Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Asus Memo Pad ME172V vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Asus Sony
Announced June 2012 January 2013 June 2013
Status Available - July 2012 Available - January 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black Sugar White, Titanium Gray, Cherry Pink Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
196.2 x 119.2 x 11.2 mm
(7.72 x 4.69 x 0.44 in)
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 370 g (13.05 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network N/A - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions
4G Network - - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 1 GHz, VIA WM8950 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU ULP GeForce Mali-400 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 58.65% 69.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 1 MP 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Video-calling Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Up to 107 kbps
Edge No No Up to 296 kbps
3G N/A - HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 4270 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by 300 h - Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 7 h (multimedia) Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)