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| Global Score | |
| 60.6 | 58.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 |
| -- | 2012-08-29 |
| -- | 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 20.64 ounces |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 275.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 9.4 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | TFT |
| 223 pixels per inch | 161 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 7.92 | 5.94 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is slightly better than Sony Xperia Tablet S, getting a 60.6 score against 58.9. The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is a extremely lighter and much thinner tablet than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x OS, while Sony Xperia Tablet S works with Android 4.1.1 OS.
The Xperia Tablet S features a bit better looking screen than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a way worse 800 x 1280 pixels resolution, a lot smaller display and a much lower pixels number per screen inch. Sony Xperia Tablet S counts with a really superior hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit.
The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) shoots way better photographs and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera in the back with lot more mega-pixels. Xperia Tablet S features a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Xperia Tablet S also has a slot for an SD memory card that admits up to 128 GB.
Xperia Tablet S features a battery lifetime that is very similar to iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s battery lifetime.
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