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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 14 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2024-09-16 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| -- | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| $ 275.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| TFT | OLED |
| 161 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 5.94 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 is a little bit better than Xperia Tablet S, with a 61.1 score against 58.9. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 construction is noticeably newer, incredibly thinner and just a little bit lighter than Xperia Tablet S. Both of these tablets have Android operating system, but Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has 14 version and Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 version.
Sony Xperia Tablet S counts with an extremely better processing unit than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processor and 3 more cpu cores. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a much more vibrant screen than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a way better resolution of 1920 x 3000px, a much larger screen and way more pixels per screen inch.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a greater camera than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot more mega pixels back-facing camera. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a superior memory capacity for games and applications than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory capacity.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a way better battery duration than Xperia Tablet S.
Although Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than Sony Xperia Tablet S, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Sony Xperia Tablet S. So if you want that extra specs and features, you can buy Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, otherwise you can save some dollars and buy the Sony Xperia Tablet S, giving up some features and specs.
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