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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 | 0000-00-00 |
| 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
The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) is much better than Xperia Tablet S, with a 71.3 score against 58.9. The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) is a much thinner but just a little heavier tablet than Xperia Tablet S. The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Xperia Tablet S counts with Android 4.1.1 OS.
The Xperia Tablet S features a much more powerful CPU than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a lower number of cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics co-processor. The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a slightly better screen than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot more pixels per screen inch, a much higher resolution of 2048 x 2732px and a lot larger display.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a greater camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera in the back with a way higher 12 MP resolution. IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a bit bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with more internal storage.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has a battery lifetime that's just as good as Sony Xperia Tablet S's battery duration.
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