On the hardware front the Galaxy Tab seems to have the full package: tablet essentials like multi-touch support, GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth alongside iPad omissions such
as full phone functionality and front and rear cameras plus the horsepower to back it via a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU and PowerVR SGX540 graphics.
No dates have been given
as to when the
phone might arrive, nor have there been any word from Sony Ericsson
as to its
full functionality — although we suspect a 4 - inch screen, a high megapixel camera and an online gaming portal
full of titles when launched.
Connectivity Wi - Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n), Wi - Fi Direct, DNLA Built - in mobile hotspot
functionality Next - generation Bluetooth 4.0 backward compatible with older Bluetooth - enabled peripherals and includes stereo audio streaming Near Field Communication (NFC) for sharing contacts, web pages, directions, and more to compatible
phones as well
as payments GPS for navigation and location services Integrated Google Maps with turn - by - turn navigation, street and satellite views Communications & Internet
Full messaging capabilities including SMS text, MMS picture / video and IM instant messaging
Full HTML browser with Adobe Flash Support Personal and corporate e-mail access with support for Exchange ActiveSync
as well
as mobile e-mail accounts (Google push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP) Hardware Dual - core 1.5 GHz processor capable of opening web pages twice
as fast
as most other smartphones 4.8 - inch HD Super AMOLED multi-touch screen (1280 x 720 pixels) MicroUSB port 3.5 mm headphone jack Memory 16 GB internal memory (non-expandable) microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 64 GB 2 GB RAM for improved multitasking Camera 8 - megapixel camera with continuous auto focus, zero shutter lag, face detection, high dynamic range mode, burst mode, and more
Full HD 1080p video capture (30 fps) Front - facing 1.9 - megapixel camera for HD video chats and self portraits Multimedia Music player compatible with MP3, WMA, AAC / AAC +, eAAC +, MIDI amd WAV Video player compatible with MPEG4, H. 264, H. 263and DivX
However, the big question is whether you need that sort of camera performance on a tablet -
as the Hauwei contains
full phone functionality, it could be your sole device
as a phablet, whereas the Nexus 7 is likely to be a companion to a smartphone that's more capable in the imaging department.