Mine has just reached 100% after being plugged into the mains for around 9 hours. It started at 11%. I've been using it heavily all day though, so the charger has had my constant tinkering to contend with. This has been nicely illustrated by the battery usage graph.
I expect that overnight charges will be the best way to manage this, going forward.
As for other impressions, I'm over the moon with it. There are some niggling issues:
1. The flex in the back is there, although it is very minor, almost unnoticeable. I suspect that's the price to pay for using the silky smooth black material. If so, to me, that's a price more than worth paying.
2. I've noticed a slight flickering on one occasion. Took me back to my Nexus 7 2012 days. I haven't noticed it since, though. Tablet was at around 60%, plugged in and located in a partially lit kitchen.
3. Buttons are terrible. Worst part of the tablet.
4. Some minor light bleed at the top of the screen. It's there, but it's not the kind of thing that bothers me.
They're the bad bits. The good bits:
1. It's like a giant N5, physically. Which is great, as I love the stark design and soft touch material of that phone.
2. Lollipop is fantastic. It feels like ICS all over again. Fresh and full of promise. I hope that developers get onboard with the design language. Feels good under the thumb too. There have been a few occasions where starting or switching apps have caused a minor pause, but it feels like optimisation more than the hardware not being able to keep up. That being said, those pauses are few and far between, most operations are slick and rapid. After a full days use I'm not concerned in the slightest about the performance of the hardware. There are kinks to be ironed out, but nothing to ruin the experience, IMO.
3. Speakers are great. I've never owned a unit with front facing stereo before. They're not the loudest or highest quality, but they're plenty good enough to get by with when there's nothing better around to connect to.
4. Screen is crisp and pleasing to look at.
5. Double tap. Very well implemented; feels very responsive.
6. 4:3 was a great design choice, IMO. It just feels more balanced when dealing with a screen this size. Web browsing and book reading in portrait are the most obvious beneficiaries here, but it just feels better across the board for me. I can happily tolerate black bars on movie playback as a compromise.
7. The haptic feedback is a nice addition and feels subtle.
Overall I'm really pleased with the N9 after day 1. It's not flawless and maybe more discerning people than me will have more of a problem with the issues I brushed aside. But for my money, the N9 has ticked every box I needed it to tick. The initial reviews had me worried, but I needn't have been.
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