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DROID ULTRA with red-stripe confirmed as Employee Edition Jul 24th 2013, 13:59, by Robert Nelson An in-the-wild style image of a red stripped DROID ULTRA leaked a short time before the Verizon announcement. The handset was showing a Limited Edition marking and while it was believed to be something intended for employees, we had yet to see anything in terms of a confirmation. Well, coming by way of a recent product listing — we can now say for sure that the red-stripped DROID ULTRA is only for Verizon employees. We suspect some many be a bit jealous, but this isn’t the first tome we have seen Verizon and Motorola offer a special edition only for employees. They did so in the past with the RAZR MAXX and RAZR MAXX HD. The real kicker here is the deal they are getting. The handset is available for $99.99 on a new two-year agreement. For comparison, the regular DROID ULTRA is priced at $199.99. Sadly though, that is not where the deal stops. Verizon is also throwing in a Griffin Reveal Case, SOL Republic JAX earbuds “and more.” That being said, while the employees are getting a rather nice deal on the handset — they are still left waiting to actually get the handset. That DROID ULTA employee edition handset is available for pre-order, but carries the same August 20th shipping date as the non-employee edition model. And for those curious, the employees aren’t getting a deal if they choose to pay full retail. In that case the handset carries the same $599.99 purchase price. As one would expect, the specs remain the same. Those include a 5-inch HD display along with a dual-core 1.7GHz processor, quad-core graphics, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a 2130 mAh battery (up to 28 hours), 2 megapixel front-facing camera, 10 megapixel rear-facing camera and a Kevlar body with a thickness of just 7.18mm. VIA: Droid-Life Story Timeline Verizon DROID ULTRA, MAXX and Mini arriving August 20 Motorola DROID ULTRA detailed with 5-inch 720p display, 8-core processor Motorola DROID lineup features gesture-based image capture and sharing Verizon locks in Motorola as exclusive DROID provider Verizon hands out 6 months free Google Music All Access with new DROID phones Nexus 7 2 pre-orders go live ahead of official Google announcement Jul 24th 2013, 13:29, by Robert Nelson The Nexus 7 2 leaks seem to have gone into overdrive last evening and those were apparently followed up with some pre-order availability. The pre-order listings have just recently begun showing up and while we expect more will follow, we currently have Best Buy and PC Connection taking orders. There is also a listing with Sam’s Club, however that points to a not yet available in-store listing. With that in mind and given all the earlier leaks these details come with quite a bit less in terms of surprise. Needless to say, it is nice to see them all listed as confirmation. The price is $230 for the 16GB model and $270 for the 32GB model and those looking towards Best Buy will be greeted with the option to choose Express shipping to get the tablet on release day. While the pre-orders are going through, they are not showing anything in terms of that previously mentioned release day. Of course, given today is the ‘Breakfast with Sundar Pichai‘ we suspect that will be revealed a bit later in the morning. Not to mention, we are also expecting to learn a bit more about Android 4.3, which is listed as the operating system for this new Nexus 7. Otherwise, confirming some of the earlier leaks and we have the following for specs; 7-inch display with a 1920 x 1200 resolution Quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor Adreno 320 graphics 2GB of RAM 16GB or 32GB of internal storage 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera 5 megapixel rear-facing camera NFC, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, SlimPort for video-out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Measurements: 7.9 x 4.5 x 0.3 inches, Weight: 11.2 ounces Aside from these few retail listings we are also expecting the new Nexus 7 to arrive with other stores. We have been looking towards Amazon and Staples, however both are still offering the now-older model Nexus 7. But with that in mind, Staples has the original down to $179 and $199 for the 16GB and 32GB model respectively. Story Timeline Nexus 7 2 release set for July 31, says retail leak Nexus 7 2 turns up in Best Buy weekly circular with July 30 launch date Nexus 7 2 leaks in full gallery of press photos New Nexus 7 2 leaks again in full retail packaging Nexus 7 2 benchmarks and specifications leak in full

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