Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 Cellular vs Asus Fonepad 7 vs Asus PadFone X

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Asus Asus
Announced October 2012 September 2013 March 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - October 2013 Coming Soon - Q2 2014
Colors Black Sapphire black, Diamond white Titanium Black, Platinum White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
120 x 196.8 x 10.5 mm
(4.72 x 7.75 x 0.41 in)
143.4 x 72.5 x 10 mm
(5.65 x 2.85 x 0.39 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z2560 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX544MP2 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 59.96% 66.16%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP front facing 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G Yes, 384 kbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSPA+, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v3.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 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 present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 3950 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 840 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h (Multimedia)
Up to 28 h (3G)
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