Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab A200 vs Nokia Lumia 2520 vs Apple iPad Air

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Nokia Apple
Announced January 2012 October 2013 October 2013
Status Available - January 2012 Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - November 2013
Colors Black Cyan , Red, Black, White Space Gray, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 260 x 175 x 12.4 mm
(10.24 x 6.89 x 0.49 in)
267 x 168 x 8.9 mm
(10.51 x 6.61 x 0.35 in)
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
Weight 700 g (24.69 oz) 615 g (21.69 oz) 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE- all models
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 Microsoft Windows RT iOS 7.0.2
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 2 2 GB N/A
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR 32 GB 16/32/64/128 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (218 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.40% 62.76% 71.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 6.7 MP, 3088 x 1744 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash No Carl Zeiss optics No
Features Video-calling 1/3.4' Sensor Size Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G No HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 11.5 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB v2.0, USB On-the-go suppor Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support Yes, v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR2 RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB storage
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity 3260 mAh 8000 mAh -
Stand by Up to 600 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (multimedia)