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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | -- |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | -- |
| 20.64 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| TFT | -- |
| 161 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 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 | Yes GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 5.94 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 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 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has an overall score of 60.6, which is just a bit better than the Xperia Tablet S's general score of 58.9. The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, while Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 OS. IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s construction is a lot lighter and notably thinner than the Xperia Tablet S.
Xperia Tablet S features a little bit better screen than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a much lower pixel density, a lot smaller display and a way lower resolution of 800 x 1280. The Xperia Tablet S counts with a very superior memory capacity for applications and games than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory, the Xperia Tablet S also has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 128 GB.
Xperia Tablet S counts with a much faster processor than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has 7 GB lesser RAM and lesser processing cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor. The Xperia Tablet S and the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) both feature very similar batteries.
The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features a way better camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera with lot more MP.
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