Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Samsung Google Nexus S vs Google Nexus 9

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung HTC
Announced June 2012 December 2010 October 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - December 2010 Available - October 2014
Colors Black Black, White Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, 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, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX540 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 4.0 inches 8.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 58.46% 69.76%
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 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS
Video Yes, 720p Yes, WVGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No

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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 1500 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min