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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Android 5.1, 5.0, 4.4.4, 4.4.2, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2 | Android 5.0 |
| 2012-10-29 | 2014-10-15 |
| 10.39 x 6.99 x 0.35 inches | 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches |
| 21.27 ounces | 15.38 ounces |
| -- | Black, Brown and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 179.00 | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| True RGB Real Stripe PLS | IPS LCD |
| 299 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 5 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Dual-Core 1700 MHz) processor | 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T604 GPU | Kepler DX1 GPU |
| 8.28 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.60 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.04 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9000mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 500 hours standby time | -- |
| 9.6 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 9 is just a bit better than the Google Nexus 10, having a 74.5 score against 68.1. Both of these tablets have Android operating system, but the Google Nexus 9 has 5.0 version and Google Nexus 10 has Android 5.1. The Google Nexus 9 is a newer tablet device, and it's also thinner and a lot lighter than the Google Nexus 10.
The Google Nexus 9 has a little more vivid screen than Google Nexus 10, although it has a bit lower 2048 x 1536px resolution, a quite smaller display and a just a little inferior pixels count in each inch in the screen. Google Nexus 9 features a greater processing power than Google Nexus 10, and although they both have the same number of cores and 2 GB of RAM memory, the Google Nexus 9 also has a 64-bits processing unit.
The Google Nexus 9's memory capacity for games and applications is just as good as the Google Nexus 10 one, they have exactly the same internal memory capacity. Google Nexus 10 counts with superior battery performance than Google Nexus 9, because it has a 34% bigger battery capacity. The Google Nexus 9 has a slightly better camera than Google Nexus 10, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same video resolution, the Google Nexus 9 also has a much more mega-pixels back camera.
The Google Nexus 9 costs more money than the Google Nexus 10, but you can get a better tablet for that few more dollars.
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