Phone Comparison - Sony Tablet S 3G vs Lenovo IdeaTab A1000

Sony Tablet S 3G
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Lenovo IdeaTab A1000
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Lenovo
Announced August 2011 January 2013
Status Available - September 2011 Available - May 2013
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm
(9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
199 x 121 x 10.7 mm
(7.83 x 4.76 x 0.42 in)
Weight 625 g (22.05 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - -
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MTK 8317 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] -
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 4/16 GB
External Memory SD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.4 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar] 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.62% 56.96%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus,
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 0.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage SD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity - 3500 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h -
Talk Time - Up to 7 h