Phone Comparison - Asus Memo Pad 8 vs HP Slate8 Pro vs Acer Iconia A1-830

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HP Acer
Announced September 2013 December 2013 January 2014
Status Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - December 2013 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Gray, White, Pink Black/White White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.4 x 127.4 x 10 mm
(8.36 x 5.02 x 0.39 in)
220 x 141.5 x 9.9 mm
(8.66 x 5.57 x 0.39 in)
8.15 mm thickness
(0.32 in thickness)
Weight 350 g (12.35 oz) 453.6 g (15.98.0.21 oz) 380 g (13.4 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A No
3G Network N/A N/A No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 S Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z2560
GPU - ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX544
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 8.0 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 1200 x 1600 pixels (250 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.35% 63.67% -
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 yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features - Auto focus, Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes Yes, 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] Yes, 720p [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, v3.0 Yes, v4.0, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes TBD
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

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 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3950 mAh 5680 mAh -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h 30 min (multimedia) -