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| Global Score | |
| 58.9 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 4.1.1, 4.0.3 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2012-08-29 | 2017-03-24 |
| 9.44 x 6.87 x 0.47 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.64 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| -- | Black and Silver |
| -- | Glass |
| $ 275.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 161 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC, SDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| 2.4 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S3 is much better than the Sony Xperia Tablet S, getting a 75.2 score against 58.9. The Galaxy Tab S3 is a incredibly newer device, and it is also notably thinner and much lighter than the Sony Xperia Tablet S. These devices have Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Tab S3 has 9.0 Pie version while Sony Xperia Tablet S has Android 4.1.1, providing the user a lot of extra features.
Galaxy Tab S3 has a bit better performance than Sony Xperia Tablet S, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, and they both have the same number of cores, the Galaxy Tab S3 also counts with 3 GB more RAM. The Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a bit better display than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a way higher pixel amount per inch of display, a way better resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels and a little bigger screen.
Xperia Tablet S features a bigger memory for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 128 GB against 256 GB, it also counts with more internal memory. The Galaxy Tab S3 has a much better battery duration than Xperia Tablet S.
Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a way better camera than Xperia Tablet S, because it has a lot more mega pixels back-facing camera.
The Galaxy Tab S3 is not only the best tablets of the ones we compare here, but it's also cheaper than the other tablet, making it easy to pick between these tablets.
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