Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Tablet S vs Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 LTE vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Sony
Announced August 2012 January 2014 September 2014
Status Available - September 2012 Coming soon Available - November 2014
Colors Black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 239.8 x 174.4 x 8.8 mm
(9.44 x 6.87 x 0.35 in)
295.6 x 204 x 8 mm
(11.64 x 8.03 x 0.31 in)
213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
Weight 570 g (20.11 oz) 753 g (26.56 oz) 270 g (9.52 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543
4G Network - LTE LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, 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, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 330 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.4 inches 12.2 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (247 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.94% 71.83% 70.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge No Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G No HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 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, 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 Yes, microUSB v3.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 9500 mAh 4500 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h - Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)