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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2020-09-18 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.94 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad 10.2 (2020) is a bit better than Xperia Tablet S, getting a 62.2 score against 58.9. The iPad 10.2 (2020) body is notably newer, somewhat lighter and much thinner than the Xperia Tablet S. The iPad 10.2 (2020) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Xperia Tablet S comes with Android 4.1.1 OS. Xperia Tablet S has a very superior CPU than iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra GPU.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) features a sharper screen than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot higher pixels density, a way better 1620 x 2160px resolution and a quite bigger display. The Sony Xperia Tablet S has a much better memory for games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 64 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) features a greater camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S. They have the same resolution back-facing camera. The Sony Xperia Tablet S and the iPad 10.2 (2020) count with very similar batteries.
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