With multiple tablets flooding the markets and new devices releasing, users have a wide selection to choose from. For readers who are considering the Google Nexus 7 and the iPad mini, here is a specs and price comparison in Australia.

Display and Design:

The Google Nexus 7 comes with a 7 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 800 x 1280 pixels resolution. The iPad mini comes with a 7.9 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 768 x 1024 pixels resolution.

The Google Nexus 7 comes with 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm dimensions and weighs 340 grams. The iPad mini comes with 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 308 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Google Nexus 7 is equipped with 1.2 GHz quad core cortex A9 processor and Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset. It comes in 8GB and 16GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The iPad mini is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor and Apple A5 chipset. It comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Google Nexus 7 runs on Android Jelly Bean operating system and has 1GB of RAM. The iPad mini runs on the iOS 6 operating system and comes with 512MB of RAM.

Camera:

The Google Nexus 7 sports a 1.2MP camera with video calling feature and does not have a secondary camera. The iPad mini sports a 5 MP primary camera with features like auto focus and face detection, the secondary camera on the device is 1.2 MP.

Battery:

The Google Nexus 7 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 4325 mAh battery where as the iPad mini comes with a non-removable Li-Po battery.

Readers, who are considering buying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 or the iPad 3, click here to read the specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia.

Price in Australia:

The Google Nexus 7 16GB variant is priced around AU $259.95 and the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $279.95. iPad mini 16GB with Wi-Fi is priced at around AU $359.95, the 32GB variant with Wi-Fi is priced at around AU $469.95 and the 64GB variant with Wi-Fi is priced at around AU $569.95 in Australia.