By now you all know the HTC Nexus 9 is up for grabs on the Play Store starting at $399Â in a variety of color and internal storage size options. You are probably also now aware of the killer #HTCHOTDEALS promotion that is giving you the chance to grab the 16GB model for $199 right now. While that is all awesome, one variant of the device is still missing in action, the LTE enabled version of the new 8.9-inch slate.
We know one is coming, after all the Play Store has it listed, but grayed out, and T-Mobile is confirmed to carry it too. After a slight snafu with the Nexus Player not being fully certified by the FCC prior to sale, it would seem that jumping the gun with the Nexus 9 LTE won’t be happening as it would appear that the device has just swung through the FCC under ID NM80P82300. It doesn’t come out and say “I AM THE NEXUS 9 LTE” but considering this is a HTC tablet and the Wi-Fi HTC Nexus 9 carried ID NM80P82100, we are betting it is.
The LTE variant that swung through carries 10 LTE bands (2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26,and 41). That covers all the US carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and US Cellular. There is also GSM 850/1900 support along with WCDMA bands 2,4 and 5 for global access.
With the legal mumbo jumbo done, this should mean that we get some pricing and maybe a release date for the carrier enabled tablet.
Source: FCC via Droid-Life
