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| Global Score | |
| 57.5 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.0, 3.1 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2011-04-26 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.50 x 6.86 x 0.40 inches | -- |
| 21.09 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 795.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 7.65 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.12 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.71 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| UMTS, EDGE and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| SIM | -- |
| 2.8 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li-Ion Battery | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a lot better than Sony Tablet S, having a overall score of 70.4 against 57.5. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Sony Tablet S has Android 4.0 OS. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a a lot newer and a lot thinner tablet than Sony Tablet S, although it's also a little bit heavier.
The Sony Tablet S features a way better looking screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a lot bigger storage for applications and games than Sony Tablet S, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory capacity.
Sony Tablet S counts with an extremely better CPU than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less RAM and less cores (although faster). Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much longer battery lifetime than Sony Tablet S, because it has a 94 percent larger battery capacity. The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes greater photos and videos than Sony Tablet S, because it has a much higher 3840x2160 video quality and a back facing camera with lot more mega-pixels.
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