Nexus 9 Specs

[Paul627g]

A few things concerns with the Nexus 9...

No. 1 - the battery life, I was expecting better
No. 2 - no Micro-SD port to expand the internal memory
No. 3 - why limit the tablet to 16g or 32g... it should be 32g or 64g with the cost of memory

1.) How can we judge the battery life at this point? Nobody has it to confirm but basing it on what the NVIDIA Shield Tablet is doing with the 32 bit version of the Tegra K1 processor it should be good.

2.) We know Google's stance on SDCARDs.

3.) Storage space. Yeah I'd like to have seen a 64 GB option. Guess it just wasn't configured into the budget

 

[Paul627g]

The specs seem poor to me, I see they are not flaunting pixel density, probably because its less than n7 2013, plus a bigger screen I should imagine things are not going to look as good, 2 GB of ram, my 7 year old laptop has that amount and I find it just not jelling with me that in 2014 a tablet that should be an upgrade does not seem to be, 64 bit CPU? Only parts of the os is going to support it? Or apps? Are people really going to make a 64 bit app or will it be like PC, hardly any support for 64 bit programmes? Will it be a 64 bit CPU running 32bit programmes? If so what's the point except marketing?
No QHD display? Was expecting to be able to run two things on the screen at the same time seeing it being nearly 9 inch, oh well.

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Surely there are going to be some that aren't satisfied with what Google, HTC & NVIDIA have done combined. But same time did you expect at the release of 32 bit processors to have IMMEDIATE response from the devs in terms of apps? No.. It still is an ongoing process to this day and still has much to grow. 64 bit is in the infancy stage with Android but it is nice to see that those who do purchase this tablet will have the power on hand to tap the potential once the devs catch up.

 

[Ivan Shingler]

I don't want to pay what seems to be a premium because its flaunting a 64 bit CPU, it has nothing else going for it, even the CPU is dual core.

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[freakyhair]

I don't want to pay what seems to be a premium because its flaunting a 64 bit CPU, it has nothing else going for it, even the CPU is dual core.

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The whole point of Nexus is to help showcase what Android devices can do, and what Google would like them to be moving forward. There are always going to be some really cool things, and some things that just aren't quite "worth it" yet. That's the price of buying the latest and greatest.

 

[Aquila]

Because I don't use the cloud, and will try to avoid it as long as I can. Why pay for data or worry about wifi service (I have access to neither in my office) when I can transfer and store to my device once (especially for traveling/planes, etc). Memory is so cheap (IC's and SD cards). The SD interfaces are also cheap. Implementing it in to the OS isn't even that hard if they cared about it.

You may want to consider the Shield Tablet. 8" super tablet with optional removable storage, very close to "stock" UI and a stylus, etc.

 

[Aquila]

I don't want to pay what seems to be a premium because its flaunting a 64 bit CPU, it has nothing else going for it, even the CPU is dual core.

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You realize that last part is a good thing for this setup, right?

 

[Ivan Shingler]

I'm sorry but the nexus 9 IMO will be a massive fail, overpriced and is under specked, it makes the Samsung tab s look unbelievably good for the price, you know even that can multi window, super Amoled, OK its got touchwiz but its got an octa core processor of some sorts in it and 3gb ram, nexus used to be affordable, this time round I see there plan here, also how come the phone gets 3gb ram? Also a qhd display on a 6 inch screen.

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[Aquila]

I'm sorry but the nexus 9 IMO will be a massive fail, overpriced and is under specked, it makes the Samsung tab s look unbelievably good for the price, you know even that can multi window, super Amoled, OK its got touchwiz but its got an octa core processor of some sorts in it and 3gb ram, nexus used to be affordable, this time round I see there plan here, also how come the phone gets 3gb ram? Also a qhd display on a 6 inch screen.

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I get what you're saying, but those numbers don't tell even 10% of the story.

 

[anon5664829]

I don't want to pay what seems to be a premium because its flaunting a 64 bit CPU, it has nothing else going for it, even the CPU is dual core.

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Shows us how you actually know nothing about tech.

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[anon5664829]

I'm sorry but the nexus 9 IMO will be a massive fail, overpriced and is under specked, it makes the Samsung tab s look unbelievably good for the price, you know even that can multi window, super Amoled, OK its got touchwiz but its got an octa core processor of some sorts in it and 3gb ram, nexus used to be affordable, this time round I see there plan here, also how come the phone gets 3gb ram? Also a qhd display on a 6 inch screen.

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You don't even understand specs let it go. You don't understands this at all.

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[Paskell]

You do realise the 64 bit is super core. In their description and in the image from nvidia I have seen. The cores are twice as big so I'm not to worried about it.. It will stomp any 32 bit out I bet..

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[Slashyou]

You may want to consider the Shield Tablet. 8" super tablet with optional removable storage, very close to "stock" UI and a stylus, etc.

But will it bend?

 

[Yoink676]

I don't want to pay what seems to be a premium because its flaunting a 64 bit CPU, it has nothing else going for it, even the CPU is dual core.

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Yet cpu is more powerful than anything in the mobile market.

 

[minnemike]

If you watch this video, it looks really really snappy and fast - of course, with a fresh install. I have to think the overall performance and the redesign of 5.0 to take advantage of 64bit, will make a world of a difference with performance overall. Sure, many apps will not yet take advantage, but your core system certainly will.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-9-tablet/449908-hands-video-nexus-9-a.html

 

[neutron]

I'm thinking about pre-ordering the LTE model via Best Buy. But, that listing shows it with T-Mobile. Does it really matter if I want to use it on AT&T?

 

[minnemike]

when clicking on the att link in google play it takes you to this page which says coming soon. So I assume its not yet ready for pre-order,

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_9_32GB_LTE_Indigo_Black?id=nexus_9_black_32gb_lte

 

[dmslabs-blog]

I have a question, Nexus 9 has wireless charging and entry to microsd?
I have not found this information in any site.

Thank you

Daniel (Neoage Informática)

 

[Aquila]

I have a question, Nexus 9 has wireless charging and entry to microsd?
I have not found this information in any site.

Thank you

Daniel (Neoage Informática)

No to both.

 

[Kaido]

Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2:

• 16 GB Wi-Fi Prices: $399 vs $499 (even the 32 GB Wi-Fi Nexus 9 is $479)
• Speakers: Front Facing (Boomsound) vs bottom
• PPI: 288 vs 264
• RAM: 2GB vs 1GB
• Wi-FI Weight: 425 grams vs 437 grams
• LTE Weight: 436 grams vs 444 grams

 

[Crimsonforce]

Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2:

• 16 GB Wi-Fi Prices: $399 vs $499 (even the 32 GB Wi-Fi Nexus 9 is $479)
• Speakers: Front Facing (Boomsound) vs bottom
• PPI: 288 vs 264
• RAM: 2GB vs 1GB
• Wi-FI Weight: 425 grams vs 437 grams
• LTE Weight: 436 grams vs 444 grams

I prefer android over IOS but we all know that you don't buy an IOS device for the specs. You buy for the ecosystem and a more streamlined OS. I will say this. There are a lot more apps optimized for IPads than there are for android tablets..