In Google Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2 comparisons, Apple is gaining the upper hand in usability and in specs.
This doesn't diminish the Google Nexus 9's specs, though, which stand out on their own merits.
The search engine giant trumps the Google Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2 tug-of-war, primarily because of the Android Lollipop 5.0 OS, which features friendly, slick, and convenient user interface. The new Android OS shines on the mobile device, even in comparison to Apple's new iOS.
Reviews rave and rant on the Google Nexus 9 just the same, though, in overall evaluation. Heat dissipation is an issue in mobile devices, and the Nexus 9 disperses it differently from the iPad Air 2.
"... there's just one major issue I have with the Nexus 9, and it's how hot it gets when you are using it for gaming. The heat is mostly centered on the top of the tablet, which is fine if you're playing games in portrait mode.
However, if you're racing cars on Asphalt 8, your left or right hand will be gripping the tablet in landscape mode. And it gets hot, really uncomfortably hot, especially if you're not in an air-conditioned environment.The iPad Air 2 puts the heat toward the top right side, making it a lot more manageable." (cnet.com)
A Macworld evaluation of the Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2 face-off brings it down to specs, and though leaning heavily on Apple, fairly dishes out the hardware details just the same.
"The Nexus 9 is tricked out with an nVidia Tegra K1 processor. This is a 2.3GHz 64-bit dual-core Denver chip, paired with 2GB of RAM. Rest assured, it is a fast and responsive tablet. We've not yet had a chance to run our full benchmark tests on the Nexus 9 to determine exactly how powerful it is, but it certainly feels that way from our hands-one testing.
But the iPad Air 2 is different. We may well get an Intel-toting iPad Pro early next year, but in the iPad Air 2 Apple has already created the most powerful ARM tablet we have seen. The A8X processor and M8 co-processor, clocked at 1.5GHz, is a triple-core 64-bit processor. Paired with 2GB RAM the iPad Air 2 has turned in some truly stunning benchmarking performances. It is the fastest tablet we have tested thus far, with average GeekBench 3 scores of 1818 (single core), 4520 (multi core)." (macworld.com.uk)
Android and iOS users have their say on which tablet fares better, but the Google Nexus 9's specs holds its own in the recent line of tablets on the market.
