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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 79 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 10 |
| 2012-08-29 | 2020-09-28 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 15.03 ounces |
| -- | Black |
| -- | Plastic |
| $ 275.00 | $ 490.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 8 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 283 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Samsung Exynos 9810 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Exynos M3 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2700 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP18 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.45 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5050mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 is way better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S, with a score of 79 against 58.9. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 is a much newer tablet device, and it is also noticeably lighter and thinner than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. Both of these tablets work with Android OS, but Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has older 10 version and Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1 version.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a more vivid display than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a lot better 1200 x 1920 resolution and much more pixels per inch of screen. The Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a very superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xperia Tablet S, and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Tab Active 3 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 1 TB.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 counts with a quite better hardware performance than Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a greater number of cores (and they are faster) and more RAM memory. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a much longer battery life than Xperia Tablet S.
Galaxy Tab Active 3 counts with a much better camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a camera in the back with a much higher resolution.
Galaxy Tab Active 3 costs a lot more than the Xperia Tablet S, but you can get a much better tablet for that extra dollars.
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