Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | -- |
| 20.64 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | -- |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 9-core 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 |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a general score of 70.4, which is much better than Xperia Tablet S's global score of 58.9. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a much newer and noticeably thinner device than the Xperia Tablet S, although it's also just a little heavier. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system, and Xperia Tablet S works with Android 4.1.1 operating system.
Sony Xperia Tablet S has a much powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has an inferior number of cores (although they are faster) and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processor. Xperia Tablet S has a much better screen than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much better camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a much more megapixels back-facing camera. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features slightly more memory capacity to store more games and applications than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior battery lifetime than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
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