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| Global Score | |
| 65 | 58.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 |
| 2021-09-24 | 2012-08-29 |
| 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches | 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches |
| 10.34 ounces | 20.64 ounces |
| Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 275.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.3 inches | 9.4 inches |
| 2266 x 1488 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 327 pixels per inch | 161 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| -- | 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU |
| 5.85 | 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 | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 5.94 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 10 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini (6th Gen) is better than Xperia Tablet S, getting a score of 65 against 58.9. The iPad mini (6th Gen) is a incredibly newer tablet, and it's also a lot lighter and noticeably thinner than Xperia Tablet S. IPad mini (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Xperia Tablet S counts with Android 4.1.1 operating system.
The Sony Xperia Tablet S features a much powerful processing unit than iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has a lower number of cores (but faster), it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor. The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a much better screen than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher 1488 x 2266 resolution and a way greater amount of pixels per display inch.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) takes much better photographs and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels. Xperia Tablet S has a lot bigger memory for apps and games than iPad mini (6th Gen), and although they both have equal internal storage, the Xperia Tablet S also has a slot for external memory cards that supports a maximum of 128 GB.
The Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) has a superior battery lifetime than Xperia Tablet S.
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