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Sony Xperia Tablet S
64 GBGoogle Nexus 7
32 GB| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 59.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2012-06-27 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 11.99 ounces |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 275.00 | $ 110.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 1.20 MP |
| 5.94 | 0.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 2.4 | 4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4325mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| -- | 300 hours standby time |
| 1.36 | 6.24 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 7 has a global score of 59.3, which is just a bit better than Sony Xperia Tablet S's 58.9 general score. Google Nexus 7's body is thinner and extremely lighter than the Sony Xperia Tablet S, although they were released only a couple of months apart. These tablets come with Android OS (Operating System), but Google Nexus 7 has a newer 5.1 version and Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1, providing a couple additional features.
Google Nexus 7 has a much better looking display than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a really smaller screen, and they both have the same exact 800 x 1280 resolution, the Google Nexus 7 also counts with a greater pixels number in each inch of display. Xperia Tablet S has a much better memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Google Nexus 7, because it has a slot for SD memory cards that allows a maximum of 128 GB and 64 GB internal storage.
Xperia Tablet S and Google Nexus 7 count with similar processors, both of them have a 1 GB RAM memory, the same number of cores and a 416 MHz graphics processing unit. Xperia Tablet S features a much better camera than Google Nexus 7. Google Nexus 7 counts with a much better battery duration than Sony Xperia Tablet S.
The Google Nexus 7 is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also a bargain compared to the other devices.
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