Nexus 7 2013 vs. Nexus 9: Which Tablet is Better?
The Nexus line of tablets is unique in the way that Google enlists different manufacturers for the production of the device. While the tablets always confer with Google's quality standard, comparing two Nexus devices would be similar to comparing two handsets from different manufacturers. The case would be similar between the older Nexus 7 (2013) and the newer Nexus 9.
The older Nexus 7 tablet was manufactured by Asus and has two versions, the 2012 and the 2013 versions. For this comparison, the 2013 version will be used.
The Nexus 7 has a 7.0-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a display resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. Inside, the tablet is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro with a quad-core 1.5GHz processor and an Adreno 320 GPU.
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The device comes in two storage options, the 16GB and the 32GB variants both with 2GB of RAM. The tablet has no microSD card support however. At the rear is a 5-megapixel camera while a 1.2-megapixel snapper occupies the front. The tablet was first released with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and then upgraded to 4.4.4 Kitkat, with a planned upgrade to Android 5.0 Lollipop.
The Nexus 9 on the other hand was manufactured by HTC. It has an 8.9-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a display resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. Inside, the tablet is run by a 64-bit Nvidia Tegra K1, instead of a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. It has a dual-core 2.3GHz processor and a Kepler DX1 GPU.
It is available in 16GB and 32GB variants both with 2GB of RAM. Much like the Nexus 7, the Nexus 9 does not have microSD card support. At the back is an 8-megapixel camera while the front has a 1.6-megapixel snapper. Out of the box, the Nexus 9 comes with Android 5.0 Lollipop.
