High Demand of Nexus 9 Forcing HTC to Boost Production Capacity

HTC North Asia President Jack Tong revealed that Nexus 9 has been in high demand until the company needs to expand its production capacity to meet orders. This was announced by Tong during a sideline in the product launch ceremony in Taipei which also showcased HTC Desire Eye and Desire 820.  The earlier product is a selfie-focused smartphone while the latter is a smartphone with dual SIM cards.

With the success of Nexus 7, the high demand for Nexus 9 can be seen as the continuation of the Nexus 7’s success. Based on this result, HTC is even considering promoting its own tablet products. Since the Nexus product line is manufactured with Google and HTC as partners.

Unfortunately the sales of the tablet in the international market have been declining.  HTC will need to observe the market for its reaction to Nexus 9 and then carefully analyze how the company can make a name for itself.

“Product differentiation is a key issue, and we are still thinking about [our strategy],” Tong said.

According to the report by Taipei-based Digitimes Research, the tablet shipments would reach 74.53 million units this quarter which is down 10,1 percent from last year. It cites the reason due to the gradually saturated global market.

With the launches of 5.5-inch and even larger smartphones in the recent period, it affects the sales of 7-inch tablets and HTC may seek to promote higher end tablet models.

In a conference call last week, HTC reported that the revenue for this quarter is reaching NT$43 billion to NT$47 billion which increases 2.71 percent to 12.27 percent from NT$41.86 billion last quarter.

High Demand of Nexus 9 Forcing HTC to Boost Production Capacity

Google unveils Nexus 9

Google has just taken the wraps off the Nexus 9, and it’s a 8.9-inch slate, built by HTC — a company that’s an unusual choice, given the ample field of OEMs available. The Taiwanese gadget-maker is back with a 8.9-inch Nexus special that looks kind of like an oversized Nexus 5, though with an brushed-metal aluminum rim in place of the Nexus 5’s entirely soft-touch exterior.

The Nexus 9 boasts an 8.9-inch display, with 2048 x 1440 resolution (not relatively upto the iPad mini in terms of pixel density), 4:3 aspect ratio (as opposed to the Nexus 7’s widescreen dimensions) . It is only 0.31-inches thick, which is just a hair thicker than the iPad mini. There’s an 8 megapixel rear camera, and a 1.6 megapixel shooter on the front.

Google’s Nexus 9 is powered by an Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset and it has 2GB of RAM, plus both 16 and 32GB storage options. It also features the Kepler GPU with 192 shader cores that has shown it performs at the top of the charts, making the device a delight for gamers. It’s in fact the first tablet to ship with Nvidia’s new, dual-core 64-bit Denver CPU core architecture.

The Nexus 9 is the first tablet to run on Google’s new platform ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP , showing what the tablet superior experience looks like. The tablet also comes with a large, 6700mAh battery that will last around 9 hours, according to the official specifications.

Google’s Nexus 9 goes up for pre-order on October 17th, and should hit the shelves on November 3rd. The 16GB model will go for $399, the 32GB model for $479, and a 32GB model with LTE built in will set you back $599.

In the United States, users will be able to buy the Nexus 9 on the Google Play Store, Amazon, Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, and others. T-Mobile will be selling the cellular version, with availability starting on November 12th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google unveils Nexus 9

Android L, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 gets leaked in video ads

The upcoming Google mobile OS Android L is all set to arrive anytime soon with the two Nexus devices Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 that are expected to break covers tomorrow. With less than a day for the devices to go official, this new Nexus family has just been leaked in ads that spots a new motto that says ‘be together, not the same’ that explains the Google’s Android device philosophy.

The first commercial of the three, shows the Motorola Nexus 6, showing it up as a gigantic device. The ad majorly focuses on the diversity that Google device seem to embrace saying ‘all kinds of phones for all kinds of folks’. The Nexus 6 that could likely go official tomorrow is supposed to have a 5.9inch Quad HD display with 1440×2560 pixel resolution, a 13MP primary camera with OIS, a powerful Snapdragon 805 chipset on-board and of-course the latest Android L OS with Material Design from Google.

The second commercial shows up the Nexus 9 in a short cameo that says ’be together, not the same’ which could be a subtle point-out to the official release of Nexus 9 along with a new version for the Android Wear platform shedding some light on few development in Android TV as well!

The third commercial ‘Dance Party’ shows all these coming together.

Android L, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 gets leaked in video ads

Nexus 9 tipped to be unveiled tomorrow with 3rd November release date and $399 price tag

Well, the next Google tablet seems to be all set to make an arrival tomorrow officially with a release date for next month November 3^rd and is quoted to carry a price tag of $399. This next Google tablet is said to be powered with a very powerful Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset however it still remains unclear for the moment whether it would be a quad-core 32-bit version of Tegra K1 or the dual-core 64 bit version.

With the next Google mobile OS Android L expected to be coming on-board with the device it is also said that the Nexus 9 would have a 64-bit K1 dual-core Nvidia Denver CPU. Another good thing is that the Nexus 9 K1 chip comes with a 192-shader Kepler GPU which has scored pretty good results on the graphics benchmarks. The 9inch screen for the Nexus 9 is said to be having a stunning Quad HD resolution with 2560×1600 pixel resolution.

The $399 pricing might seem to have a been a bit higher looking at the $200 pricing that Google has kept for its previous Nexus 7” tablets. It might be that Google want to make its own space in high-end tablet segment and bring in a new competition in place. We hope to get the things clear in next 24 hours. So stay tuned for all the Nexus news here.

Nexus 9 tipped to be unveiled tomorrow with 3rd November release date and $399 price tag

Android L, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Are About To Make Appearance on Any Of These Two Dates

A previous rumor reported that HTC engineers have been meeting Google to discuss the design and features of Nexus 9. It would be the first slate from HTC after the HTC Flyer. According to the reports, the new HTC device would be powered by the NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor. On Tuesday, a report was published saying that the new HTC slate might be unveiled by the company on 15th or 16th October; the date has not been confirmed by the sources.

Not only this 9-inch slate, but it is also expected that Motorola Nexus 6 handset would also make an appearance on the very same day. Still Motorola is behind in putting its name stamp on the Nexus model. HTC, LG and Samsung have already put their name on numbers of Android models.

One more item is also about to reveal and it is the most awaited one, the Android L. The same report told that at the same time, the next Android operating system would also enter the race. Although, previously it was said that it would not be available before November 1. On the basis of this report, it was expected that from the given date, Android L would be shipped with Nexus model, or they might get upgraded later. What would happen is not sure yet.

Before the unveiling of Android L, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, there are still three weeks left. We could only know what will happen when the date arrive. Till then, we can keep our finger crossed and hope for good.

Android L, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Are About To Make Appearance on Any Of These Two Dates

Nexus 9 likely to host a 64-bit Tegra K1 chipset confirms CPU-Z

The 8.9” inch Nexus tablet that is likely to arrive this year as a joint product of HTC and Google and the device is staying these quite in rumors with the name of Nexus 9. The latest reports coming from the hardware accessing app CPU-Z show that the upcoming Nexus 9 with host a NVIDIA Tegra K1 64-bit chipset. We have earlier also speculated that the HTC made Nexus tablet will be having a Nvidia Tegra K1 Chipset and now the rumors seem to be quite strong enough as the release date is approaching closer.

The Tegra K1 chipset baked in the upcoming Nexus 9 will be clocked sufficiently higher at 2.5GHz which is above the 2.2GHz non 64 bit Tegra K1 chipset. According to NVIDIA, this chipset is nearly 1.5 times more powerful and efficient and that to with optimum utilization of battery life despite delivering this immense power. The Tegra K1 chipset has a 192 core GPU with a desktop-grade Kepler architecture and Nvidia’s Cuda cores. The Nexus 9 tablet is supposed to host a 8.9” display with 4:3 aspect ratio, 1440×2048 pixel resolution, 8MP of primary camera and the latest launched Android L OS from Google on-board.

Nexus 9 likely to host a 64-bit Tegra K1 chipset confirms CPU-Z

Nexus 9 Rumoured to be Launching this October

According to @upleaks HTC is expected to launch its Nexus 9 tablet on October 9^th. Nexus 9  is the much awaited successor to Nexus 7 tablet. According to this rumour it is also expected that this device would be running Android L.

Nexus 9 will have 8.9 inch QHD display with a full aluminium body. The tablet would run on powerful NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor and the new Android L. Apart from this the device will sport a 8 MP rear shooter. So, according to this rumour we will see Android L much before it was expected.

No more details are revealed from the leak. Stay tuned for more rumours, leaks and news on this device and more.

Nexus 9 Rumoured to be Launching this October