Nexus 7 in Google Play India for 15999

Finally, Google has started selling Nexus 7 tablet in India via Google Play Store. Just to remind all of you, it is the first Android and Nexus device to ever become available directly from the search giant in the country. The 16GB version is being sold for INR 15,999 in India whereas the same can be bought for INR 10777 (199 $) in USA.

Made in partnership with Asus, Google Nexus 7 is termed a commercial success and the companies had sold around 4.5 million units of the tablet in 2012. The numbers would have gone up since then.

The Nexus 7 tablet features 1.2GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM and 7-inch 1280x800p resolution backlit IPS display with Corning Glass. Full specifications of the tablets are as below:

• Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Lithium-ion polymer 4,325 mAh battery
• 1.2 GHz (1.3 GHz in single-core mode) quad-core Cortex-A9 NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L
• 16, or 32 GB flash memory
• 1 GB RAM DDR3L
• 7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 1280×800 WXGA pixels resolution (216 ppi)
• Scratch-resistant Corning Fit Glass
• 416 MHz twelve-core Nvidia GeForce ULP GPU
• Accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, GPS, magnetometer, microphone
• 1.2 MP front-facing camera
• 3.5 mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 GHz), NFC, Micro USB 2.0, docking pins
• Dimensions: 198.5×120×10.56 mm (7.81×4.7×0.416 in)
• Weight: 340 g

For those already interested, here is a 5 step process to order your own tablet on Google Play :