Google officially announced the "budget" Nexus 4 and Nexus 10, updated Nexus 7 and introduced Android 4.2

Google was planning to hold a conference today on Android 4.2 and Nexus, but because of Hurricane Sandy, the event had to be canceled and the devices released without any loud pump. New devices turned out very cheap and very ambiguous. The Google Nexus 4 smartphone is built on a Snapdragon S4 Pro system-on-chip (quad-core Krait processor at 1.5 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, Adreno 320), and the Nexus 10 tablet is based on the Exynos 5250 system-on-chip (dual-core Cortex- A15, 2 GB of RAM, ARM Mali-T604). The price of the device starts from $ 300 for a smartphone without a contract and from $ 400 for a tablet.

I remind you that Nexus devices are canonical (or, as they say, reference ones) and represent Google’s view of what Android devices should look like. The device downloader can be opened with official Google utilities, the source code of the kernel and system will be available simultaneously with the release of devices or even earlier, and system updates will come at least 18 months.

LG Nexus 4

The new smartphone was made in collaboration with LG and is a simplified version of the LG Optimus G. Simplified due to the fact that the memory card slot was removed, and the resolution of the camera sensor was reduced from 13 megapixels to 8 megapixels. The case retains the shape of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but at the same time, the device has changed its texture from the grooved surface to the covered Gorilla Glass 2, under which the textured surface in the Nexus Neuron style.
Characteristics :

• Model : LG E960 (Code name: Mako)
• System-on-chip : Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro
• Processor : Krait v2 quad-core at 1.5 GHz
• Cache : L0: 4KB + 4KB, L1: 16KB + 16KB, L2: 2 MB
• Instruction Set : ARM v7
• Video accelerator : Qualcomm Adreno 320
• OS : Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• Networks : 3G (WCDMA), HSPA + ( LTE is not at all )
• Screen : 4.7 "WXGA True HD IPS Plus (1280 x 768 pixels). Display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2 *
• Storage : 8 ($ 300) / 16 GB ($ 350)
• RAM : 2GB
• Camera : 8.0MPiks rear / 1.3MPiks HD frontal
• Sensors : 2 microphones, light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, GPS / A-GPS / S-GPS / GLONASS, digital compass
• Connectors : microUSB OTG (support question), SlimPort HDMI
• Battery : 2.100mAh Li-Po (built-in): talk time - 15.3 hours / standby - 390 hours
• Size : 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
• Weight : 139 g
• Wireless capabilities : charging (standard Qi, that is, you can buy one charge for the Lumia 920, and for the Nexus 4), NFC, Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0

As can be seen from the characteristics, the smartphone turned out to be the flagship, but with a number of strange solutions. The maximum amount of storage is only 16 GB of memory, whereas in the Play Store there are already games with a data volume of 3 GB (Bard's Tale). And given the kernel and the gorgeous screen, then God himself ordered to use a smartphone for such games. In addition, a non-removable battery can cause inconvenience to those who need a durable smartphone with a powerful filling. Change the battery to a more capacious unlikely to succeed.
Let me remind you that the smartphone will be sold in the US on November 13 for $ 300 for the 8 GB version without a contract !

ASUS Nexus 7 3G

Yes, that Nexus 7 , only a version with 32 GB of memory ( $ 250 (unavailable for CIS)) and a 3G module ($ 300) have been added.
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Samsung Nexus 10

But this device is striking far more than its smartphone counterpart. The screen with a crazy resolution of 2560x1600, the processor on the latest architecture Cortex-A15 and the most powerful video accelerator ARM Mali-T604 for a ridiculous 400 bucks for the 16 GB version, again from November 13.

Characteristics :

• System-on-chip : Exynos 5250
• Processor : Dual-core Cortex-A15 at 1.7 GHz
• RAM : 2 GB
• GPU : ARM Mali-T604 MP4
• Screen : LCD Super PLS True RGB Real Stripe ( Samsung with its super-superuper tired, honestly ): 2560x1600 pixels
• Rear camera : 5 MPiks
• Front camera : 1.9 megapixel
• Stereo speakers
• Storage : 16 GB ($ 400) / 32 GB ($ 500)
• Battery : 9000 mAh
• Connectors : microUSB, microHDMI
• Wireless communications : two NFC chips, Wi-Fi b / g / n MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0

Android 4.2

The new Android turned out to be the next incremental addition for Ice Cream Sandwich. If Jelly Bean added new extensible notifications, Butter / triple buffering / vertical synchronization to the hardware acceleration of the interface for smoothness, as well as full support for ASLR, then the additions are again imperceptible, so much so that even the name Jelly Bean did not change.

• New camera with spherical shooting functions. Apparently, rotating the camera, you can achieve the effect as in Street View
• New keyboard with the functions of the gesture input. Now you can not click on the buttons, and drive a finger, getting the words
• Multiplayer mode for tablets.
• Wireless content broadcast on large screens. Apparently, the implementation of Miracast in stock Android
• When the device is idle, it can be made to act as a multimedia frame: show photos from albums, broadcast news from Reader or Currents, etc.
• Extending the notification panel (more instant action)
• Improved Google Now with enhanced planning and Knowledge Graph

About the API is nothing, for the Android Developers site is still confident that Android 4.2 is not yet available. As the information appears, I will immediately translate.