Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab B1-A71 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

Acer Iconia Tab B1-A71
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Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
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general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Sony
Announced January 2013 September 2014
Status Available - January 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 197.4 x 128.5 x 11.3 mm
(7.77 x 5.06 x 0.44 in)
213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
Weight 320 g (11.29 oz) 270 g (9.52 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543
3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543
4G Network - LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 Certified - Dust Tight and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8317 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX531u [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8/16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 8.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.07% 70.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera VGA, 640x480 pixels [Similar] 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps
Edge No Up to 296 kbps
3G - HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2710 mAh 4500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)