may serve a side of tablet with the main entrée of xel phones this fall.

According to the (usually very accurate) hardware-leaking Blass a new tablet will be built by Huawei ready by year’s end. ’re already expecting two new smartphones from HTC to be shown off in early October.

As you can see from the tweet there isn’t a tremendous amount of detail. ile 4GB of RAM sounds nice, the chipset, storage options, price will be key in whether or not this will be a tablet worth buying. Not to mention other factors, like display quality. For example, the thickness weight of the xel C make it a little hard to wield.

The other factor worth noting is ’s shift in its hardware strategy. l indications are that the company is dropping the Nexus br going with xel for its phones. The current xel group includes the xel C tablet Chromebook xel 2, which was recently discontinued. Both of those devices featured top-of-the-line specs were sold built by .

ile for its latest phones tablet may still partner with another hardware maker, there may be little visible indication that they played much of a role. As we hear more from the rumor mill, we’ll be sure to keep you updated.

The story behind the story: ’ve argued before that it’s time for a new Nexus 7. The xel C is expensive the current-generation Nexus 7 isn’t getting Nougat so we’re left without a solid Android tablet that isn’t infested with bloatware other customizations. Android has a lot to offer on tablets, but the struggle has been a consistent hardware offering in comparison to the ultra-popular id.