Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Apple iPad Air vs HP Slate8 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Apple HP
Announced February 2013 October 2013 December 2013
Status Available - May 2013 Available - November 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black, White Space Gray, Silver Black/White
Form Factor Candybar 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)
220 x 141.5 x 9.9 mm
(8.66 x 5.57 x 0.39 in)
Weight 495 g (17.46 oz) 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz) 453.6 g (15.98.0.21 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE- all models -
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 S
GPU Adreno 320 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) ULP GeForce
RAM 2 GB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 9.7 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1600 pixels (250 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.75% 71.58% 63.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus,
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
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 No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited N/A
Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh - 5680 mAh
Stand by Up to 890 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h 30 min (multimedia)