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Sony Xperia Tablet S
16 GBApple iPad mini 3
64 GB Wi-Fi OnlyA1600, A1599
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| Global Score | |
| 56.1 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iOS 8.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2014-10-16 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 11.68 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 330.00 | $ 320.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6350mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.84 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | 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 mini 3 has a general score of 75.2, which is way better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S's 56.1 overall score. The iPad mini 3 construction is a lot newer, incredibly thinner and a lot lighter than Sony Xperia Tablet S. The iPad mini 3 has iOS 8.x operating system, while Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 operating system.
IPad mini 3 counts with a little bit better processing power than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has an inferior number of cores, and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the iPad mini 3 also counts with a better graphics co-processor and a 64-bits processor. The Apple iPad mini 3 has an incredibly better screen than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a much better screen density and a way higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a very superior camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S, although it has a lot worse 5 mega pixels resolution camera. IPad mini 3 has more memory capacity to store more games and applications than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 64 GB internal memory.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a superior battery performance than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
The iPad mini 3 is not only the best tablets of the ones we compare here, but it's also the cheapest one.
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