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| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 4.4 | Android 5.0 |
| 2014-09-03 | 2014-10-15 |
| 8.40 x 4.87 x 0.25 inches | 8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches |
| 9.52 ounces | 15.38 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Brown and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 249.00 | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset |
| Quad-Core 2500 MHz processor | 64-bit Denver (Dual-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Kepler DX1 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.10 MP + 2.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.60 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | SIM |
| 7 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Battery | 6700mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1100 hours standby time 19 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.32 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 9 is a bit better than Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, having a 74.5 score against 71.3. The Google Nexus 9 is better than the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, we must highlight that it is also a noticeably heavier and thicker portable tablet. These tablets include Android OS (Operating System), but Google Nexus 9 has a more recent 5.0 version while Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has Android 4.4, so it offers some additional features and a performance increase.
Google Nexus 9 features a little sharper display than Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, because it has a quite larger screen, a slightly higher 2048 x 1536 resolution and a just a bit greater number of pixels per inch of screen. The Google Nexus 9 features a processing unit that's just as good as the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact one, because although the Google Nexus 9 has doesn't have a GPU, a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores, it also counts with a 64-bits CPU.
The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact counts with more storage capacity for games and applications than Google Nexus 9, because although it has 0 less internal storage capacity, it also counts with a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 128 GB. The Google Nexus 9 features a superior battery lifetime than Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, because it has a 49 percent greater battery size.
Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact takes a little bit better photographs and videos than Google Nexus 9, and although they both have the same camera aperture, the same video quality and the same video frame rates, the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact also has a higher 8.1 mega-pixels resolution camera.
Google Nexus 9 and the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact cost the same.
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