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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy from android authority com the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9 have been announced but we're kind of in that limbo because they haven't been launched quite yet in this video we're going to do a quick roundup of everything we know about them so far okay let's start with the Nexus 6 and we'll go with the specs first the nexus 6 forms a 5.9 inch 2560 x 1440 qhd AMOLED display that rocks an astounding 493 pixels per inch under the hood is a 3200 20 milliamp hour battery a 13 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core CPU clocked at 2.5 gigahertz and comes in 32 gigabyte and 64 gigabyte options it also comes packed with 3 gigabytes of RAM support for practically every network on planet earth your standard array of sensors and it runs Android 5.0 lollipop a lot of people were skeptical when this was first announced and really a lot of people still are the price tag is much higher than the nexus 5 and there are those who take exception to that the 6 inch display is also gigantic and it's almost too big even for most fans of phablets the normal sized phone crowd is very unplaced about that even without the device in hand there are a few educated guesses that we can make there are very few phones that have over 3,000 lamp our batteries that have poor battery life the 1400 display will probably keep it from attaining the kind of battery we saw in devices like the note 3 but most people should be able to make it through the day with a battery that size the processor is top-of-the-line so is the GPU and so is the operating system this means that we can expect a nearly flawless performance that results in a very pleasant and pretty much lag free experience there will probably be a hiccup occasionally but overall this should be one of the best performing smartphones of all time we also know that this is pretty much the same camera that's on the Moto X 2014 edition unfortunately that camera has come with mixed reactions some people think it's alright and others think it's pretty bad a lot of that depends on personal taste though and we'll definitely know more once the comparisons come out finally we know that the Nexus 6 will cost about 650 bucks and will be available in the Google Play Store the four big US carriers along with US cellular and likely a range of carriers from around the world next up let's talk about the Nexus 9 which is arguably the more interesting device it comes with an 8.9 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels that also includes a double tap to wake up feature it also sports a 1.6 megapixel front facing camera and 8 bang a pixel rear facing camera and an astounding 6700 milliamp hour battery it comes in black white and sand colors under the hood it has two gigabytes of RAM a 64-bit dual core tegra k1 processor clocked at 2.3 gigahertz along with its 192 core kepler GPU it also comes with HTC boomsound speakers and comes in 16 gigabyte and 32 gigabyte options it also runs Android 5.0 lollipop far fewer people are skeptical about the Nexus 9 it's reasonably priced by pretty much everyone standards comes with a reasonable amount of storage by most people's standards and that 64-bit processor is about a state-of-the-art as you can conceivably get any mobile device right now about the only weird thing is the 43 aspect ratio because 69 is kind of the standard but this isn't the first time Google has done this if you'll recall the pixel Chromebook has a 43 aspect ratio when Google fans seem to enjoy it so it may not be that bad of a move even without this device we can make some educated guesses with that processor that ram and running stock Android lollipop we can guess that this is going to be a pretty impressive machine some may balk at the idea of a dual-core processor but do keep in mind this isn't in the same category as the dual-core processors from two years ago we're relatively certain that this device is going to be a beast as everybody knows HTC built the Nexus 9 and with that comes HTC boomsound boom sound has been well regarded since it was first included on the HTC one m7 and continues to be one of the best features on literally every HTC device that has it the speakers are going to sound awesome compared to most other tablets overall the Nexus 9 seems to be a fairly solid device it has great specs HTC's well-regarded build quality and boom sound and it'll be running stock Android when the Nexus program originally started it was meant to be a benchmark from which all other OEMs could follow to create awesome devices the Nexus 9 on paper seems to live to that status there are some people that are missled by the fact that Google didn't put out a smaller device this year instead they often to keep the Nexus 5 around for another year and that's not entirely a bad thing the Snapdragon 800 in the Nexus 5 is still a very speedy and efficient processor and our cursory tests show that it runs Android lollipop with grace when you look at the big picture Google is kind of doing a Samsung strategy here they have a 5-inch device a phablet and then a tablet in other words there's pretty much a device out there for everybody right now if I had to guess I'd say that we'd probably see a nexus 5 and six refresh next year when 64-bit architecture becomes the standard but until then there's really nothing wrong with the Nexus 5 and the Nexus 6 is only a slight step up something else to keep in mind here is that there are plenty of options if you want to go with the Nexus and still get lollipop altogether there will be 7 Nexus devices running lollipop by Christmas including the Nexus 4 5 6 both sevens 9 and 10 since it's been established that you don't need amazing specs to run stock Android really well that means there will be more up-to-date Nexus devices than ever before and that's pretty exciting especially since you can get about half of them used at a very reasonable price it's literally never been a better time to be a nexus fan we'll know more about the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9 when we get some devices in hand like I said earlier we're kind of in that limbo where the devices have been announced but only a select few people even have them when they do start getting handed out you'll want to stay tuned to android authority because we'll have a cornucopia of videos for you to watch once again I'm Joe Hindy from android authority calm we're here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and in the video description below for you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the written companion which is in the video description below thanks again for watching everybody and have a wonderful day