Phone Comparison - Google Nexus 9 vs Dell Venue 8 7000 vs Huawei MediaPad X2

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Dell Huawei
Announced October 2014 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - May 2015
Price - Rs. 17,500 ($242.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,400 ($269.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black Moonlight silver, Amber 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)
183.5 x 103.9 x 7.3 mm
(7.22 x 4.09 x 0.29 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 310 g (10.93 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - LTE 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) - GEM-703L
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, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3500 series Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53, Hisilicon Kirin 930
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 Mali-T628 MP4
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 OLED capacitive touchscreen LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.4 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% - 74.73%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio
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 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Intel RealSense 3D Technology (2 X 720p Cameras) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 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 Cat6 300/50 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, 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 16 GB, 2 GB RAM/ 32 GB, 3 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 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min - -