Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Lenovo Yoga 8 vs Apple iPad mini 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Lenovo Apple
Announced June 2012 October 2013 October 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2013 Available - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Gray Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold
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 144 x 7.3 mm
(8.39 x 5.67 x 0.29 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 401 g / 404 g (14.14 oz / 14.25 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 8.1
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MediaTek MT8125 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX544 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit 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) 1280 x 800 pixels (189 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 60.30% 71.76%
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, 2592х1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Video-calling - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 720p Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSPA+ 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 Yes, v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh)
Capacity 4325 mAh 6000 mAh 6470 mAh
Stand by 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 18 h (3G) Up to 10 h (multimedia)