Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Lite 3G vs Motorola Nexus 6

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Motorola
Announced June 2012 January 2014 October 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - January 2014 Available - November 2014
Colors Black White, Black 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)
116.4 x 193.4 x 9.7 mm
(4.58 x 7.61 x 0.38 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) 310 g (10.93 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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
4G Network - - 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 , Push Mail, 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, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Marvell PXA986 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU ULP GeForce Vivante GC1000 Adreno 420
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8 GB ROM 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 5.96 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 60.93% 74.05%
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 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No No Dual-LED Flash
Features Video-calling Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS
Video Yes, 720p Yes 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization
Front Camera No [Similar] No [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 DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 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 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 3600 mAh 3220 mAh
Stand by 300 h - Up to 330 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h - Up to 24 h