Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Huawei MediaPad X2

general General Info
Manufacturer Sony Apple Huawei
Announced September 2014 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - May 2015
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,400 ($269.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Space Gray, Silver, Gold Moonlight silver, Amber gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in) 		240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in) 		183.5 x 103.9 x 7.3 mm
(7.22 x 4.09 x 0.29 in)
Weight 270 g (9.52 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO 		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503 LTE LTE 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) - GEM-703L
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features IP68 Certified - Dust Tight and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS
OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53, Hisilicon Kirin 930
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Mali-T628 MP4
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display
Type TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 9.7 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.37% 71.58% 74.73%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

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

camera Camera
Rear Camera 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate
GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory
Internal 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 2 GB RAM/ 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors
Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery
Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4500 mAh 8600 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)		 - Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)		 Up to 10 h (multimedia) -

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