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Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Apple iPad Air

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Apple
Announced
February 2013 October 2013
Status
Available - May 2013 Available - November 2013
Colors
Black, White Space Gray, Silver
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
Weight
495 g (17.46 oz) 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE- all models
Messaging
, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.1 inches [Similar] 9.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.75% 71.58%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 7.0.2
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar] Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
16/32 GB 16/32/64/128 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera
Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
N/A DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML (Safari)

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity
6000 mAh -
Stand by
Up to 890 h -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia)
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