Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet vs Google Nexus 9

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Sony HTC
Announced February 2013 Feb 2014 October 2014
Status Available - May 2013 Available - May 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
172 x 266 x 6.4 mm
(6.77 x 10.47 x 0.25 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 495 g (17.46 oz) 439 g (15.49 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 2100 / 800 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 1800 / 1500 / 2100 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - IPX5/IPX8 (waterproof) & IP5X (dust resistant) Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Qualcomm APQ8074+MSM8974AB Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 330 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches 8.9 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.75% 64.75% 69.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, LED Flash, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge No Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G N/A HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 6000 mAh - 6700 mAh
Stand by Up to 890 h - Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - Up to 9 h 30 min