Review of Sony Xperia Tablet Z: intensify

The Z of Xperia Tablet Gets a prominent place in a long list of iconic designs by Sony. Easily one of best looking tablets around, Z inherits design slim, waterproof from his counterpart from smartphone, which WINS extra points with the crowd of lovers in the open air.

Official images of Sony Xperia Tablet Z

The angular design of OmniBalance is the most impressive given Sony has been able to shave down to the mere 6.9 mm thickness Doesn't matter much in actual use - this is not a gadget to place on a Pocket, slim or not, but we've been programmed to believe that "slim = cool" and the Z of the Tablet is ready to take advantage. On a more practical point of view, the Tablet weighs less than 500g, at least 100g less than its direct competitors.

Folded previous Sony Tablet magazine design may be gone, but playing spirit media are not - Z of Xperia Tablet has an IR Blaster to control domestic equipment, along with a personalized music player from Sony (Walkman) and a video player with solid credentials DLNA.

Here are the others (UPS and downs) in the Sony Xperia Tablet z spec sheet

thin tablet from 6.9 mm certified IP57, dust and waterproof (up to 1m for 30 minutes) 10.1 "16M - color TFT capacitive touch in WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200 pixels);" Sony BRAVIA Mobile Engine 2 1.5 GHz quad core Krait CPU Adreno 320, 2GB RAM, Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 chipsetAndroid 4.1.2 jelly BeanOptional quad-band GPRS/EDGE, tri-band 3G connectivity, HSPA (HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps), penta-band 4 G LTE (100Mbps down, above 50Mbps) memorymicroSD 16 GB built-in card slot8 MP autofocus camera2.2MP front camera1080p HD video recording at 30 fps with Dual audio estereo-banda Wi-Fi a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi 802.11 hotspotStereo Bluetooth v4.0MHL microUSB 2.0 standard 3.5 mm audio jackInfrared portGPS with A-GPS support; "digital compass1080p supportAccelerometer SD XviD/DivX and MKV video, gyroscope and magnetometer6, 000mAh Li-Po batteryRuns a more versionScreen Android has output visibilityAudio to outdoor poor quality is not on par with other tablets on the marketUses a previous-generation chipset, slightly slower than the current best6, 000mAh battery is not very big for a Tablet 10.1"

The 10.1 screen WUXGA resolution "with 224ppi is much better than having Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Note (149ppi) and very close to the screen of the iPad 4 (264ppi)." Chipset and operating system Android version are a bit behind the times, but it is not an ultimatum in our books.

We have to mention the water resistance, of course, that have very few tablets. Forerunner of the Tablet, the IPX-4 certificate Tablet S, Z was the only splash-proof. On the other hand a Tablet IP57 as the Z of the tablet can withstand water jets and dive even.

Sony Xperia Tablet Z in our Office

Sony has delivered a premium package with the Xperia Tablet Z, at least on paper. Let's drill down into the details of the hardware to see if claims rise.