One of the aspects that many manufacturers work, generation after generation, is how to make their devices thinner and lighter. Both to Apple , the Sony They seem especially obsessed with this question, and their latest tablets are true examples of a compact design. Today we bring you a comparison between the Tablet Xperia Z and iPad Air.
Until the Tablet Xperia Z hit the market, the iPad had the reputation of having the most powerful finish, but the Sony device sowed reasonable doubt. Apple, one of the world's greatest powers when it comes to taking care of the design of its products, has tried to take revenge with the iPad Air. The result is a duel between two marvelous tablets in the aesthetic section.
Exterior appearance
Obviously, it is impossible to win one of the two tablets, since they would inevitably intervene tastes and affinities personal at trial. We are going to refer to the data and the advantages of each of the teams.
El iPad Air continues to use aluminum as a material for its construction, while Xperia Z It uses a kind of soft-touch plastic. The first is more "noble”, Although the second is lighter. Sony also offers resistance to water and dust on your tablet, just like the entire Z range.
Finally, the iPad is a device designed to be used in portrait position, while the Tablet Z, as a good 10-inch Android device, offers a more elongated shape and the landscape position consequently, it is more natural.
Size
El iPad Air It has the following dimensions: 24 cm x 16,9 cm x 7,5 mm; and weighs 469 grams in its WiFi version. The Xperia measures 26,6cm x 17,2cm x 6,9mm and weighs 495 grams.
The thing, as we see, is very close. The Apple tablet has a somewhat smaller screen and the frames are also lower, so its surface is smaller and achieves a weight below that of his rival. The Sony team, on the other hand, continues to offer the less thickness market.
Screen
Both tablets reach the Full HD standard, however, the iPad Air has more pixels, 2048 × 1536, and a higher density of dots (264 dpi) when also mounting a somewhat smaller screen (9,7 inches by 10,1 of the Z). The Xperia Tablet Z, meanwhile, has a resolution of 1920 × 1200 and reaches a density of 224 dpi.
Sony uses its Bravia technology on the tablet and the only problem we can mention is its viewing angles a little shorter than usual. Apple maintains the retina display of other generations whose excellent fame precedes him.
Unlimited
Processor A7 It has shown in different benchmarks (with the reference of the iPhone 5S) to be at the level of the best Android devices. Probably the hardware of the iPad Air, as usual in Apple, it is not so advanced, but the fact of working with iOS, a system optimized by and for the apple and its devices, gives Apple a key advantage.
La Xperia ZIt is well equipped, although its processor has some time. It's a Snapdragon S4 Pro, with a frequency of 1,5GHz. It also has 2GB of RAM. The RAM in the iPad Air is not confirmed by Apple, but we suspect it to be 1GB.
Autonomy
In this area, we can only recognize the superiority of Apple for several generations. This year, in addition, the architecture of 64 bits, and its greater energy efficiency, allows them to reduce the battery and maintain 10 hours of autonomy (estimated).
La Tablet Z It has its own good functions to reduce consumption, especially in sleep mode, but the fact of having implemented such a fine design penalizes the load and its battery only supports 6.000 mAh, that is, about 6-8 hours of estimated consumption.
Storage capacity
Both tablets have more than one variant in this regard. The iPad Air offers 4 different models, of 16, 32, 64 and 128 gigabytes. The Xperia Z Tablet does not have as much variety, only 16 and 32GBHowever, it does have a slot for memory cards. external memory so we can expand its capacity up to 64GB. Of course, as Apple is used to, its latest tablet does not provide the ability to mount Micro SD cards.
Price and final considerations
In terms of prices, both tablets are quite balanced and depend largely on whether we choose (or can afford) a variant only Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + 4G. Either way the initial price on the Sony device, at the moment, is around 415 Euros, while Apple's will go on sale next November 1 from 479 Euros.
As we said at the beginning, we cannot clearly opt for one of the two teams. The preference for one or the other will be marked by the platform with which you prefer to work and for other somewhat subjective issues. In favor of Apple we will say that its iPad Air is a more up-to-date product, which now also offers its office suite for free. In favor of the Tablet Xperia Z We cannot but emphasize once again its great resistance.