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Acer Iconia W700
128 GB Intel Core i5| Global Score | |
| 59.6 | 66.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Microsoft |
| Windows 8 Pro | -- |
| 2012-10-04 | 2015-05-01 |
| 11.60 x 7.50 x 0.50 inches | 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches |
| 36.80 ounces | 21.92 ounces |
| $ 1015.00 | $ 375.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11.6 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1280 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 190 pixels per inch | 214 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Intel HM77 Express chipset | Intel Atom x7 Z8700 chipset |
| Intel Core i5 (Dual-Core 1700 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 (650 MHz) GPU | Intel HD GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.55 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 3.50 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.5 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Microsoft Surface 3 is better than Acer Iconia W700, getting a 66.3 score against 59.6. Microsoft Surface 3 is a much newer portable tablet, and it's also much lighter and much thinner than the Acer Iconia W700. Acer Iconia W700 features a little more vivid display than Microsoft Surface 3, because although it has a just a bit worse display pixels density and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, it also counts with a little larger display.
Acer Iconia W700 counts with a bit more powerful processing unit than Microsoft Surface 3, because although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster), and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Acer Iconia W700 also counts with an extra graphics co-processor. The Microsoft Surface 3 counts with as much storage to store more apps and games as Acer Iconia W700, both of them have equal internal storage capacity.
The Acer Iconia W700 and the Microsoft Surface 3 both count with similar battery performance. The Microsoft Surface 3 captures much clearer videos and photos than Acer Iconia W700, and although they both have the same video definition and the same video frame rates, the Microsoft Surface 3 also has a much better 8 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the Microsoft Surface 3 is also a bargain compared to the other tablets.
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