Phone Comparison - HP Slate 7 vs HP Slate8 Pro vs Asus Zenfone 5

general General Info

Manufacturer HP HP Asus
Announced February 2013 December 2013 January 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - December 2013 Available - June 2014
Colors Black/Silver, Red Black/White Black, White, Red, Blue, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
220 x 141.5 x 9.9 mm
(8.66 x 5.57 x 0.39 in)
148.2 x 72.8 x 5.5-10.3
(5.83 x 2.87 x 0.22-0.41)
Weight 372 g (13.12 oz) 453.6 g (15.98.0.21 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 S Dual-core 2.0 GHz / Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580/Z2560
GPU - ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX544MP2
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1/2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 8.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1200 x 1600 pixels (250 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.94% 63.67% 63.76%
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 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Yes
Edge No No Yes
3G N/A No HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS - Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited N/A Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1/2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity - 5680 mAh 2110 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 353 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h (media) Up to 11 h 30 min (multimedia) Up to 18 h 30 min (3G)