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Asus Transformer Pad TF300T vs Sony Xperia A

General Info

Manufacturer
Asus Sony
Announced
February 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - April 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Royal Blue, Iceberg White, Torch Red Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
263 x 180.8 x 9.9 mm
(10.35 x 7.12 x 0.39 in)
131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight
635 g (22.4 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.1 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1280 x 800 pixels (149 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
62.58% 66.57%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 T30L [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Smile Shutter, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video
Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Up to 107 kbps
Edge
No Up to 296 kbps
3G
No HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po battery (22 Wh) Li-ion Battery
Capacity
- 2300 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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