Nexus 9

By Matt Swider

You can still find the Nexus 9 tablet on sale today on eBay for next to nothing compared to its original launch price. Don’t look for it through official channels like via Google and HTC; they have pout this Android tablet out to pasture.

Launching with Lollipop, it matured nicely to Marshmallow during its time on store shelves. But even though it’s no longer for sale on Google’s store, don’t count it out just yet. Android 7.0 Nougat could end up on the Nexus 9 soon.

Original review follows below.

Google’s Nexus 9 is the Goldilocks of pure Android tablets and, for the most part, designer HTC succeeds at making a device that’s “just right” next to anything but an iPad.

It’s not as big as the seriously outdated Samsung-made Nexus 10 and not as small as the ASUS-crafted Nexus 7. It’s the silver bullet tablet entry that costs a little more of your hard-earned gold.

There’s a specs bump behind the 8.9-inch display to help justify the launch price of $399 (£319, AU$479) for the space-limited Wi-Fi-only 16GB model, though I prescribe the 32GB Wi-Fi-only option with more internal storage.