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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 5.94 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is way better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S, having a 72.3 score against 58.9. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a noticeably thinner and extremely lighter tablet than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Sony Xperia Tablet S counts with Android 4.1.1 OS.
The Xperia Tablet S has a really superior hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and 4 lesser cores (although faster), it also counts with an extra GPU. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a more vivid display than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a way higher resolution of 1640 x 2360px, a much better display pixels density and a larger screen.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a bit bigger memory to install applications and games than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory. Xperia Tablet S and Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) count with very similar batteries.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) takes much better photos and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot better resolution back-facing camera.
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