Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 Cellular vs Google Nexus 9 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC Xiaomi
Announced October 2012 October 2014 March 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - October 2014 Available - June 2014
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray
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)
202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 360 g (12.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
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, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16/64 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
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 8.9 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.76% 70.69%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP front facing 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 -
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G Yes, 384 kbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 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-Po battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 6700 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 11 h (multimedia)