Nexus 7 Verizon Model Arrives at Carrier's Retailers

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Monday, February 10, 2014

The Nexus 7 Verizon model has arrived at the carrier's retail locations.

A new report that originated from DroidLife states that the new version received its certification this week and that stocks of the device are currently in the back-room storage areas at some Verizon stores.

This Verizon Nexus 7 comes with 32GB of storage.

A tipster recently sent an image of Verizon-branded screen protectors for the Nexus 7 (2013), and Droid-Life also reported that an unnamed source confirmed that the tablet will launch on the network soon with the rumored release date set for Feb. 13.

Neither Verizon nor Google has confirmed this version at this time.

The Nexus 7 (2013) was released shortly before the summer of last year and introduced Android 4.3 JellyBean to the market. It features impressive specs including a 7-inch 1920 x 1200 HD display, 2GB RAM, a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 16/32GB of internal storage, built-in wireless charging, and a 5-megapixel rear camera.

The tablet also introduced Android 4.3, JellyBean which was unveiled alongside the device earlier this year. The display on the Nexus 7 is 1080p which makes it the first Full HD 7-inch slate. The device's virtual sound technology is also quite impressive, as it gives users a 5.1 surround sound experience by using headphones or build-in speakers.

The next-gen Nexus 7 model could end up actually featuring an 8-inch display. This new Nexus 8 could be available as soon as the end of April.

Google supposedly feels that the 7-inch market has become too crowded especially with the 5 and 6-inch tablets stealing some of the business away from it. It will also help the Nexus brand to compete with Apple's iPad mini which has sold pretty well since the original version's release.