In fact a leaked specs list obtained by Android Police mentions a zero gap aluminium construction with tapered sides, front-facing stereo speakers, a 0.31-inch thickness and a weight of 418 grams. Sounds good.
Nexus 8
We have seen a few possible glimpses of the Nexus 9 too. Our first sign of it was a mystery tablet that appeared late last year in one of Google's promotional images. It's not clear what it is but it looks too big to be a Nexus 7 and too small for the Nexus 10, so the Nexus 8 seems logical.
You can't tell much from the image, but what is clear is that it's running Android 4.4 KitKat, has slim bezels and on-screen navigation buttons.
Nexus 8 leak
That was the last we saw of it for a long time, but more recently a device that's supposedly the Nexus 8 appeared in photos sent to MyDrivers.com. Sadly it's in a protective case so it's hard to make out any details.
render
It's popped up again as a render in a document detailing Android L. As it's a render it could just be a generic slate cooked up for the image, but that would seem an odd move by Google when it could just use one of its real tablets for the picture.
However it's different to the first image we saw, as the bezels appear bigger and it has front-facing speakers. Though like that image there are on-screen buttons. The front-facing speakers are also reminiscent of HTC's smartphones and of other rumors about the slate, which adds legitimacy to it, especially given that HTC is looking like the probable manufacturer.
Nexus 9 mockup
Alongside a specs list for the device, Android Police got hold of an image in a brochure. It's not very clear, but based on it along with the accompanying information they created the above mock-up of what the slate might actually look like.
However more recent than any of these images was a tweet by @evleaks, claiming that the Nexus 8 will have a silver aluminium unibody and BoomSound speakers, but that all previous images of the device were 'fake', so we may not have seen it yet after all.
Nexus 8
Or not really anyway, though @evleaks also tweeted an extreme close-up of the back of the Nexus 8, which reveals next to nothing, but highlights two watermarks. One says 'flounder' which is a code name that's been associated with the Nexus 8 in the past and the other mentions Android Silver, which was thought to be a successor to the Nexus program.

Nexus 8 specs

Initial rumors pointed to the Nexus 8 having 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and a 4600 mAh battery, but that was back when LG was thought to be making it, so that all seems unlikely now.
Since then rumors have started suggesting an increasingly powerful device. In January we heard that it might come packing a 64-bit quad-core Intel Bay Trail-T processor. Then in June we heard that it would arrive with a 64-bit Qualcomm processor and 3GB of RAM.
Then a specs listing obtained by Android Police pointed to a desktop class NVIDIA Tegra K1 64-bit processor and 2GB of RAM, as well as 8MP and 3MP cameras.
However the most recent rumors, this time from @evleaks, suggest that it will ship with a monstrous 5GB of RAM, alongside the previously rumored 64-bit Tegra K1 processor. With a 64-bit processor it can support that much RAM, but @evleaks does mention that it's a 'non-final' amount, so it may well drop lower before release.
He also claims that it will come with 64GB of storage and is currently equipped with a 5MP camera, which can shoot video in 1080p, though he theorises that it may be upped to 8MP before it launches.
  • We're expecting the iPad Air 2 to make waves this year as well.


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