Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020)

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC Samsung
Announced June 2012 October 2014 September 2020
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - September 2020
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Dark Gray, Silver, Gold
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)
247.6 x 157.4 x 7 mm
(9.75 x 6.2 x 0.28 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 476 g, 477 g (16.79 oz, 16.83 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android 10
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver), Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662 (11 nm)
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Adreno 610
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 64 GB
External Memory No No microSDXC

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 7.0 inches 8.9 inches 10.4 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1200 x 2000 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.76% 79.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash No LED flash No
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS 8 MP, AF
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 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) Cat13 400/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 5.0, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
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 or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSDXC
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 4325 mAh 6700 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h 30 min -