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Nexus 6 & Nexus 9 Impressions!

2014-10-15
hey what is up guys i'm kim Bhd here and the new Nexus family has been announced today everything is official now so the rumors can finally stop so this is a video where I'm gonna go over all my thoughts on it the Nexus 6 the Nexus 9 the other stuff that was announced and gave all my thoughts on the official stuff as well as the other things that have been uncovered in twitter and google+ and other places i've found so you got some extra information here so this is the video to share with everything we know about the new Nexus is and what we need to know let's just get right into it so first of all Android 5.0 is now a thing and it's completely finished now so it's going to be rolled out to nexuses and Google Play edition devices over the coming weeks so I have a Nexus 5 I have a Google Play edition HTC One m8 if you have these devices to or a nexus 10 or a Nexus 7 these will get updated to Android 5.0 we saw the Developer Preview before but I've mentioned before that's not really complete that wasn't the complete final operating system so now in the final one we're gonna get a couple of new features we're gonna get this battery saver mode that'll extend the life of our device and the last few percent by up to 90 minutes which is great we get multiple account support before we can only have that on tablets but now you can have say a guest profile on your phone too and there's also now smart lock which is introduced to basically have trusted Bluetooth devices be able to unlock your phone and not require a password whenever they're connected so you get all the material design stuff you'll get all of the animations we talked about when I showed the Developer Preview and also 5.0 is Android L lollipop in case you were caring about the codename but that's not the most exciting thing that was mentioned today of course the most exciting part is a new hardware that's come out to run these new operating systems so let's take a look at the Nexus 9 the Nexus 9 is an 8.9 inch display tablet that's replacing both the Nexus 10 and the Nexus 7 so this is sort of an in-between tablet it's made by HTC and it's beautiful the specs are pretty solid the 8.9 inch display is a 2048 by 1536 resolution it has 2 gigs of RAM and a dual core and Vidia k1 chip at 2.3 gigahertz 16 or 32gb of storage an 8 megapixel camera and a six thousand seven hundred million power battery now those Nvidia k1 chip is 64 bit ready so is paired with two gigs of RAM but of course it can handle a lot more and the fact that it's going to be running stock Android 5.0 is probably going to perform really well I haven't seen a whole bunch of other devices with the NVIDIA k1 chip except for the shield tablet that I reviewed not too long ago but I mentioned in that video that it was a really seriously good performer and it also rammed pretty close to stock Android honestly the Nexus 9 it looks like the most impressive Android tablet I've ever seen it has this brush metal sides it has those massive boom sound speakers thank goodness HTC kept with that and it has a couple of other HTC features like built-in so you can double tap the screen to wake it little things like that will be moved over but it's a very impressive looking piece of hardware with all the metal on it and the sleek looks so even though it's a four by three aspect ratio I'm okay with it replacing the Nexus 10 because it has the front-facing speakers that the Nexus 10 has probably even better it also has a keyboard case a first-party keyboard case made from Google and that's really important because I use the Nexus 10 standing up so I can look at it and watch videos and stuff all the time so having a case that'll prop it up and having a keyboard on it is really nice I'll get to the price of that in the description or right below the like button but the price of the tablet will be starting at 16 gigs $399 for Wi-Fi only there's also an LTE model too that will be up for pre-order on October 17th I'm excited to get my hands on it just because it's replacing the Nexus 10 I've been used for so long and also because Android 5.0 lollipop is pretty tempting to me now secondly let's talk about the Nexus 6 I did a wishlist video on this guy right it's a Moto X blown up so what we're seeing now is its official a 6.0 inch quad HD AMOLED display it's a big phone and essentially you're gonna get a lot of the things that we predicted about this new Nexus One looking at the Moto X the design hasn't changed all that much it's gonna look very familiar if you've seen it and you might even now be able to call the Moto X as sort of a nexus 6 mini with Motorola features the specs of the thing look baller absolutely boss it has a Snapdragon 805 chip it has three gigabytes of RAM has the audrina 420 GPU it's a top-of-the-line device clearly and a lot of the things that we'll talk about later reflect that and a lot of people's immediate reaction to seeing six inch phone is well that's way too big to be a phone I really wish it was smaller and at first I think this too but I want to feel it in the hand because I looked up the measurement the vertical measurement of the iPhone six plus is 159 millimeters and the vertical measurement of the much larger screened Nexus 6 is 159 millimeters so this is a very similar size in the hand to the Nexus 6 and I'll look for other reference devices for perspective and when I get my hands on and I'll be doing a video to share with you guys exactly how big it is in the hand but I'm curious to see how it feels it's also a very thick phone it's ten and a half millimeters thick but that also gives the advantage of a couple things one a 3200 milliamp hour battery and 2 a 13 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization it doesn't have the dimple on the back like the Nexus 6 does but it has that same ring camera flash and because it's made by Motorola it makes me think it has very similar camera optics which does concern me cameras have never been a high point on nexuses image processing in general has never been a high point on Android devices but they've worked on this and because it's stock Android it will likely be a little bit different so we'll see how the camera performs fingers crossed it's better than the Moto X and better than other previous Nexus is but that wouldn't really be saying much I am particularly happy about the specs and a combination of things that make this a really premium device it has a massive battery and really high-end specs which makes me think even though it's a quad HD display stock Android 5.0 lollipop on this device will probably last a long time and perform really well it also has a couple of the extra features we talked about from Android 5.0 so it has that battery saving mode it has a turbo charging technology which means you'll be able to put it on the charger for about 15 minutes and get six hours of charge out of it I will be testing that and overall it looks to be built like a tank just like the Moto X was kind of hard to bend the thing when it's completely made of metal around the ring and it seems like a pretty impressive chunk of a phone to hold in your hand now here's where it gets a little bit different the final price will be 649 dollars starting off contract what all the previous Nexus is have typically been a lower end price the latest one being $350 and you can still buy the Nexus 5 for $350 off contract but when you think about it this is actually not that crazy of a price for the Nexus think about this again it has the audrina 420 GPU it has the Snapdragon 805 chip three gigabytes of RAM a huge beautiful quad HD 6 inch AMOLED display a massive build a 3200 milliamp hour battery when you put all that into perspective all these specs $649 is not that bad the iPhone 6 plus is nine hundred and forty nine dollars off contract so I'm not gonna go ahead and say this Nexus 6 is overpriced yeah it's way more than the previous Nexus is but this is sort of the beginning of a march of well we talked about Android silver it's a more premium feeling stock Android experience it's a reference device that's not necessarily cheap because other people are gonna be able to buy it too it's gonna be sold in carrier stores AT&T Sprint t-mobile US Cellular and Verizon will all be able to sell the Nexus 6 okay I'm excited to feel this device in the hand I want to see how big it feels 10 millimeters thick I think is actually more important than 6 inch screen but will feel it will not bend it but will twist it and see if it holds up to durability so that actually goes on pre-order on October 29th at the end and the Nexus 9 I don't know if I mentioned goes on sale pre-order on October 17 there was one other little thing announced it's called the Nexus player it's part of the Nexus family technically but it's very similar to Google chromecast it's essentially an Android TV based media player slash gaming console it's the first ever device with this Android TV operating system and that makes me think that that is the biggest difference between it and chromecast so you'll have a full-fledged operating system to play Android games to web browsers and to play with a controller and do all sorts of things that you wouldn't be able to do with chromecast I want to test that out I'm gonna be plugging it into my TV and figuring out exactly what the differences are to see if it's worth your money so stay tuned for that video but until then just know that it's a sort of a chromecast Plus so there you have it it's the new Nexus family I'm very excited to get my hands on these things and replace the Nexus 7 in Nexus 10 I have with the Nexus 9 and to get my hands on this stock Android 5.0 lollipop final version if you follow me on twitter you'll know that I've tweeted a whole bunch more information I'm gonna be sharing stuff along the way when my device ships and want to get my hands on it am i doing unboxing if you guys care but definitely leave a thumbs up if you enjoyed 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