Asus Google Nexus 7 vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Asus	HTC
Announced
June 2012	September 2014
Status
Available - July 2012	Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Black	Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm (7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)	157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm (6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight
340 g (11.99 oz)	155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
N/A	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
N/A	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network
-	LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen	LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
7.0 inches [Similar]	5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]	720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.45%	67.20%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar]	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar]	Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB storage	16 GB
External Memory
No	microSD, up to 128 GB

Rear Camera
1.2 MP [Similar]	13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	LED flash
Features
Video-calling	Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p	1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
No [Similar]	8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

GPRS
No	Yes
Edge
No	Yes
3G
N/A	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes	v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML, HTML5	HTML5