Sony debuts 10-inch Xperia Z tablet

The Xperia Tablet Z sports a 10.1-inch screen with full-HD (1920 x 1200) display. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and packs in a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. The tablet comes with 2GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded further by a microSD card.

At 6.9mm, the Sony Xperia Tablet Z is currently the slimmest tablet around and weighs 495 grams. Sony also claims that this tablet is waterproof and rustproof and has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 6,000mAh battery. For connectivity, the Xperia Tablet Z supports NFC and LTE. It will be available in black and white colour options.

Sony had launched its Xperia S tablet in 2012, which too was a waterproof. However, the company had to stop sales of this device in early October after discovering a defect in it.

The Sony Xperia Tablet S is a 9.4-inch tablet that runs on NVIDIA's Tegra 3 quad-core processor and was available in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions. There is an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1-megapixel front camera and the tablet runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The company resumed selling this tablet from mid-November but is it yet to be made available in India.

Sony Xperia Z tablet specifications

• 10.1-inch full-HD display
• 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro
• 2GB RAM
• 32GB internal storage
• 8-megapixel rear camera
• NFC and LTE support
• 6,000mAH
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• 495 grams