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Sony Xperia Tablet S
64 GBAmazon Kindle Fire HDX 7
64 GB| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 60.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Amazon |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 4.2.2 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2013-09-25 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 7.32 x 5.04 x 0.35 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 10.97 ounces |
| -- | Black |
| $ 275.00 | $ 100.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| TFT | LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 323 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8074 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2260 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | -- |
| 5.94 | 0 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS |
| 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 is just a bit better than Xperia Tablet S, getting a 60.8 score against 58.9. Both of these tablets have Android OS (Operating System), but Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 has the newer 4.2.2 version and Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 version, giving some additional features and some performance improvements. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a newer tablet, and it is also extremely thinner and lighter than the Xperia Tablet S.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 has a little better performance than Sony Xperia Tablet S, and although they both have a Quad-Core processing unit, the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 also has a much better GPU working at 450 megahertz and 1 GB more RAM. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 features an incredibly better display than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a lot smaller display, it also counts with a lot greater number of pixels per inch of display and a way better resolution of 1200 x 1920.
Xperia Tablet S captures way better photos and videos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7. Sony Xperia Tablet S has a much greater memory for games and applications than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Sony Xperia Tablet S also has a slot for SD memory cards that holds up to 128 GB.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 and Xperia Tablet S both feature incredibly similar batteries performance.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 is not only the best tablets in our current comparison, but it's also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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