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Sony Xperia Tablet S
64 GBApple iPad Air 2
64 GB| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 77.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iOS 8.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2014-10-16 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 275.00 | $ 275.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.82 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.94 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 2 is way better than the Xperia Tablet S, having a 77.1 score against 58.9. IPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x OS, while Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 OS. IPad Air 2 is a incredibly newer portable tablet, and it is also much thinner and incredibly lighter than the Xperia Tablet S. The iPad Air 2 has a little better performance than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit and a lower number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with a greater amount of RAM memory and a 64-bits CPU.
Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a way better display than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot higher resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, a much better pixel count per inch of screen and a bit larger screen. Sony Xperia Tablet S counts with a way bigger memory for games and applications than iPad Air 2, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Sony Xperia Tablet S also has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports up to 128 GB.
Apple iPad Air 2 features a really longer battery lifetime than Xperia Tablet S. The iPad Air 2 shoots way better photographs and videos than Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both of them have a same resolution back facing camera.
Apple iPad Air 2 and the Sony Xperia Tablet S cost the same, making this tablet an easy choice.
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