Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 Cellular vs Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Sony Sony
Announced October 2012 February 2013 June 2013
Status Available - November 2012 Available - May 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black Black, White 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)
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 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) 495 g (17.46 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 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 , 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, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 320 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 10.1 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 64.75% 69.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP front facing 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes No Up to 296 kbps
3G Yes, 384 kbps N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 6000 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 890 h Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)