Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs HTC Desire 820

Asus Google Nexus 7
asus google nexus 7
HTC Desire 820
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general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC
Announced June 2012 September 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors Black Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network - LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 67.20%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, 720p 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP
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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)