Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Apple iPad 2 CDMA vs Acer Iconia Tab A1-810

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Apple Acer
Announced June 2012 March 2011 May 2013
Status Available - July 2012 Available - March 2011 Available - May 2013
Colors Black Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm
(9.5 x 7.31 x 0.35 in)
208.7 x 145.7 x 11.1 mm
(8.22 x 5.74 x 0.44 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 607 g (21.41 oz) 410 g (14.46 oz)
2G Network N/A CDMA 800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network N/A CDMA2000 1xEV-DO N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 6.0 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MediaTek MT8125
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX543MP2 -
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 9.7 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 65.01% 63.58%
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 no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 0.7 MP, 960 x 720 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Video-calling No Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G N/A EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support Yes
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 6930 mAh 3250 mAh
Stand by 300 h - Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h - Up to 10 h (Multimedia)