Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab A200 vs Asus Transformer Pad TF300T vs Microsoft Surface 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Asus Microsoft
Announced January 2012 February 2012 September 2013
Status Available - January 2012 Available - April 2012 Available - October 2013
Colors Black Royal Blue, Iceberg White, Torch Red Dark Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 260 x 175 x 12.4 mm
(10.24 x 6.89 x 0.49 in)
263 x 180.8 x 9.9 mm
(10.35 x 7.12 x 0.39 in)
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
Weight 700 g (24.69 oz) 635 g (22.4 oz) 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A No
3G Network N/A No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 T30L Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40
GPU ULP GeForce ULP GeForce ULP GeForce (72 cores)
RAM 2 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches 10.6 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) 1280 x 800 pixels (149 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.40% 62.58% 65.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No No No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB v2.0, USB On-the-go suppor Yes, v2.0 Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support
GPS No Yes Yes
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR2 RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po battery (22 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3260 mAh - -
Stand by - -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h -