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Sony Tablet S
32 GBApple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only
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| Global Score | |
| 57.5 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.0, 3.1 | iOS 8.x |
| 2011-04-26 | 2014-10-16 |
| 9.50 x 6.86 x 0.40 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.09 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 795.00 | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 7.65 | 8.82 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.71 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| UMTS, EDGE and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 2.8 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li-Ion Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 2 has an overall score of 79.3, which is way better than Sony Tablet S's 57.5 general score. IPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x operating system, while Sony Tablet S works with Android 4.0 operating system. The iPad Air 2 is a much newer portable tablet, and it's also notably thinner and a lot lighter than the Sony Tablet S.
IPad Air 2 features a faster processor than Sony Tablet S, because although it has less CPU cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64-bit CPU and 1 GB more RAM. The iPad Air 2 features a much better screen than Sony Tablet S, because it has a quite bigger display, a way higher pixels quantity per screen inch and a lot better resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels.
Apple iPad Air 2 captures much clearer photos and videos than Sony Tablet S, because it has a lot higher (Full HD) video definition and a much better resolution camera. Apple iPad Air 2 has much more storage capacity to store more games and applications than Sony Tablet S, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory.
IPad Air 2 has a very superior battery performance than Sony Tablet S, because it has a 47 percent greater battery size.
The iPad Air 2 is not only the best tablets of the ones in this comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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