Phone Comparison - Huawei MediaPad X1 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Dell Venue 8 7000

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei HTC Dell
Announced February 2014 October 2014 October 2014
Status Coming Soon - March 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 17,500 ($242.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silver/White Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 7.18 mm thickness
(0.28 in thickness)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
6 mm thick
(0.24 in thick)
Weight 239 g (8.43 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 310 g (10.93 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3500 series
GPU Mali-450 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 OLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 8.9 inches 8.4 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 69.76% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Intel RealSense 3D Technology (2 X 720p Cameras)
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA+
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery -
Capacity 5000 mAh 6700 mAh 5900 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h -
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 30 min -