| Manufacturer | |
| Apple | Asus | 
| Announced | |
| March 2012 | October 2012 | 
| Status | |
| Available - March 2012 | Available - November 2012 | 
| Colors | |
| Black, White | Black | 
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar | 
| Dimension | |
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                        241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm  (9.5 x 7.31 x 0.37 in)  | 
                            
        198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm  (7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)  | 
                        
| Weight | |
| 662 g (23.35 oz) | 340 g (11.99 oz) | 
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 for AT&T CDMA2000 1xEV-DO for Verizon  | 
                            GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | 
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 for AT&T | HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 | 
| 4G Network | |
| LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 for AT&T | - | 
| Messaging | |
| , Push Mail, EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM | 
| OS | |
| iOS 5 | Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 | 
| Processor | |
| Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5X [Similar] | Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] | 
| GPU | |
| PowerVR SGX543MP4 [Similar] | ULP GeForce [Similar] | 
| RAM | |
| N/A | 1 GB [Browse Similar] | 
| Internal Memory | |
| 16/32/64 GB storage | 32 GB storage | 
| External Memory | |
| No | No | 
| 3.5mm Jack | |
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| Radio | |
| No | No | 
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable | 
| Loud Speaker | |
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| GPRS | |
| Yes | Yes | 
| Edge | |
| Yes | Yes | 
| 3G | |
| HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps | Yes, 384 kbps | 
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR | Yes | 
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | 
| USB | |
| Yes, v2.0 | Yes, microUSB v2.0 | 
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS support | Yes | 
| Browser | |
| HTML (Safari) | HTML | 
| Internal | |
| 16/32/64 GB storage | 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM | 
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | No | 
| Fingerprint | |
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| Proximity Sensor | |
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| Accelerometer Sensor | |
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| NFC | |
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| Type | |
| Standard battery, Li-Po | Standard battery, Li-Ion | 
| Capacity | |
| 42.5 Wh | 4325 mAh | 
| Stand by | |
| Up to 720 h | Up to 300 h | 
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 10 h | Up to 8 h |