Phone Comparison - Google Nexus 9 vs Dell Venue 8 7000 vs Huawei MediaPad M3

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Dell Huawei
Announced October 2014 October 2014 September 2016
Status Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - September 2016
Price - Rs. 17,500 ($242.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
6 mm thick
(0.24 in thick)
215.5 x 124.2 x 7.3 mm
(8.48 x 4.89 x 0.29 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 310 g (10.93 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - M2-801L, M2-803L
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - M2-801L
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 40(2300), 41(2500) - M2-802L
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(26
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3500 series Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 950
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 Mali-T880 MP4
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 OLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.4 inches 8.4 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% - 76.61%
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 yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Intel RealSense 3D Technology (2 X 720p Cameras) Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA+ HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery - Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 5900 mAh 5100 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min - -