Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2022-03-18 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| TFT | -- |
| 161 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.99 |
| 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 | 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 |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| 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 Apple iPad Air (2022) is a lot better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S, getting a overall score of 81.4 against 58.9. The Apple iPad Air (2022) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 operating system. Apple iPad Air (2022)'s design is much newer, incredibly thinner and notably lighter than the Sony Xperia Tablet S.
The iPad Air (2022) has a better performing CPU than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with a higher number of cores (and they are faster) and 7 GB more RAM. Apple iPad Air (2022) counts with a sharper screen than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot higher 1640 x 2360px resolution, a much higher display pixel density and a bigger display.
The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a very superior camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a way better resolution camera. The Sony Xperia Tablet S features a very superior storage capacity to store more apps and games than iPad Air (2022), 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 holds up to 128 GB.
The iPad Air (2022)'s battery life is just as good as the Sony Xperia Tablet S one.
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