The newest breed of Nexus devices has just made their debut
today via a blog post on Google’s website. As expected, the Nexus tablet was
built by HTC while the phablet was from Motorola.
The Nexus 9 tablet will have an 8.9-inch display with a
screen resolution of 2048 x 1536. The device’s brains will be supplied by
Nvidia with its Tegra K1 chip with a 2.3GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, a Kepler DX1
GPU, and either 16GB or 32GB of non-expandable storage.
The tablet will also have BoomSound stereo speakers, an
8MP+1.6MP camera combo and a 6700mAh battery. There’s also an optional keyboard
for pro users that magnetically attaches itself at the back of the Nexus 9.
Also announced today is the 6-inch Google Nexus 6 phablet. The
device is manufactured by Motorola and features a premium display with a
resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and a screen density of 496ppi.
Under the hood there’s a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset
with a 2.65GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM and either 32GB or 64GB of
non-expandable storage. There’s also a 13MP f/2.0 rear camera with dual-LED
flash and a 2MP front-facing snapper.
Power is supplied by a 3220mAh non-replaceable battery and
features Turbo Charging technology that allows the phone to provide 6 hours of
battery after only 15 minutes of charging.
Both devices will run the latest release of Android –
version 5.0 Lollipop. The Nexus 6 is now available on the Google Play store for
$649 (32GB version) while the Nexus 9 will be available by November 3 but
Google will start taking pre-orders starting tomorrow.
