| Manufacturer | |
| Asus | Apple |
| Announced | |
| June 2012 | October 2012 |
| Status | |
| Available - July 2012 | Available - November 2012 |
| Colors | |
| Black | Black/Slate, White/Silver |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
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198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm (7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in) |
200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm (7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 in) (7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in (0.31 x 0.21 x 0.01 in)) |
| Weight | |
| 340 g (11.99 oz) | 312 g (11.01 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| N/A | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1454/ A1455 CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1455 |
| 3G Network | |
| N/A | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A1454/ A1455 |
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - A1454 |
| Messaging | |
| , Push Mail, EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM |
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 | iOS 6 |
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| ULP GeForce [Similar] | PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 1 GB [Browse Similar] | 512 MB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 32 GB storage | 16/32/64 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 | |
| No | Yes |
| Edge | |
| No | Yes |
| 3G | |
| N/A | DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB v2.0 | Yes, v2.0 |
| GPS | |
| Yes | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| Browser | |
| HTML, HTML5 | HTML (Safari) |
| Internal | |
| 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM | 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB 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-Ion | Standard battery, Li-Po |
| Capacity | |
| 4325 mAh | 16.3 Wh |
| Stand by | |
| 300 h | - |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 10 h | Up to 10 h |