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| Global Score | |
| 61 | 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 |
| -- | 20.64 ounces |
| 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 A16 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 | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini (7th Gen) is slightly better than Xperia Tablet S, having a score of 61 against 58.9. IPad mini (7th Gen) is a much lighter and notably thinner tablet than Xperia Tablet S. The iPad mini (7th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Xperia Tablet S comes with Android 4.1.1 OS. The Xperia Tablet S features a much more powerful processor than iPad mini (7th Gen), because although it has a lower number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with a graphics processing unit.
The iPad mini (7th Gen) features a better screen than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a lot better resolution of 1488 x 2266 pixels and a way better screen pixels density. IPad mini (7th Gen) takes way better photos and videos than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a way more mega-pixels back camera.
The Xperia Tablet S has a superior memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad mini (7th Gen), and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Xperia Tablet S also has a SD memory slot that admits a maximum of 128 GB. Sony Xperia Tablet S and iPad mini (7th Gen) both feature extremely similar battery performance.
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