Phone Comparison - HP Slate 7 vs Acer Iconia B1-720 vs Acer Iconia Tab 7

general General Info

Manufacturer HP Acer Acer
Announced February 2013 January 2014 April 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - January 2014 Available - August 2014
Colors Black/Silver, Red White, Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
- 8.9 mm thickness
(0.35 in thickness)
Weight 372 g (13.12 oz) - 298 g (10.51 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network N/A N/A HSDPA
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 Dual-core 1.3, Mediatek MT6572 Quad-core
GPU - Mali-400MP -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors - 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.94% - -
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 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels 2 MP
Flash No No No
Features - - Geo Tagging, Panorama, Fixed Focus
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Yes
Edge No No Yes
3G N/A No HSDPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS - Yes Yes
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not 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 battery Non-removable battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity - - -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 5 h (media) - Up to 6 h (multimedia)