Farewell, Nexus 9: HTC Stops Making 's Former Flagship Tablet

Farewell, Nexus 9: HTC stops making ‘s former flagship tablet

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Published 26 May 2016

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It’s time to bid farewell to the Nexus 9.

About a month after pulled it off the digital store shelves, manufacturer HTC confirmed it’s no longer manufacturing new Nexus 9 units. This leaves with the xel C as its flagship tablet, which is more akin to an id o or Microsoft Surface competitor than a traditional slate.

ile the Nexus 9 was pitched as an id alternative, it never really took off on a wide scale, with HTC offering numerous fire sales that dropped the price not long after its release.

This leaves without a direct Nexus 9 successor, though Android’s momentum is moving in a different direction given its investment in the xel C the recent announcement that the ay Store is coming to Chromebooks. Android isn’t just for phones, but exping to more productivity-focused devices.

y this matters: This information about the Nexus 9 comes just a day after stopped selling the Nexus ayer, its flagship Android TV set-top box. It’s clearly a season of change for -bred hardware, with traditional tablets Android TV perhaps to see less emphasis going forward.