Phone Comparison - Google Nexus 9 vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Nokia N1

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Apple Nokia
Announced October 2014 October 2014 November 2014
Status Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2015
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 17,000 ($250.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Space Gray, Silver, Gold Natural Aluminum, Lava Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
200.7 x 138.6 x 6.9 mm
(7.9 x 5.46 x 0.27 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 318 g (11.22 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Intel Atom Z3580
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) PowerVR G6430
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 9.7 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% 71.58% 69.50%
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 yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0, Type-C, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (18.5 Wh)
Capacity 6700 mAh 8600 mAh 5300 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 10 h (multimedia) -