Google's Oct 29 Android Details Leak: LG Nexus 4, Jelly Bean v4.2, Nexus 7 3G & Nexus 10
Highlights of Google's incoming October 29 event, including both a new Android phone and a tablet, have leaked ahead of time, with an updated version of Android itself also expected to debut. The line-up has been previewed in an internal video, a source tells The Next Web, including the LG Nexus 4 seen in various leaks over the past few weeks, and a 10-inch Samsung-made tablet with an iPad 3-besting screen resolution.
The Nexus 4, based on LG's Optimus G, will feature a 1.5GHz quadcore processor – Qualcomm's APQ8064 Snapdragon, paired with 2GB of RAM – and have a 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display, slightly larger than the 4.65-inch panel of the current Galaxy Nexus. However, while Samsung's Nexus uses a Super AMOLED display, LG's will almost certainly use LG's LCD-based True HD IPS+ panel.
Check out our full LG Optimus G review for more details
It will also be the first to use Android 4.2, previously believed to be called Key Lime Pie, but now tipped to continue the Jelly Bean branding until a more significant OS refresh arrives later on. Among the new features will be "Content in the center" which will put media from the Google Play store in a widget on the homescreen, as indeed the Nexus 7 focused on, along with "Tablet Sharing" that will allow multiple user accounts on each slate.
That will turn Android 4.2 tablets into more communal devices ideal to be shared by a household of users, with each getting their own email and applications. It's something that has long been requested from Android (and iOS for that matter) and which individual vendors, such as Barnes & Noble with the customized NOOK HD/HD+, had begun to cook up independently.
Android 4.2 will also include an updated panorama mode in the camera, supporting horizontal and vertical panning, a feature that will likely look particularly good on the new Samsung tablet. That slate, which we've heard whispers of for some time now, is expected to use a 2560 x 1600 display, and is currently codenamed "Manta" though may well launch as the Nexus 10 so as to fit in with existing nomenclature.
Finally, the video also confirms two new versions of the Nexus 7, including the well-leaked 32GB model, and version with 3G HSPA+ integrated for getting online on the move. It's unclear at this stage whether Google will attempt to do anything special with data pricing for the 3G tablet.
SlashGear will be with Google on October 29 to bring back all the details.