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Acer Iconia A3
Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 55.2 | 65.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Asus |
| Android 4.2 | -- |
| 2013-10-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| 10.24 x 6.89 x 0.40 inches | 9.47 x 6.44 x 0.28 inches |
| 19.75 ounces | 15.17 ounces |
| -- | Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 235.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 149 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 350 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8125 chipset | MediaTek MT8176 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2100 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX544 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | PowerVR GX6250 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.72 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.83 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 3.3 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3540mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5900mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.52 | 7.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M is better than the Acer Iconia A3, having a 65.2 score against 55.2. The Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M body is newer, much lighter and way thinner than the Acer Iconia A3. Acer Iconia A3 features a little bit better looking screen than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M, because although it has a way lower pixels number per display inch and a lot worse resolution of 800 x 1280px, it also counts with a little bit larger display.
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M has just a little better performance than Acer Iconia A3, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with more processing cores and a larger amount of RAM. Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M captures much clearer photographs and videos than Acer Iconia A3, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video quality, the Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M also has a lot more MP back-facing camera.
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M features a lot bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Acer Iconia A3, because it has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 128 GB and 64 GB internal memory capacity. Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500M features a much longer battery life than Acer Iconia A3, because it has 5900mAh of battery capacity against 3540mAh.
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