Nexus 9 review: HTC and Google team up to make one of the best tablets on the market

Nexus 9 Tablet by HTC

The Nexus 9 is one of the best tablets available on the market today. HTC has a strong pedigree of building great hardware, and having the 8.9-inch display as a showcase for Android 5.0 — and 64-bit Android in general — is a boon for developers and consumers alike.

The NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip inside is one of the fastest on the market, beating the iPad Air 2 in many graphics benchmarks, while Android 5.0 proves that Google can finally make software that is both powerful and user-friendly.

Specs

• Android 5.0 Lollipop
• 8.9-inch 2048×1536 pixel IPS display, Gorilla Glass 3
• 2.5Ghz dual-core 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 ‘Logan’ SoC w/ 192 CUDA core Kepler GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16/32GB internal storage
• 8MP rear camera, 1.6MP front-facing camera
• 1080p video capture
• WiFi (MIMO, 802.11ac), Bluetooth 4.1, NFC
• Stereo front-facing speakers
• 6,700mAh internal battery
• 153.68 mm x 228.25 mm x 7.95 mm
• 425 grams
• Colours: Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
• Price: 16GB WiFi, $429CDN / 32GB WiFi, $529CDN / 32GB LTE, $669CDN