Google’s Nexus 9 is scheduled to be released today on the 3rd of November in the US, after the successful release of Nexus 7 and 10. However the nexus 7 and 10 won’t be available in the market anymore, probably because Google doesn’t want cannibalization to take place and limelight taken away from its latest offering. The numbers have to be extremely impressive with its sales because Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) missed the last quarter revenues, analysts on the Wall Street had predicted.
Nexus 9 has been manufactured by the mutual collaboration between Google and HTC. It contains physical features of HTC and android 5.0 lollipop software of Google. It’s 7.95 mm thin and weighs 425g and has an 8.9 inches display screen with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and a resolution of 2038 by 1536 pixels. It has a memory of 16-32 GB available with wi-fi and a 6700 mah battery, a 4G LTE can be added as well. It is also loaded with a Nvidia dual core Tegra K1 chipset.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has extremely high hopes for this product because it has been priced very competitively. They want to sell it in very high quantities and want to penetrate in the high-end market. Its android 5.0 lollipop is expected to come up with big surprises as well. Pre-orders have already been made with its availability on play store. Google’s Nexus 9’s major competitors are Apple ipad Air 2, Apple ipad mini3, Samsung Galaxy tab S 8.4, Sony Experia Z3 tablet compact and Samsung Galaxy tab S 10.5.
With Sony Xperia Zc being launched through various operators and being as good as a tablet, Google would be highly agitated because on the one hand they have competition with the Android devices and phones which are a strong rival in the tablet market. On the other hand they have to stay headstrong and show their worth to the scores of Apple fans who form a strong clique of the high-end market. Apple’s launch of their smallest mini yet will be the option available for the price conscious consumers against Google’s Nexus 9.
The Nexus 9 has strong rivalry with Z3 tablet Sony Xperia, which is quad core and water resistant. Another strong rival is Samsung galaxy tab S which gives an 8 core processor against Nexus 9’s quad core processor and Samsung’s TAB S 8.4 with 8 core processor and high pixel density screen over 300 ppi. Another major feature of Nexus 9’s lollipop android is the removal of bloatware in which a lot of RAM is consumed by features being run by the android. Nexus 9’s Lollipop’s latest feature is the fresh design aesthetic, called Material Design.
It uses bright, rich colors and adds depth with shadows, giving Android a sleeker and a more minimal look, providing a more extended and modified user interface. Multi tasking, device sharing, quick settings and battery saving are also very important new features of lollipop android. The 8.9-incher features front-facing stereo speakers of Nexus 9 provided by HTC promise boomsound technology.