Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 2520 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC Xiaomi
Announced October 2013 October 2014 March 2014
Status Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - October 2014 Available - June 2014
Colors Cyan , Red, Black, White Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 267 x 168 x 8.9 mm
(10.51 x 6.61 x 0.35 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 615 g (21.69 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 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows RT Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU Adreno 330 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32 GB 16/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 8.9 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (218 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.76% 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 6.7 MP, 3088 x 1744 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash No
Features 1/3.4' Sensor Size Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes No
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 11.5 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, USB v3.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - 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 Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 8000 mAh 6700 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 11 h (multimedia)