Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs HP Slate8 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony HP
Announced October 2012 February 2013 December 2013
Status Available - November 2012 Available - May 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black/Slate, White/Silver Black, White Black/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
220 x 141.5 x 9.9 mm
(8.66 x 5.57 x 0.39 in)
Weight 308 g (10.86 oz) 495 g (17.46 oz) 453.6 g (15.98.0.21 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A N/A
3G Network N/A N/A N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 S
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 320 ULP GeForce
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 10.1 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1200 x 1600 pixels (250 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 64.75% 63.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus,
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No N/A No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited N/A
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 16.3 Wh 6000 mAh 5680 mAh
Stand by - Up to 890 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h 30 min (multimedia)