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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | -- |
| 2012-08-29 | 2019-03-18 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 16.37 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | $ 779.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2224 x 1668 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.46 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.04 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| 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 (2019) is a lot better than Sony Xperia Tablet S, with an 85.9 score against 58.9. The iPad Air (2019) body is much newer, a lot lighter and a lot thinner than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. IPad Air (2019) has a sharper display than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot higher 1668 x 2224 resolution, a little larger display and way more pixels per display inch.
IPad Air (2019) has a way bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage. IPad Air (2019) has a very superior processing unit than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit, a higher amount of RAM memory and a larger number of cores.
IPad Air (2019) features a really longer battery lifetime than Xperia Tablet S. The Apple iPad Air (2019) has a greater camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both have the same resolution camera in the back.
IPad Air (2019) is a lot more expensive than Xperia Tablet S, but you can get a much better tablet for that few extra dollars.
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