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| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 64.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Xiaomi |
| Android 4.4 | Android |
| 2014-09-03 | 2014-05-15 |
| 8.40 x 4.87 x 0.25 inches | 7.96 x 5.33 x 0.33 inches |
| 9.52 ounces | 12.70 ounces |
| Black and White | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 249.00 | $ 249.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 283 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset |
| Quad-Core 2500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Kepler GPU |
| 9.36 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.10 MP + 2.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 7.48 |
| 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 | 6700mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1100 hours standby time 19 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.32 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth |
| GPS | -- |
| NFC | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact has a general score of 71.3, which is better than the Xiaomi MiPad's 64.4 general score. Although the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact and Xiaomi MiPad were released only 4 months apart, the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact is noticeably thinner and a lot lighter. The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact features a bit more vivid display than Xiaomi MiPad, because although it has a little worse resolution of 1920 x 1200px and a little inferior pixel count in each inch in the display, it also counts with a bit larger display.
The Xiaomi MiPad counts with as much memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos as the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact one, both of them have an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 128 GB and exactly the same internal memory capacity. Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact counts with a little better performance than Xiaomi MiPad, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact also has a greater amount of RAM memory and an additional graphics processing unit.
The Xiaomi MiPad has a way better battery performance than Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, because it has a 49% bigger battery size. The Xiaomi MiPad has a camera that is just as good as the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact one, because although the Xiaomi MiPad has a worse (Full HD) video definition and a lesser mega-pixels camera in the back, it also counts with a bigger aperture to capture better low-light photos and video.
The Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact costs the same than the Xiaomi MiPad, making buying this tablet a simple decision.
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