Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 vs Motorola Nexus 6

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Motorola
Announced June 2012 August 2012 October 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - September 2012 Available - November 2014
Colors Black Titanium Gray, Marble White Midnight Blue, Cloud White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / TD-LTE 2500 - XT1100 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 28, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2500 - XT1103 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 29, 41)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU ULP GeForce Mali-400MP Adreno 420
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 5.55 inches 5.96 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (265 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 69.61% 74.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED flash Dual-LED Flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 3100 mAh 3220 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 980 h (2G)
Up to 890 h (3G)
Up to 330 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 35 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 24 h