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Apple iPad Wi-Fi

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Apple iPad Wi-Fi

Apple iPad Wi-Fi

Sony Xperia ion HSPA

Sony Xperia ion HSPA

Apple iPad Wi-Fi

Sony Xperia ion HSPA

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100
HSDPA speed

-

HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2010-3

2012-4
Status

2012-6

Design
SIM

No

Micro-SIM
Height

242.8 mm

133 mm
Width

189.7 mm

68 mm
Thickness

13.4 mm

10.8 mm
Weight

680 g

144 g
Colors

Silver

Black, Red

Display
Display type

LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen

LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

9.7 inches

4.55 inches
Resolution

768 x 1024 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

132 ppi

323 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216

Hardware
CPU

1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8

1.5 GHz Dual-core
Chipset

Apple A4

Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon
GPU

PowerVR SGX535

Adreno 220
Memory RAM

256 MB

1 GB
Internal storage

16, 32, 64 GB

13.2 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

-

32 GB

OS
OS

iOS 4

Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

N/A

Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

No

-
Radio FM

-

Stereo FM radio with RDS

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

-
WLAN WiFi Upnp

-

Yes
USB

2.0

microUSB 2.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v2.1

v2.1
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

Yes
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging iMessage

iMessage

-
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Email
Java

No

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Browser
HTML

HTML (Safari)

HTML5
Adobe Flash

-

Yes

Battery
Battery type

Li-Po

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

6600 mAh

1900 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Talk time

-

-
Talk time 2G

-

10 h
Talk time 3G

-

4 h
Standby time

-

-
Standby time 2G

-

400 h
Standby time 3G

-

350 h

Main camera
Main camera

12 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

4000 x 3000 pixels
Primary camera video

-

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

1.3 MP
Selfie camera video

-

720p@30fps

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