Nexus 7, one of the fashionable gadgets and spearhead of the system 4.1 Android Jelly Bean, at the time broke the mold by incorporating only one frontal camera and no back, in stark contrast to what had been the majority design of tablets to date. That front camera had a moderate quality, 1,2 SM, and could record video at 480p. However, the developers of XDA Developers, as is almost always the case, have managed to give a twist to the original design putting the camera to work at 720p.
The solution that Google asked Asus when making the device was smart: only one camera was needed (not too powerful) for video chat, because people don't often use their tablets when they want to take photos. However, this line has recently been followed by Kindle Fire HD and there are doubts about whether iPad Mini will apply the same solution or not, although it seems very reasonable to do so: on the one hand, it allows lower costs and, on the other, as we say, a super powerful camera integrated into the tablet doesn't seem too practical.
In fact, if we review the applications that Nexus comes installed as standard, we will see that there is absolutely none with which we can take photos or record videos, that's why between must-have applications in your Nexus 7 we recommend in its day Camera Launcher for Nexus 7, which allows you to have the basic functions from any camera.
The surprising thing is to discover that this camera can offer a higher performance which the team itself brings as standard. It is not that it is designed to go that far, as it is limited to 480p for video recording, but it is always good to know that there is a latent power in case it is ever needed. Forum developers XDA Developers, have given a twist to the system allowing to raise its quality up to 720p and again demonstrating in passing that, with a little tomorrow, the devices that they sell us can skyrocket their performance.