Phone Comparison - Google Nexus 9 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 2015

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Xiaomi Samsung
Announced October 2014 March 2014 Expected Announcement - January 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - June 2014 Rumored - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 15,600 ($229.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 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)
210 x 124 x 8 mm
(8.27 x 4.88 x 0.31 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 360 g (12.7 oz) 320 g (11.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , 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 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Adreno 306
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 7.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% 70.69% 71.02%
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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS - Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No N/A
Edge Yes No N/A
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0 v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No Yes, with GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 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 not present proximity sensor not 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 Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 6700 mAh 4450 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 11 h (multimedia) -