Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Wi-Fi vs Asus Memo Pad 8 ME181C vs Google Nexus 9

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Asus HTC
Announced February 2014 June 2014 October 2014
Status Available - March 2014 Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White, Purple, Gold Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 266 x 172 x 6.4 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.25 in)
211.7 x 124.9 x 8.3 mm
(8.33 x 4.92 x 0.33 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 426 g (15.03 oz) - 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network N/A No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging , EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm APQ8074AB Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.33 GHz, Intel Atom Z3745 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU Adreno 330 - ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 8.0 inches 8.9 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.75% 69.95% 69.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 6000 mAh - 6700 mAh
Stand by Up to 1420 h - Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 13 h (multimedia) Up to 9 h (multimedia) Up to 9 h 30 min