Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A40

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC Samsung
Announced June 2012 October 2014 March 2019
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - April 2019
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) -
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Mali-G71
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 8.9 inches 5.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.76% 86.97%
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 no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP + 5 MP
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS 16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 6700 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h 30 min -