After using a friends, still not sure and think I'm still swayed for the Z3 Compact instead. HTC and Google had a chance to really make a nice tablet, but not impressed. He isn't either and just returned his and kept his Nexus 7 and phone so he is a Nexus guy and for him to return the N9 says something.
Pretty bad light bleed on his which is a shame as otherwise the screen is very nice and vibrant, some of the buttons are installed ****** like the lower volume is almost flush and hard to press while his top volume was sticking out which quite a few people mentioned on XDA as well, though I didn't use it long he said the edges became uncomfortable and sharp/rough feeling which if you put in a case would pry fix that. The back does flex, but more important without barely trying this tablet creaks like some cheap pos. The 4:3 ratio not a fan of, I get how some like it, but for watching movies etc I wasn't a fan and when traveling I use my tablet on the plane instead of my laptop. He said it had to be the slowest charging tablet in the world, and apparently true b/c even at this high price tag they threw in a rinky dink regular phone adapter so if you want to charge "normally" you have to buy a separate one. Lollipop was smooth for the most part but noticed some hiccups and chrome froze and crashed on me twice in a row just clicking it lol, never had Chrome crash on my S5 stock or rom'd and I have my Chrome tab open with 13 tabs right now on my phone.
If they were charging less like how normally Nexus devices are always much cheaper then competitors and people just kinda put up with flaws, that's one thing. At this price tag, I just can't justify it, don't care that it's updated fast or I can flash this rom or that... when the flaws are still there at a high price tag. I mean god even my Sony Tab3 feels more solid and put together then the N9. So far the N9 has gotten panned in majoirty of reviews, heck even the hardcore Nexus/Android lovers have been disappointed in it, don't think I've ever seen a recent device with all the advances Android has made in the last few years get the hate/negative comments/reviews online that this has.
HTC/Google have some serious quality control issues. Some have even had replacements 2-3x on XDA with same or even more different issues. Some can be fixed with software updates, the rest is straight quality control in the factory that needs to be fixed. Tablet market just kinda sucks though, I want to upgrade from the Tab3 and only the N9 and Z3 Compact caught my eye, the Sammys are nice but the issue with rooting and flashing don't want to deal with that on a Sammy device anymore.
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