14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago one of HTC’s own people confirmed for us the fact that the Nexus 9 is indeed going to be unveiled soon. It’s the company’s second chance at getting things right while tablets are concerned, after three years of staying clear of them.
The specifications of the tablet are pretty much known, because the Nexus 9 has been in the rumor mill for quite some time. But what about pricing and release date?
We have heard plenty of speculations related to the matter, but the most recent rumors claimed the tablet will be unveiled October 16, while Android L would go live November 1.
New report places the Nexus 9 on October 15
Well, the folks over at the Bright Side of News seem to know better. According to them, the Nexus 9 will finally launch October 15 and will hit the streets with a price tag of about $399 / €314, which is pretty steep.
However, we have to take into consideration the fact that the tablet will bring a set of nifty specifications to the table.
Nevertheless, we can’t help but notice this is quite a jump in pricing, considering the fact that Google’s previous Nexus 7 tablets revolved around the $200 / €157 margin.
Moreover, the report goes on to mention the Nexus 9 will hit the streets starting November 3 so two days after Android L. Which pretty means confirms the tablet will be hooked up to Android’s latest operating system.
Nexus 9 spec round-up
For those of who are late making it to the party, we will take the opportunity to remind of you of what we know so far.
It’s highly possible that the Nexus 9 will launch with a 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor codenamed Denver. The chip comes with a 192-shader Kepler GPU attached to it, so it should offer worthy performance to say the least.
But graphics capabilities aren't much if you don’t have a worthy screen to go along with it. The Nexus 9 should boast an 8.9-inch display with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, which is quite nice.
The Tegra K1 chip is yet to go mainstream in tablets. For the time being, we have seen the chip power the Xiaomi MiPad and NVIDIA Shield Tablet. Google’s Project Tango tablet takes advantage of the same architecture as well.
So NVIDIA probably hopes the presence of the K1 in the Nexus 9 tablet might prompt other tablet manufacturers to take up the device.