New High-End Nexus Tablet Could Bear HTC Branding

Seems HTC is taking the headlines today with talks of wearables and KitKat updates. Seems a new report is surfacing overseas that HTC has won a contract to make the next Nexus tablet. In the past we have heard of various OEM’s submitting devices or device designs and outlines, to Google to be the next manufacturer of a Nexus device. Obviously Samsung had their run, LG is doing their thing and ASUS had some of the tablets cornered.

HTC was the first OEM to build and offer a Nexus phone when the Nexus program first started off. I remember it quite well as it was the first Nexus device and I worked at T-Mobile and that was one of the big network partners it was launched working with. That was before the line took off and carriers started selling them in stores though.

If HTC has been picked up for a new high-end Nexus tablet we fully expect it to be quite a powerful, stock, monster. It would be good for HTC to get back into the tablet market with something in the Nexus line. Their last attempts at the tablet market were lackluster, even though they had some great designs and features. The tablet market has changed quite a bit since then though.

All of this is just chatter crossing the Taiwanese based websites right now. If the chatter is to believed though, we could see a new HTC made Nexus tablet sometime in the 3rd quarter of this year. Now, will it be aluminum bodied with 4 front facing speakers, or go for a more streamlined Nexus look? The better question is if HTC is making a Nexus tablet, will you be down to purchase one?

Source: focustaiwan via Droid-Life

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