Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet vs Google Nexus 9 vs Apple iPad Air 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony HTC Apple
Announced Feb 2014 October 2014 October 2014
Status Available - May 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 172 x 266 x 6.4 mm
(6.77 x 10.47 x 0.25 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
Weight 439 g (15.49 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 2100 / 800 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1800 / 1500 / 2100 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features IPX5/IPX8 (waterproof) & IP5X (dust resistant) Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) iOS 8.1
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Qualcomm APQ8074+MSM8974AB Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X
GPU Adreno 330 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64GB No No

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 8.9 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.75% 69.76% 71.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, LED Flash, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64GB No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity - 6700 mAh 8600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h -
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 10 h (multimedia)