Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Tablet S 3G vs Huawei MediaPad X1 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Huawei Xiaomi
Announced August 2012 February 2014 March 2014
Status Available - October 2012 Coming Soon - March 2014 Available - June 2014
Colors Black/Silver Silver/White Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 239.8 x 174.4 x 8.8 mm
(9.44 x 6.87 x 0.35 in)
7.18 mm thickness
(0.28 in thickness)
202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
Weight 585 g (20.64 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz) 360 g (12.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA No
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU ULP GeForce Mali-450 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 16/64 GB
External Memory SD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.4 inches 7.0 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.94% - 70.69%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 1 MP, 720p video [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage SD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 5000 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 12 h (multimedia) - Up to 11 h (multimedia)