[Nexus 9 General] polish_pat:
Hello the the N9 community!

I just pulled the trigger on the LTE N9 from Rogers. Serial is HT4CRW...

I have seen the good and bad reviews of this tablet and was well aware of the fact that not much has changed since day 1 but i still wanted to give it a try.

Well, I confirm. The current LTE N9 still has the entire top of the tablet and some parts on the bottom bleeding light. Also, the buttons are clicky, but they move in place, in the sense that i can move my finger around without clicking them and they do move in their socket. Also, the tablet was SO TIGHT in the box, that one entire side separated the screen and back and exposed the internals just by taking it out the box...ridiculous.

Coming from Samsung devices, I can tell you that build quality has nothing to do with using plastic as the main build material. Samsung has (mostly) always used plastic and I have never had ANY screen bleeding or parts not being flush with the rest. Coming from the Nexus 7 and having a Note 4, i can tell you build quality is not great about this tablet. It's just poorly designed. 8 months after release and HTC still has not solved the screen bleeding problems and was not able to make a solid build quality with the buttons. Plus, the LTE version is only available in black and the black back is a MAJOR fingerprint magnet...very disappointing that I will have to clean my tablet regularly with some damp micro-cloth because just passing a 3M microfiber is not enough to remove the grease. Not sure if it's just me, but boy this tablet takes forever to charge. I used it all day today, went to down to 2% before putting it on charge. It's been plugged in since 6:30pm, it's almost 11:30 and i'm at 90%. My note 4 takes 1h to charge from 0 to 100, my Nexus 7 takes 3h.

Well, it's not all bad. The screen is nice, coming from a Note 4 and having a Galaxy Tab S in the family, i can tell you it's no Samsung screen, but it's decent. The tablet is also very smooth and responsive...again, coming from a Note 4 and having played many times with a Tab S, I'm not used to having such a buttery smooth device. Guess this shows touchwiz really needs an overhaul because it keeps lagging Samsung devices. I get the occasional freeze though...sometimes i'm in an app and press Home and nothing happens...i see the button activating but the tablet just stays on that screen even the back or multitasking button activates but doesnt obey. It happened to me 2-3 times today.

So, my story was, I needed to have an LTE tablet. I had a choice between an iPad, an N9 and a Tab S 10.1. The iPad i will NEVER touch, having my balls tied to iTunes is not my plan any time soon, the Tab S is an amazing tablet, but 10.1 inches is too big, plus waiting 6 months for upgrades, i have that on my Note 4, i wanted a bit of a change. So i was "Stuck with the N9". I know it seems as i've just complained about this tablet, but at 700$, i was expecting something better built. Build quality aside, i'm sure i'll love this tablet anyways, I knew what to expect from a Nexus device, crappy camera, no expandable storage, buttery smooth, fast updates. I think at the end of the line, it's a great tablet. It's flaws can be fixes with a few simple manufacturing corrections, and i'm surprised HTC was able to keep their "great build quality" reputation with this tablet. I hope they will wake up soon enough for future buyers.