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| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Microsoft |
| Android 4.4 | Windows 10 |
| 2014-09-03 | 2018-08-02 |
| 8.40 x 4.87 x 0.25 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 9.52 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Black and White | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 249.00 | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 283 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| Quad-Core 2500 MHz processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 9.36 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.10 MP + 2.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Battery | -- |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1100 hours standby time 19 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.32 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| NFC | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has an overall score of 71.3, which is slightly better than Microsoft Surface Go's 66.5 overall score. The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact body is incredibly thinner and notably lighter than the Microsoft Surface Go, although it was released many years before. The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact counts with Android 4.4 OS, while Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS.
Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has a lot better display than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a little higher resolution of 1920 x 1200 and a greater pixels amount in each screen inch. The Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact features a more powerful CPU than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of faster cores and a graphics processor.
The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has a much better camera than Microsoft Surface Go, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video resolution, the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact also has a more mega pixels back-facing camera. Microsoft Surface Go counts with a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has a really longer battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
Despite of being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact is also by far the cheapest one.
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