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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 61 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-08-29 | -- |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | -- |
| 20.64 ounces | -- |
| -- | 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 A16 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 | |
| -- | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| 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
IPad mini (7th Gen) has a global score of 61, which is a little bit better than Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 general score. IPad mini (7th Gen)'s body is noticeably thinner and much lighter than the Xperia Tablet S. IPad mini (7th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x OS, and Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 OS. Xperia Tablet S counts with a very superior CPU than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit.
IPad mini (7th Gen) has a brighter display than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a way higher 1488 x 2266 pixels resolution and a lot more pixels per display inch. The Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) features a very superior camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot more mega-pixels back-facing camera.
The Sony Xperia Tablet S has a much bigger storage capacity for apps and games than iPad mini (7th Gen), and although they both have equal 64 GB internal storage, the Sony Xperia Tablet S also has an external memory slot that supports a maximum of 128 GB. The iPad mini (7th Gen)'s battery duration is very similar to Xperia Tablet S's battery lifetime.
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