Phone Comparison - Apple iPad 3 Wi-Fi vs Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs HP Slate8 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony HP
Announced March 2012 February 2013 December 2013
Status Available - March 2012 Available - May 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White Black/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm
(9.5 x 7.31 x 0.37 in)
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
220 x 141.5 x 9.9 mm
(8.66 x 5.57 x 0.39 in)
Weight 652 g (23 oz) 495 g (17.46 oz) 453.6 g (15.98.0.21 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A N/A
3G Network N/A N/A N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5X Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 S
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 Adreno 320 ULP GeForce
RAM N/A 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 10.1 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1200 x 1600 pixels (250 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.01% 64.75% 63.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus,
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No N/A No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited N/A
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 42.5 Wh 6000 mAh 5680 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h Up to 890 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h 30 min (multimedia)