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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2024-05-07 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| TFT | -- |
| 161 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.8 |
| 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
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is way better than the Xperia Tablet S, getting a 71.3 score against 58.9. Although Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is just a bit heavier than the Xperia Tablet S, it's much thinner and also extremely newer. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Xperia Tablet S counts with Android 4.1.1 operating system.
IPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with a slightly better looking display than Xperia Tablet S, because it has much more pixels per inch in the screen, a much higher resolution of 2048 x 2732px and a really bigger screen. The Xperia Tablet S features a much better hardware performance than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has 7 GB lesser RAM memory and an inferior number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with an extra GPU.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) shoots much clearer photos and videos than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera in the back with a much better 12 mega-pixels resolution. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) features slightly more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) and Xperia Tablet S count with quite similar batteries performance.
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