Sony Xperia Tablet S 3G vs Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony	Apple
Announced
August 2012	January 2010
Status
Available - October 2012	Available - March 2010. Discontinued - March 2011
Colors
Black/Silver	Silver
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
239.8 x 174.4 x 8.8 mm (9.44 x 6.87 x 0.35 in)	242.8 x 189.7 x 13.4 mm (9.56 x 7.47 x 0.53 in)
Weight
585 g (20.64 oz)	730 g (25.75 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
, EMail, IM	, Push Mail, EMail, IM

OS
Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)	iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5.1
Processor
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar]	1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar]	PowerVR SGX535 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar]	256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage	16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
SD, up to 32 GB	No

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen	LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
9.4 inches [Similar]	9.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar]	768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.94%	63.22%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]	-
Flash
No	No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection	-
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps	-
Front Camera
Yes, 1 MP, 720p video [Similar]	-

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA	HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, v2.0	Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML	HTML (Safari)