Acer Iconia Tab B1-A71 vs Sony Tablet S 3G
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Acer | Sony |
| Announced | |
| January 2013 | August 2011 |
| Status | |
| Available - January 2013 | Available - September 2011 |
| Colors | |
| Black | Black |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
197.4 x 128.5 x 11.3 mm (7.77 x 5.06 x 0.44 in) |
241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm (9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in) |
| Weight | |
| 320 g (11.29 oz) | 625 g (22.05 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| N/A | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | |
| - | HSDPA 900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | |
| - | - |
| Messaging | |
| , Push Mail, EMail, IM | , EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) | Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Processor | |
| Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8317 [Similar] | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| PowerVR SGX531u [Similar] | ULP GeForce [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 512 MB [Browse Similar] | 1 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 8/16 GB | 16/32 GB storage |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | SD, up to 32 GB |
Camera
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | No |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| No | No |
| Edge | |
| No | No |
| 3G | |
| - | HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v4.0 | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB v2.0 | Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go |
| GPS | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML, Adobe Flash |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 8/16 GB, 512 MB RAM | 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | SD, up to 32 GB |
| USB OTG | |
| - | Supported |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Non-removable, Li-Po Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion battery |
| Capacity | |
| 2710 mAh | - |
| Stand by | |
| - | Up to 400 h |
| Talk Time | |
| - | - |