Shield Tablet
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Shield Tablet with the Shield Controller and DirectStylus
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| Manufacturer | Nvidia |
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| Product family | Shield |
| Type | Gaming tablet |
| Release date | July 29, 2014 (USA/CAN) August 14, 2014(EU) |
| Introductory price | US$199 (16 GB WiFi Only)/299 (32 GB + 4G LTE) |
| Operating system | Android Lollipop OS (Android 7.0 Nougat Over-The-Air upgrade available) |
| System-on-chip used | Tegra K1 |
| CPU | 4 × Cortex-A15 R3 2.2 GHz |
| Memory | 2 GB DDR3L |
| Storage | 16–32 GB flash memory, Up to 200 GB microSD card reader |
| Display | 8 inches (20 cm) 1920 x 1200 px(283 ppi) IPS Retinal LCD |
| Graphics | GK20A (Kepler) (192:8:4) |
| Input | Multi-touch capacitive screen, microphone, 3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS |
| Controller input | Optional Shield Controllers, up to 4 |
| Camera | Front: 5 MP HDR Back: 5 MP auto-focus HDR |
| Connectivity | 2×2 MIMO 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB 2.0, mini HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack |
| Power | 5197 mAh (19.75 W·h) |
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Nvidia TegraZone Google Play GeForce NOW |
| Dimensions | 5.0 inches (13 cm) (w) 8.8 inches (22 cm) (h) 0.36 inches (9.1 mm) (d) |
| Weight | 390 g (13.76 oz), 356 g (12.56 oz) (Shield K1) |
| Related articles | Shield Portable, Tegra Note 7 |
| Website | shield |
The Shield Tablet, later relaunched as the Shield Tablet K1, is a gaming tablet, developed by Nvidia and released on July 29, 2014. This is Nvidia's second portable gaming device that uses Android. Compared to the Shield Portable, the controller is not permanently connected to the screen, rather it can be purchased separately. Up to four controllers can be wirelessly connected at the same time. While the Shield tablet features an 8-inch 1920x1200 pixel display, it can output 4K resolution signal to a television via HDMI.
In November 2015, the tablet was relaunched as the Shield Tablet K1 and the price was reduced to $200.
In August 2016, Nvidia announced it had cancelled plans to release a hardware upgrade to its Shield Tablet product line - a speculated reason for the cancellation was product conflict with the Nintendo Switch, which uses similar technology.
It is powered by an Nvidia Tegra K1 SoC and has stereo front facing speakers. There's a 16 GB WiFi-only model and a 32 GB LTE model. It has front and back facing 5 megapixel HDR cameras. It weighs 390 grams and is 221 x 126 x 9.2 mm in size. The 2015 Shield K1 refresh weighs 356 grams while preserving the other dimensions of the tablet.
Nvidia released Shield Tablet OTA 2.0 update with Android 5.0 Lollipop on November 18, 2014. The Shield Tablet OTA 2.1 update with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop & OpenGL 4.5 support was released on December 23, 2014. Shield Tablet OTA 3.1 update with Android 5.1.1 was released on July 30, 2015. Shield Tablet OTA 4.0 update with Android 6.0 Marshmallow was released on February 1, 2016.
Shield Tablet OTA 4.1 update with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow was released on May 12, 2016., OTA 4.2 update on July 12, 2016, OTA 4.3 update on October 10, 2016 & OTA 4.4 update on November 3, 2016.
Nvidia released Shield Tablet OTA 5.0 update with Android 7.0 Nougat on February 9, 2017.
Nvidia released Shield Tablet K1 OTA 1.0 update with Android 6.0 Marshmallow on December 21, 2015 and the Shield Tablet K1 OTA 1.1 on February 1, 2016.
Nvidia released Shield Tablet K1 OTA 1.2 update with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow & Vulkan support on April 13, 2016., OTA 1.3 update on June 15, 2016, OTA 1.4 update on September 13, 2016 & OTA 1.5 update on November 3, 2016.
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