Google revealed the highly acclaimed Nexus 7 tablet running the Mountain View’s latest operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean back in June. The tablet went on receive rave reviews and sell relatively good thanks to its low price and performance. Now according to latest rumors Google is planning on releasing a $99 version of the Nexus 7 tablet.
The Nexus 7 hit stores with a 7-inch HD IPS display, a Quad Core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and was the first device to run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box.
The smaller form factor tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 have proved to be huge competition for Apple and its iPad tablet, the Cupertino based company is also expected to launch a 7.85-inch iPad Mini later this year but looks like Google is fully prepared for it.
Digitimes reports that there will be two versions of the Nexus 7 tablet and will again be made by ASUS. One will be prices at $199 while the cheaper one will be priced at $99, both the tablets will be slimmer than the current Nexus 7 tablet.
We’re not sure if Google will be putting in slower components in the cheaper Nexus 7 tablet or even introducing ads to compensate, guess we’ll have to wait and see how much this rumor holds up.