Nexus 9

#1

Post by agumonkey » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

Nexus 9
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Re: Nexus 9

#2

Post by Bud » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:28 PM UTC

They're releasing a big expensive tablet in 2014 and the top-end storage size is 32GB? Really?

Re: Nexus 9

#3

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

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Re: Nexus 9

#4

Post by 4ad » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

It has an arm64 CPU. It looks like this will be the first cheap, easily obtainable and hackable (?) arm64 hardware out there.

I'm writing the arm64 Go compiler. I wonder if it's feasible to start testing on this machine too (e.g. how open it really is, how hard is to get a sane working environment, etc).

Re: Nexus 9

#5

Post by freehunter » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

Bud wrote: post #2

They're releasing a big expensive tablet in 2014 and the top-end storage size is 32GB? Really?

Well they are a cloud company. They probably just expect you to not store anything locally.

No company puts a good amount of storage in their device for a reasonable price. It's a problem on par with battery life.

Re: Nexus 9

#6

Post by benaiah » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

A bit suspicious that there's no resolution announced, especially considering the Nexus 10 had its resolution advertised ad nauseam from the day it was announced, and the Nexus 6 has its high resolution hyped up as well. It'll be curious to see if they've pulled back on the resolution arms race in favor of something like battery life or price range.

Re: Nexus 9

#7

Post by jtgeibel » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

benaiah wrote: post #6

A bit suspicious that there's no resolution announced, especially considering the Nexus 10 had its resolution advertised ad nauseam from the day it was announced, and the Nexus 6 has its high resolution hyped up as well. It'll be curious to see if they've pulled back on the resolution arms race in favor of something like battery life or price range.

There is a button to expand the tech specs and see additional details:

Display

  8.9" IPS LCD
  4:3 aspect ratio
  QXGA (2048x1536)
  Gorilla Glass 3
  Double tap to wake

Re: Nexus 9

#8

Post by anup90 » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

13 MP front facing camera; seriously? http://imgur.com/2zLzhKr

Re: Nexus 9

#9

Post by AdmiralAsshat » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

Sad to see no SD card slot. I know that's not Google's thing, but Asus and Samsung have defied them in the past to include them in Nexus models and I was hoping HTC would follow suit.

That said, I hope this sells well. HTC badly needs some success.

Re: Nexus 9

#10

Post by Sanddancer » Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 4:47 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #9

Sad to see no SD card slot. I know that's not Google's thing, but Asus and Samsung have defied them in the past to include them in Nexus models and I was hoping HTC would follow suit. That said, I hope this sells well. HTC badly needs some success.

Last year's nexus 5 didn't have an SD card slot either. They're pretty much a dying breed at this point.