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Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
February 2013 June 2014
Status
Available - May 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors
Black, White Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
Weight
495 g (17.46 oz) 467 g (16.47 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging
, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.1 inches [Similar] 10.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.75% 72.66%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [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 HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 7900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 890 h -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) -
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