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Google Nexus 9 32GB Android Tablet

$279.99
$399.99 30% off Reference Price
Condition: New
Screen Size: 8.9"
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Top positive review
5 people found this helpful
This is what a good Android tablet should be.
By Kevin Mckay on Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2015
This is what an Android tablet should be. There are a lot of professional reviews out there you can easily find and read, and for the most part I agree with them. The hardware is quite nice, and very comfortable to use for a tablet of this size. The "soft" touch back is less "soft" than I was expecting - more of the texture of an egg shell than rubbery. It works well - just soft enough to increase gripping texture, just matte enough to not show every fingerprint (at least, for this white version), but still smooth enough to slide freely across a desk or countertop. Performance is excellent. I've used iPads since they first came out, only recently shifting to Android devices, and this one performs on par with Apple's current hardware in all noticeable respects. The specs for the Nexus 9 are very solid, and compete well with pretty much anything on the market at this time. The screen is beautiful. Bright, clear, and colorful. For those who pay attention to such things, there *is* some light bleed along the "top" edge of the screen (portrait mode), but it isn't anything that most folks will spot or care about in normal usage and isn't uncommon with backlit tablets. What makes the Nexus worth the price to me, though, is immediate access to the latest operating system upgrades from Google. RIght out of the box this one started running system upgrades up to and including Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) - the current version as of this writing. Coming from the Apple iOS world, where all devices get system updates when they become available, it is hard to put up with devices that don't until/unless its manufacturer (and/or carrier, in the case of cell phones) pushes out a version of the upgrade at some later date. The Nexus 9 solves this frustration and will stay current longer as a result.
Top critical review
14 people found this helpful
It looks like Google planned step up to compete at the high ...
By bamboothief on Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014
It looks like Google planned step up to compete at the high end market with this. Nexus 9 offers many top of the line specs although many are poorly optimized. Pro: -Lollipop is great. However other devices are going to receive this soon, so not really a reason to get Nexus 9 for it..... -Supposed powerful Tegra K1 for gaming. I am a gamer and excited about this, but there doesn't seem to be any good games to make use of this to make it an advantage over GPU offered by last year's devices. -Beautiful display, surprisingly this is biggest Pro -2GB RAM -No noticeable light bleed like many reviewer experienced. Cons: -Overheating. One side of the device overheat to a uncomfortable level.(while the other is still noticeably warmer than any of 4 other tablets and 2 smartphones I owned) Being a handheld device, this is a huge con. -Battery. Nexus 9 last around the same as my 1 year old Nexus 7 2013. I was expecting it to last longer with the 6700mAh battery, the bigger screen maybe the issue. However the charging is about 20-30 minutes longer to charge from 35% to full compare to the Nexus 7 2013. -The back material looks fancy and high end, but not as comfortable to hold. -Price. I didn't mind the extra $ when I look at the spec before buying it, the extra 100-150 is not much for something you use often. I felt that it would be worth it. However, I feel that this is totally not worth the price after using it for a few days. Overall: I own a Nexus 7 2012, a Nexus 10, a Nexus 7 2013, and I used to own a Nexus 4. I have to say Nexus 9 is the worst Nexus tablet come at the highest price. This is a tablet which mashed up many top of the line spec with very poor optimization, totally ignoring the user and practical use of the device. I recommend NOT to buy this, hopefully next year's model will be better. I did some research on the overheating issue, it seems persist with many users. I can see seas of complain about this on some forums. People come up with different reasons. Some claim it is a hardware problem which will stay, and you can root and then clock to slow down Tegra K1 to make it less hot, which I think it is a very silly take on the very poorly make device. Some claim this is a firmware issue, which will be fixed in the next lollipop update. Google tech support is beating around the bush about this issue and has not given a firm answer from what I see. I am returning mine for a refund if there isn't a firmware update to fix the overheating problem in the next 1-2 weeks. I will update this to 4 or 3 stars if the next firmware update fix the overheating. Otherwise this stays.

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