Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 N5110 vs Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Microsoft Surface 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony Microsoft
Announced February 2013 February 2013 September 2013
Status Available - April 2013 Available - May 2013 Available - October 2013
Colors Black, White/Silver Black, White Dark Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 210.8 x 135.9 x 7.95 mm
(8.3 x 5.35 x 0.31 in)
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
Weight 338 g (11.92 oz) 495 g (17.46 oz) 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz)
2G Network No N/A No
3G Network No N/A No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 320 ULP GeForce (72 cores)
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 10.1 inches 10.6 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.56% 64.75% 65.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No N/A No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 (MHL), USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support
GPS Yes, with S-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 4600 mAh 6000 mAh -
Stand by - Up to 890 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) -