Mystery ASUS K009 unit shows up at the FCC doorstep, tries its best to hide its Nexus 7 colors in the process

June 14, 2013

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You know what they say gang: when there's smoke, there's probably a fire. So it's only fitting that we get more details about another version of the Nexus 7 refresh that we've been hearing so much about lately. A mystery ASUS K009 unit recently passed through the FCC testing labs and highlights a bunch of really interesting features of the device including a sweet quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ-8064) processor, a 4,000mAh Li-ion battery and some welcomed 4G LTE radio frequencies on-board. So all in all, this device looks to be another version of the refreshed tablet that's on the way. Of course the same unit is listed for “marketing purposes”, but the hope is that we are getting our first glimpse of what should be another variant of the new Nexus 7 models.

source: FCC
via: Engadget

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1 comment

Sorun says:

June 14, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Aww man a S4? I was hoping it would be a tegra 4 or snapdragon 800. I guess the price would have been too much for what is essentially a budget tablet.

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