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hey everyone this is Jimmy with Jim's review room Google the creators of the Nexus brand takes a different turn compared to the previous tablets they've made in conjunction with HTC they're offering a size right in between most competitors at 8.9 inches and a starting price that's equivalent to premium small tablets 399 dollars for these 16 gigabytes and 479 for the 32 gigabyte version so we'll see how this fares and share with you my personal experience so without further ado welcome to another review as with all my reviews we'll start with the physical features first overall this has been a comfortable in-between size that's not too big and not too small with my medium-sized hands I can still grab this single-handedly and it's not close to being the thinnest tablet in the world but it's thin enough in my opinion it comes in at almost 8 millimeters thick but what I did notice after testing so many tablets it did have a bit of weight to it the Nexus 9 although light for everyday average consumers but comparing the weight with other small tablets the Nexus 9 weight actually falls closer to the 10 inch brands on the market again for the average consumer I don't think they'll notice but if you do have another 8.4 inch tablets or smaller you'll notice that there's a difference in weight and less regarding the backing I try to stay away from reading other reviews before my review comes out but at one point it was all over social media that the backing was thin and flimsy now I try this personally myself when holding it upright in my hands and slightly squeezing the middle here and also placing it on a table face down and pressing on the Nexus logo now there is a slight flex and it honestly looks worse than it really is at least on my tablet and I believe with my experience it's still within tolerance and if I recall I felt that squishiness and a different tablet i've tested in the past as well but again it's possibly just my tablet but others on social media have documented worse overall the construction does not feel premium or high-end but in my opinion it's still done well though nothing that suggests the build of the tablet will start falling apart or having gaps or maybe seams will start becoming bigger and start the show by going over the rest of the tablets here doing a quick overview there's a 3.5 millimeter port up top for your earphones or to connect this to your speakers to the right are your power button and volume rocker buttons which I'll omit are so recessed that it's actually hard to find physically over time with muscle memory it does get slightly better but there's no question this takes much more effort than any other tab that I've tested on the market and not to mention at night it's very difficult to find these buttons as you can barely see them as well they're not chrome trimmed or they don't have any other color to accentuate or differentiate I'm sorry with the very black look at the tablet and very less on the bottom here if you're holding this vertically is the microUSB port for charging now one item that I honestly was disappointed and was the missing micro SD card slot now we've seen with many other premium tablets - Apple that provides additional storage at your device clearly 16 gigabytes is not enough for today's huge photos apps movies and games so if you're a big downloader of items this might put you in a little pinch now with the frontier one of the biggest perks that I wish all tablets had are front-facing speakers now what the Nexus 9 they're just loud enough to listen to nothing to stell it or speak of but it's really all the same with most tablets they're really small the only difference sound is not muffled from either being under the tablet or covered up by your hands when holding on compared to the competitors and the last item on the tablet itself is the front and rear facing cameras with pictures on your screen for your review now all photos are taken with the rear eight megapixel shooter that's unedited and you can be the judge for yourself pictures were okay with hit or miss performance from the Nexus 9 in my opinion of course inadequate lighting pitches were sharp and the colors do appear accurate but in both very bright lights and low-light situations the camera had trouble in very producing accurate color and distinguishing light versus dark areas now discussing the screen itself the resolution comes in at 2048 by 1536 giving it pixel per inch density of 287 now that's on par with bigger tablets on the market but just a little bit lower than smaller tablets but overall images are still crisp and clear now this may be an issue for something and possibly not for others but of all the tablets listed on the screen all but Apple products being used a 16 to 9 or 16 to 10 aspect ratio now most movies and TV shows are now recorded and displayed with the widescreen format and with a four by three aspect ratio which the Nexus 9 has it's the same ratio as your old-school boxy square conventional TVs back in the day now when watching widescreen contents you'll have those black bars and going across your screen again it's not a big issue for some but I just hate to lose some screen real estate when the content provided supports the mainstream standard of today and regarding color accuracy and saturation all images appears natural with just enough color definition to make the screen enjoyable however there has been mentioning some screen bleeding basically where the edges appears to be slightly brighter and at times not uniform and this is very important when you intend on purchasing a brand new LED TV the same principle applies here now it's not a bothersome for most people but a few Nexus 9 owners have reported much worse experiences than I have here where it would be an obvious issue now going into the performance here this tablet does feature the newest k1 processor developed by Nvidia and no question this processor is a beast for gaming but going down some of the major specifications first the Nexus 9 does come with two gigs of RAM and the latest Android lollipop and indeed two gigs of ram seems very 2013 ish but my overall experience has been for the most part still good and didn't feel different from other tablets I've been used in regards to multitasking as for casual navigating the tablet feels IPPY to me and I didn't encounter any repetitive lag or stutters that I would deem unreasonable now this entails opening different applications and moving in between apps again a very smooth experience I also tested this right next to the latest iPad air 2 with their latest processor on board or just no slouch either and from real-world testing side-by-side they both loaded about the same time sometimes the Apple is faster sometimes the Nexus was faster but both always within a reasonable amount of time of each other so either or I'm confident that you'll really enjoy the performance of his tablet 9 regards to connectivity the Nexus 9 does support the latest wireless standard that's wireless AC and also included like any tablet should these days is bluetooth 4.1 and last is NFC also known as the near-field communication and that's low right under the camera I know some people thought it was right in the middle the tablet but we eventually found it's not in a traditional location now in regards to better life Nexus is claiming up to nine and a half hours of Wi-Fi browsing and as with most if not all of my battery tests across devices living this at 50% brightness and playing movies music random web surfing and leaving a screen on in the entire time I achieved eight hours and 20 minutes and that's with three percent remaining left until the battery died so overall where Google has entered into the tablet market with its unique size a great processor in my opinion a display for the most part that is nice to look at and of course the newest operating system stock Android 5.0 it does warrant the price tag of 399 but when you account for the possible design flaws although mine doesn't seem as bad as a few select others out there the possible screen bleeding the lack of a microSD card slots and the for the three aspect ratio on the screen and again the design flaws mentioned earlier as well it really makes you feel for $399 there might be better design options out there now if you do decide on getting the Nexus 9 of course double check the build quality when you bring it home right away like I said mine doesn't seem as bad and hopefully it's something that Google and HTC realizes and manufactures a new batch and hopefully they're clean and free of any issues so how this review helped you in some way if you like my work be sure to follow me on either Facebook Twitter or Google+ as every little bit helps and bring you more content this is Jimmy with Jim's review room you guys take care and I'll see you on the next one bye