Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi vs Apple iPad Air vs Alcatel One Touch POP 8

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Apple Alcatel
Announced February 2013 October 2013 January 2014
Status Available - May 2013 Available - November 2013 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black, White Space Gray, Silver White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
7.9 mm thickness
(0.31 in thickness)
Weight 495 g (17.46 oz) 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz) 325 g (11.46 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
4G Network - LTE- all models -
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT8382
GPU Adreno 320 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Mali-400
RAM 2 GB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32/64/128 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 9.7 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.75% 71.58% -
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 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes
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 Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB storage 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No 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 not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh) -
Capacity 6000 mAh - -
Stand by Up to 890 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia) -