Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Apple iPad mini 3 vs Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Z580CA

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Apple Asus
Announced June 2012 October 2014 June 2015
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 16,490 ($242.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
203.2 x 134.5 x 6.6 mm
(8 x 5.3 x 0.26 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 298 g (10.51 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3560 or Z3580
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) PowerVR G6430
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2/4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/64/128 GB 16/32/64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 71.76% 72.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Yes
Video Yes, 720p 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G N/A DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0, Type-C reversible connector
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16/32/64 GB, 2/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh)
Capacity 4325 mAh 6470 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 8 h (multimedia)