HTC Nexus 9 hands-on: First look

24 October 2014
The Nexus 9 by HTC was a hotly anticipated device on several fronts – it's the first tablet with Android 5.0 Lollipop, it brings HTC back into the tablet game, it's the first big Nexus tablet in two years and it's the first Nexus tablet that goes after a more premium market...

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  • Benzone
  • pqZ
  • 15 Nov 2014

It has Nvidia (Tegra) inside - stay away!!! Overheating, power guzzling, underperforming ... horrible chips.

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    • pt020
    • n%g
    • 04 Nov 2014

    AnonD-319914, 30 Oct 2014can someone please clear this up for me is the lte version... moreHere in The Netherlands LTE version comes only with 16GB and only in black

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      • AnonD-278523
      • PZL
      • 31 Oct 2014

      As soon as I planned for buying nexus 9, heard about the facts of Apple A8X chip, triple core 64bit, now I am confused between this two

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        • AnonD-319914
        • vGU
        • 30 Oct 2014

        can someone please clear this up for me
        is the lte version not available in 16 gb

        the only options i can see on amazon are 16/32 (no mention of wifi or lte) and on play store their are two versions 16 gb wifi only/32gb wifi+lte (both black)

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          • regs
          • x1n
          • 30 Oct 2014

          AnonD-129510, 29 Oct 2014What's wrong with Google? Why shift to 4:3 aspect ratio whe... moreActually many people do complain about it. Including me. Many Chinese manufactures offers 4:3 Android tablets. And they are quite popular.


          BTW, Black LTE version went to preorder in Russia for 29990₽. And only Black LTE. No white, no WiFi.

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            • AnonD-129510
            • th6
            • 29 Oct 2014

            What's wrong with Google? Why shift to 4:3 aspect ratio when nobody is complaining about the 16:9 / 10 ratio? Apple made a bigger iphone because people are complaining that iphone 5s is too small...

            But never have I heard people complaining about Android tablets with 16:9 / 10 aspect ratio... Yet Google changed it anyway...

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              • AnonD-129510
              • th6
              • 29 Oct 2014

              What is Google thinking going to 4:3 aspect ratio when most Android apps are designed to 16:9 / 10 aspect ratio, how in the world are Android apps gonna fit in this new Form Factor? Google really loves giving developers more headache...

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                • mas39
                • MJS
                • 29 Oct 2014

                I have the 6.4" Sony Z Ultra, and to be honest an extra inch bigger at 7.4" would be the perfect sixe for both screen estate and portability. I hope someone releases a compact 7.5" device at some stage and must have phone/messaging capabilities and that would be just awesome to carry around.

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                  • Phil_Libra
                  • 2K6
                  • 27 Oct 2014

                  need more info about the LTE band, plz

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nFy
                    • 26 Oct 2014

                    I want

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                      • neb
                      • 0EY
                      • 26 Oct 2014

                      Anonymous, 26 Oct 2014Strange that the opposite is also said about GSMArena when ... moreMy comment was deleted for the third time .that is getting really funny. I have red that apps are not up to scratch on tablet like on OS and that really sucks. Hardware is there already.That must be the only urgent problem that needs to be addressed. Having said that I am not sure how bad it is.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • nC6
                        • 26 Oct 2014

                        [deleted post]Strange that the opposite is also said about GSMArena when it comes to Android products. Maybe it's just the fanboys of each platform, unable to stand good things said about a rival platform.

                        As far as I see it, Android now offers excellent hardware in the tablet market, but is still lacking in tablet optimised apps. iOS and Android are in tight competition in the smartphone wars, but (in my opinion) Apple is still ahead in the tablet field, due to their optimised apps advantage.

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                          • AnonD-292499
                          • y$H
                          • 26 Oct 2014

                          Better buy surface pro 3 64GB 4GB RAM
                          http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/products/surface-pro-3

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                            • Shanti Khan
                            • 45G
                            • 26 Oct 2014

                            A lot of complainers in the comments. *sigh*

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                              • Shanti Khan
                              • 45G
                              • 26 Oct 2014

                              AnonD-52738, 25 Oct 20144:3 ratio is yesterday. It never good for anything. R.I... moreIf 4:3 ratio is yesterday's news, then explain why it is still popular with Apple's iPad?

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                                • Smuti
                                • pu0
                                • 26 Oct 2014

                                AnonD-126854, 25 Oct 2014The worst Nexus tablet EVER MADE(compare with the others) ... moreNot surprised really. They partnered with HTC, so we get a crappy tablet. That tiny storage space with that price tag and a mediocre screen, pass.

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                                  • AnonD-209094
                                  • Kg%
                                  • 26 Oct 2014

                                  So overpriced, and charging an additional $80 for 32GB, WHAT!!! iPad Air and Mini 2 are both only $50 additional for 32GB and one can easily argue that its on the high side already.

                                  Ok, tards need tablets also, the Nexus 9 nicely fills that niche.

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                                    • pt020
                                    • n%g
                                    • 26 Oct 2014

                                    Will buy me the Sony Z3 Tablet Compact instead.

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                                      • AnonD-80583
                                      • uvA
                                      • 25 Oct 2014

                                      I like the "at a glance" thing

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                                        • regs
                                        • x1n
                                        • 25 Oct 2014

                                        assburp, 25 Oct 2014gimme a 16gb device with an SD slot. that's all I ask.If you watch movies you can use DLNA. Wireless it's much easier than copying movies over SD cards over and over.

                                        PS3/Universal Media Server on PC + DLNA client + MXPlyer makes it much easier than using SD cards