HTC Nexus 8 Tablet Leaks In New Photo, Could Get Release Date Soon After FCC Spotting

The rumored HTC Nexus tablet has surfaced in a purported photo uploaded by leaker @upleaks.

As Android Community notes, the tablet shown in the photo does not appear to feature the aluminum body previously rumored for the Nexus 8, instead offering what looks like a matte plastic design similar to the LG Nexus 5.

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- @upleaks (@upleaks) October 6, 2014

HTC has not designed a tablet since 2011 or hooked up with Google for a Nexus device since 2010, but the partnership between the companies is apparently back on - good timing for Google considering HTC's recent successes with the designs of the HTC One and HTC One M8.

The Wall Street Journal reports that its sources confirmed that HTC engineers have been making trips back and forth from Taiwan to Mountain View to collaborate on the construction of the rumored 8.9-inch Nexus 8 (or Nexus 9 as some are calling it).

A few weeks ago, NVIDIA seemingly confirmed the upcoming tablet will pack its Tegra K1 CPU.

The tablet is listed with the K1 in NVIDIA documents relevant to the company's legal battle with Qualcomm and Samsung over GPU technology patents, Droid-Life notes. The documents also reportedly tip the device for a release date sometime during Q3 of this year - which seems possible considering the device was reportedy spotted passing through FCC this past week.

Recent alleged screenshots also tipped the tablet for the Nvidia K1 64-bit Denver chip, Android Geeks reports.

The screenshots, which were posted to Youtube by TKTech News, reveal the 64-bit uses two ARMv8 architecture compatible 2.5 GHz Denver CPU cores. The GPU, meanwhile, is a 192-core Kepler.

@evleaks previously revealed that the device will pack the Tegra K1, 64GB of internal storage, and either a 5MP or 8MP rear-facing camera. The Nexus 8 is also being tipped for an 8.9-inch display with 2,560x1,600 pixel resolution.