Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs XOLO Play Tegra Note vs Asus Memo Pad 8 ME181C

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus XOLO Asus
Announced June 2012 December 2013 June 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - December 2013 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black Black Black, White, Purple, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
199 x 119 x 9.6 mm
(7.83 x 4.69 x 0.38 in)
211.7 x 124.9 x 8.3 mm
(8.33 x 4.92 x 0.33 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 320 g (11.29 oz) -
2G Network N/A No No
3G Network N/A No No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.22 (Jelly Bean), Upgradeable to Android 4.3 and 4.4 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 Quad-core 1.33 GHz, Intel Atom Z3745
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16 GB ROM 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 59.79% 69.95%
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, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Video-calling Auto-focus, HDR, Video-calling, Tap-to-Track Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G N/A No No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with LE Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited N/A Practically unlimited
Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh)
Capacity 4325 mAh 4100 mAh -
Stand by 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (Multimedia) Up to 9 h (multimedia)