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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 5.0 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2014-10-15 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 15.38 ounces |
| -- | Black, Brown and White |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 275.00 | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Kepler DX1 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 1.60 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 9 is a lot better than the Xperia Tablet S, with a 74.5 score against 58.9. The Google Nexus 9 is a incredibly newer device, and it is also notably thinner and incredibly lighter than Xperia Tablet S. Both tablets in our current comparison have Android operating system, but Google Nexus 9 has a newer 5.0 version while Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1.
Google Nexus 9 features a much sharper screen than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher resolution of 2048 x 1536px and a much better count of pixels per inch in the display. The Google Nexus 9 has a greater processing power than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit and a lower number of cores (although faster), it also counts with 1 GB more RAM memory and a 64-bits CPU.
Google Nexus 9 features a much better camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both have a same resolution back facing camera. Xperia Tablet S has much more memory to store more apps and games than Google Nexus 9, because it has an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 128 GB and 64 GB internal memory capacity.
Google Nexus 9 features a much longer battery duration than Xperia Tablet S.
The Google Nexus 9 not only is the best tablets in our current comparison, but it's also cheap compared to the other tablet.
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