Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra vs Asus Memo Pad 7 ME176C

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Sony Asus
Announced June 2012 June 2013 June 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - July 2013 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Purple Black, White, Red, Blue, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
189.3 x 113.7 x 9.6 mm
(7.45 x 4.48 x 0.38 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz) 295 g (10.41 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions No
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions No
4G Network - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.86 GHz, Intel Atom Z3745
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 330 -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 6.44 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.15% 65.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS 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 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps No
Edge No Up to 296 kbps No
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (15 Wh)
Capacity 4325 mAh 3050 mAh -
Stand by 300 h Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 9 h (multimedia)