.4, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip. To compare, the LG G Pad 8.3 sports a Snapdragon 600.
Nexus tablets will always get software updates first
As you might very well know, Nexus devices will always get the latest version of Android first. Surely, the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition didn't lag behind, but the model isn't available in all parts of the world.
8 inches might be the perfect display size for a tablet
8-inchers are truly portable devices than can be fitted in your pocket and yet offer a big-enough screen for users to enjoy videos and web-browsing. The popularity of tablets like the iPad mini might be an indication why Google is trying it out in the 8-inch market.