Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab B1-A71 vs Asus Memo Pad ME172V vs HP Slate 7

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Asus HP
Announced January 2013 January 2013 February 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Available - January 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Sugar White, Titanium Gray, Cherry Pink Black/Silver, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 197.4 x 128.5 x 11.3 mm
(7.77 x 5.06 x 0.44 in)
196.2 x 119.2 x 11.2 mm
(7.72 x 4.69 x 0.44 in)
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
Weight 320 g (11.29 oz) 370 g (13.05 oz) 372 g (13.12 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A N/A
3G Network - - N/A
4G Network - - -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8317 1 GHz, VIA WM8950 Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9
GPU PowerVR SGX531u Mali-400 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB 8/16 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.07% 58.65% 59.94%
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 VGA, 640x480 pixels 1 MP 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No No No
Features - Video-calling -
Video Yes Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G - - N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 Yes Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes No -
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not 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, Li-Po Battery Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Non-removable battery
Capacity 2710 mAh 4270 mAh -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 7 h (multimedia) Up to 5 h (media)