How they compare: Sony Tablet S vs. Sony Tablet P

The challenge

Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P, previously codenamed S1 and S2, are two Android tablets from Sony Corporation. The tablets marked the entry of Sony into the packed-up tablet market. Even a bit late, Sony jumped into the market with two incredible products. The company announced the tablets in April 2011at the Sony IT Mobile Meeting and the devices hit stores in September 2011. Both Sony tablets have some peculiarities in design; the first one is made in form of a folded book and the second one is a foldable device with dual displays. Sony might have introduced the difference to make their tablets remain unique in the highly crowded market. Here we compare the two tablets from Sony to help you find the best one for grabs:

Sony tablet S vs. Sony tablet P

Comparison Attributes

Camera

Sony has developed its tablets with almost identical tech specs and features. The biggest difference remains in the display size of the devices. As far as camera is considered, we have a 5-megapixel rear camera and 0.3-megapixel front camera on both Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P. The rear camera that has 2560 х 1920 pixel resolution can capture videos at 720p. Other features include geo-tagging, touch focus, autofocus, image stabilization and face detection.

Winner: Draw

Display

It is here Sony tablets make their major difference. Sony Tablet S features a 9.4-inch TruBlack TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels at a less impressive 161 pixels-per-inch (ppi). Meanwhile, Sony Tablet P has an 11-inch display thanks to two 5.5-inch displays. The device sports a pair of TFT capacitive touchscreens with each having a resolution of 1024 x 480 pixels at 206 ppi.

One of the displays of Sony Tablet P can be used as a controller and the other one as screen. Both devices feature same rundown features like accelerometer, gyro sensors, multitouch input and others. Anyway, Sony Tablet S has a large display, but a small body, however.

Winner: Sony P Tablet

Software

Both Sony tablets run on Android 3.2 Honeycomb, the special version of Android for tablet PCs. Honeycomb makes the tablets appropriate machines for gaming and others.

Winner: Draw

Processing

Sony has implemented the same 1GHz dual core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 chipset and 1GB of RAM inside its tablets. The devices get their graphical power from ULP GeForce GPU.

Winner: Draw

Storage

The Sony tablets have 16/32GB options as built-in storage.

Winner: Draw

Connectivity

Both devices have almost identical connectivity options such as Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 3G HSDPA/HSUPA, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, DLNA and Infrared.

Winner: Draw

Price

Sony sells Tablet S for $500 for 16GB model and $600 for 32GB model. Sony Tablet P has an introductory price of $599.

Winner: Draw

Target Audience

With its Tablet S and Tablet P, Sony might be aiming at the consumers who want highly portable tablets. Both devices are specially made with innovative bodies to make them more portable. Sony Tablet P, a foldable tablet, can be carried even in your trouser’s pocket, because it is made with two 5.5-inch displays that can be folded up. But Sony Tablet S has almost the size of an Apple iPad. However, it also has some innovative design with its aerodynamic body. Indeed, Sony might have an intention to remain different on market with these differently designed tablets.

Winner: Sony Tablet P

Winner:

There is actually no winner in the above comparison. Both Sony tablets are with the same tech specs and features. The only difference is in their display size; one has a 9.4-inch display while the other has two 5.5-inch displays. But it seems that if you love a foldable tablet, which will only have a small space for watching contents if you use one screen as a controller, you can go for Tablet P. Otherwise, you have Tablet S with almost the same tech specs, but with a single 9.4-inch display.

The Verdict

It looks like that Sony has failed to make its tablets hits on market. Though launched with much fanfare, both Sony Tablet S and Tablet P have made no movements on market. It is almost like that people have not received the innovative designs of Sony tablets.