In the market for a new Android tablet? You might want to head to your local T-Mobile store this weekend.
The self-proclaimed "un-carrier" on Friday started selling the 4G LTE-capable Nexus 9, made by HTC. T-Mobile is the first U.S. carrier to offer the device; Wi-Fi versions are also sold via Google Play, Amazon, and Best Buy, starting at $349. The Nexus 9 boasts a super-fast 64-bit processor and the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop software.
The tablet is available through T-Mobile for $0 down plus $24.99 a month for the next two years for a grand total of $599.76. If you cancel wireless service, you'll need to pay the remaining balance on the tablet.
All T-Mobile tablets come with 200MB of free data a month for the life of the device, as long as you don't switch carriers. For an extra $10 a month you can add the tablet to a T-Mobile Simple Choice voice plan, and match the data (up to 5GB a month) for use specifically on your tablet.
The Nexus 9 features an 8.9-inch screen with two front-facing speakers, 32GB of built-in memory for apps, movies, and games and 2GB of RAM. Other features include an 8-megapixel main camera with built-in flash and a 6700 mAh battery, which gives about six hours of continuous video streaming over Wi-Fi with screen brightness set to max.
The Nexus 9 earned a "good" rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars in PCMag's review. Despite drawbacks like its poor camera, we concluded that the Nexus 9 is a "well-built Android tablet with a powerful processor, and it'll always be the first to get the latest Google OS updates."
For more, check out PCMag's full review of the Google Nexus 9, the slideshow above and video below. Also check out Apple iPad Air 2 vs. Google Nexus 9: Tablet Showdown.