Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Asus Memo Pad 8 ME581CL vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Asus Xiaomi
Announced June 2012 June 2014 March 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Available - June 2014
Colors Black White, Pink, Blue Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
213 x 123 x 7.5 mm
(8.39 x 4.84 x 0.3 in)
202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 299 g (10.55 oz) 360 g (12.7 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Intel Atom Z3580 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR G6430 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16/64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 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 8.0 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 70.84% 70.69%
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, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Video-calling Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, 720p Yes 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes, with GLONASS No
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh - 6700 mAh
Stand by 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h (multimedia)