Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Z580CA

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC Asus
Announced June 2012 October 2014 June 2015
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - - Rs. 16,490 ($242.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand 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)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
203.2 x 134.5 x 6.6 mm
(8 x 5.3 x 0.26 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 298 g (10.51 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3560 or Z3580
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2/4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16/32/64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 8.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.76% 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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Yes
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G N/A HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, Type-C reversible connector
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh)
Capacity 4325 mAh 6700 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 8 h (multimedia)