14 DAY TRIAL // It hasn’t been long since Google pulled the wraps off its highly anticipated Nexus 9 tablet, which was expected to arrive for quite a long time.
The device came out, one day before Apple launched two new tablets of its own, in the form of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, so the competition for Google and HTC is already pretty though.
Take a look inside the Nexus 9
As it often happens with new, flagship tablets, the folks over at iFixit have already taken it upon themselves to take the tablet apart bit by bit to show us what lies on the inside.
The tablet just popped up in the Google Play Store the other day, so interested customers can go ahead and place an order right now.
Anyway, going back to the teardown to see inside the Nexus 9 might make you decide whether Google’s latest tablet is for you or not.
What the guys at iFixit are actually trying to determine here is whether you can fix the gadget on your own, in case anything bad happens to it.
Nexus 9 gets 3 out of 10 repairability points
As it turns out, the prognostic isn’t an encouraging one, because the Nexus 9 seems quite complicated to fix. Even opening the case is tough to do without disconnecting the camera and everything else is stitched together with tape and glue.
iFixit describes the tablet as a maze of tape and thin cables, so they have given the tablet a repairability score of 3 out of 10. Ouch!
On the other part, the rear part of the case is secured with clips, so it can easily be removed without employing any special tools. As for the battery, it’s glued on the inside but the adhesive is not substantial.
Like in the case of other tablets we have seen, the LCD is fused in the front glass, so in case you end up cracking the display you’ll need to replace both parts. But the display is also glued pretty sturdily to the midframe, which makes this operation even more difficult.
So if you decide to purchase the Nexus 9 after all, you better invest in some accessories to make sure your device is shielded in the face of harm.
For those making it late to the party, we’ll remind you that the Nexus 9 tablet takes advantage of an NVIDIA Tegra K1 64-bit processor which can be seen in the images provided by iFixit. Life onboard is sustained by a 6700 mAh (25.46 Whr) battery, also visible in the pictures.
The tablet has an 8.9-inch display with 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution (4:3 aspect ratio with Gorilla Glass 3), 2GB of RAM and Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.
