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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | 2021-09-24 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| -- | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 275.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | -- |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.46 | 5.85 |
| 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 |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 5.94 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) is much better than the Xperia Tablet S, with a score of 65 against 58.9. Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) is a way newer portable tablet, and it is also a lot lighter and notably thinner than Xperia Tablet S. The Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Xperia Tablet S comes with Android 4.1.1 operating system.
Sony Xperia Tablet S features a much better performing processor than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor. The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a more vivid display than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot more pixels per inch in the screen and a much better 1488 x 2266 pixels resolution.
IPad mini (6th Gen) features a very superior camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a much higher 12 megapixels resolution camera in the back. Xperia Tablet S features a much better storage capacity to store more apps and games than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Xperia Tablet S also has a slot for an SD memory card that supports up to 128 GB.
IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a superior battery life than Xperia Tablet S.
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