Sony Xperia Tablet Z first look

At CES was the most popular new tablet Sony Xperia Tablet Z, and at the MWC has secured the position of the most interesting things unannounced tablet on Android. The trend to increase the display resolution and a decrease in the thickness of the smartphone and got to their older counterparts tablets, and Sony is not without reason called his creation the thinnest tablet in the world.

Appearance

Externally Xperia Tablet Z continues the idea of ​​the design of the recently introduced smartphone Xperia Z, that is good news - the Japanese have always been famous design, and this time they managed to create a fresh and original way. The common ground is the principle Omnibalance - the idea of ​​symmetry. No matter how you look at the device - will look the same. Along the perimeter of the body as it passes on its faces a "skeleton" made of plastic reinforced with carbon fiber. The front side of the plate tempered glass cover, in white and marked a small frame around the front of which is slightly soften the blow if the equipment falls face down. The back of the cover is pleasant to the touch softtach-plastic. Tablet weight of 495 g (without LTE version is easier to 5g), and thickness - 6.9 mm. Such a device because of mere size of a pleasure to use - thin and light with all the same familiar screen sizes. Will not go away and loved by the Japanese defense device - standard IP55 \ 57, the tablet is guaranteed to spend 30 minutes under water at a shallow depth, though, probably even more, but the experiment is not worth it. Application scenarios protection from moisture tablet quite a lot - on the beach or in the kitchen, the main thing - to get used to them.

 Water is also in itself quite quickly runs off the plate, so you can quickly wipe it and re-use.


On the left side we have the audio output of 3.5 mm, a power button, volume rocker, contacts for a docking station, and one of the four speakers. The upper bound of the tablet is occupied only an infrared port that turns the tablet into a TV remote control. On the right side there is only one speaker. On the bottom is MHL-entry, and next to it - a latch that the plug MHL-port not hanging permanently, and MicroSD slot.

The display also succumbed to the fashion trends - to allow as many as 1920 × 1200 pixels, which provides high-definition images using TFT-matrix and there is no air gap between the sensor and the screen. The screen is generally quite good, although the picture seemed a bit lackluster. A more detailed description will be in the full review.

Quad-core processor Qualcomm APQ8064 + MDM9215M 1.5 GHz, Adreno 320 graphics processor and 2GB of RAM, along with Android 4.1, provide a smooth and comfortable operation with the tablet. The only point where the tablet is a bit slow - that's when the first set of symbols on the keyboard, but I think this can be attributed to the firmware is not yet final. Battery Capacity - 6000mAh, which is 1,000 more than Xperia Tablet S.

Xperia Tablet Z and boasts some of the "chips" on the part of the software. It should just mention that the story will focus on the concepts, some ideas can mutate to the final version of the firmware. First, added the ability to unlock the screen by double tapping a finger on him. By itself, the feature is not new, but very comfortable. Second, on top of the status bar you can now put a few program shortcuts for quick access to them from other applications. In the bottom panel, you can add multiple labels widgets - small windows, getting out on top of other applications such as a calculator, notes, and even a browser. Third - have the option of duplicating the screen Wi-Fi. Infrared allows you to manage a huge number of different TVs, and has several themes.
It is worth to mention the version of the device on the market. For the version with LTE-bond only available 16GB model, and for Wi-Fi - 16 and 32GB. In the 32GB model available to the user about 26Gb to your personal needs.
The results

As a result, we have one of the most beautiful Android-plates filled with powerful and interesting features. My personal opinion - in this model combines everything you need in order to be called a modern tablet, it just wants to pick up and use, carry around.