Google Nexus 9 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Features, Specs, Display, Hardware and Latest News: A Comprehensive Review and Comparison

By Aishwarya Oct 30, 2014 09:32 AM EDT

Google Nexus 9 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Features, Specs, Display, Hardware and Latest News: A Comprehensive Review and Comparison

Tablet market platforms are heated up once again as the release plotlines include big brands like HTC, Sony, Samsung, and Apple to offer. The latest HTC Nexus 9 might find acl ose competitor in Sony Xperia Z3 Compact tablet in early November. Both the tablets are the ultimate solutions for one's tablet oriented needs but the winner is very tough to find as they come with the best the company has to offer. Let's have a quick comparison of the tablets.

The HTC Nexus 9 comes with 8.9-inch display frame that is adorned with 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution. On the other hand, the astounding pixel density is merged with 281 ppi. Display type includes the IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen that is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The other rival Sony considers the screen size with 8.0-inch that comes with 1200 x 1920 pixels resolution and 283 pixels per inch pixel density. Display type is reinforced with TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen and is reinforced by the X-Reality Engine to enhance the quality of the color even further. iPhone 6-based oleo phobic coating protection is provided with shatterproof glass.

When it comes to the camera department, there is also a close competition between the two brands, where Sony gets the crown with 8.1MP rear camera sensor and 2.2MP front camera. HTC Nexus 9 unfolds with 8MP rear camera sensor and just trails to Sony with the front camera consisting of 1.6MP sensor.

Hardware segment is very powerful for the Nexus 9 and the Xperia Z3, where HTC Nexus 9 powers with NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset supported by Dual-Core 2.3GHz Denver processor and lastly the Kepler DX1 GPU. Meanwhile Sony wins the race of hardware components with highly powered and faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset. The processor clock speed beats the HTC Nexus 9 with 2.5GHz Quad-Core Krait 400 processor and Adreno 330 GPU system. The RAM slot is more powerful for Z3 Compact Tablet with 3GB of RAM whereas HTC Nexus 9 is backed with 2GB of RAM.

The HTC nexus 9 memory segment doesn't have the external storage facility where Sony has the provision for expandable 128GB microSD card slot with 16GB internal storage. However, Nexus 9 is provided with 16/32 GB internal storage variants. HTC Nexus 9 is expected to carry the Android 5.0(Lollypop) whereas Sony might unbox with 4.4.2 KitKat.