Meet the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet, the world’s thinnest and lightest 10” tablet

MWC 2015 also saw Sony unveil its new Xperia Z4 Tablet, a slim and sleek 10.1-inch Android tablet with 2K display and a long battery life. The new tablet is 6.1 mm thin and it is also the lightest, weighing only 389 grams.  The Xperia Z4 Tablet is the successor to the Xperia Z2 Tablet.

Let’s have a quick look at the specifications:

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  Display: 10.1-inch (2560 x 1600p)


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  Processor: 2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa-core


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  Camera: 8.1MP primary camera, 5.1MP front-facing camera


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  Battery: 6000 mAh, up to 17 hours of video playback


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  OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop


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  Colors: White and Black

Have a look at the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet video here:

 

 

Please scroll down for official images.

And now the detailed info about the specs:

Design and display

The Xperia Z4 Tablet features a 10.1-inch display with a high 2K resolution offering the user a great viewing experience anywhere, even in direct sunlight. The beautiful Sony craftsmanship is evident in the design of this light and easily portable tablet. The slate is just 6.1mm thin and weighs 389 grams with WI-Fi and 393 grams with Wi-Fi and LTE. The tablet has overall dimensions of 167 x 254 x 6.1 mm and is made from mineral glass and has high quality stainless steel metal corners.

The tablet is water and dust resistant with IP65/68 certification making it durable for daily use. No need to worry when caught up in rain or beside the pool. It has a cap-less USB connector for quick and convenient charging.

Processor, other hardware and performance

Sony’s Xperia Z4 Tablet carries the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core chipset and Adreno 430 GPU that offers a faster browsing experience and also gives a great graphics experience due to its 2K display. The 64-bit processor enhances the performance and enables it to take full advantage of all the Android Lollipop features.

In addition, the slate boasts of a 3GB RAM, 32GB of flash memory and a microSD card slot for expansion up to 128GB offering ample storage space.

The new tablet is equipped with a 6000 mAh battery that offers video playback of up to 17 hours on a single charge. Its STAMINA mode extends the battery life by switching off some background functions when not in use.

There are powerful front stereo speakers with surround sound effect. It also senses what type of headphones you are using and adjusts the settings automatically to give the best sound. High-Res Audio, DSEE HX processing and digital noise cancelling in the tablet help to provide an optimum audio experience to the user. The tablet also has Sony’s new LDAC codec that is thrice more efficient than Bluetooth in transferring data.

Camera

The Xperia Z4 Tablet sports an 8MP primary camera with 8x digital zoom, Superior Auto Mode and other Sony technologies to give great pictures in any lighting conditions. Up front is a 5.1MP snapper to take selfies and for video calls.

Price and release date

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet is available in two variants – one with Wi-Fi only and the other with Wi-Fi plus 4G LTE. The tablet will be launched globally in June 2015. However, there is no word from Sony about its pricing yet, but if we are to make a rough guess, it would be somewhere around $500.

Have a look at the official images:

 

 

Source Sony, Sony Blog

Meet the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet, the world’s thinnest and lightest 10” tablet

Rumors on Sony Xperia Z4, Z4 Tablet, Z4 Compact and Z4 Ultra

Sony is looking into launching a few flagship phones and tablets next year. Among them are Sony Xperia Z4, Z4 Tablet, Z4 Compact and also Z4 Ultra. The next Xperia tablet is planned to arrive around the same time as Xperia Z4 smartphone.

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet

The new tablet will be equipped with a 10.1-inch Quad HD display and a 3840 x 2160 panel which is still under testing. However, the final version is more likely to ship with Quad-HD resolution than 4K. The design will be similar to Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact but it will be much thinner bezels than previous Sony 10-inch tablets. It will come with a twin stereo speakers as found in the Z3 Tablet Compact making it one of the most compact and light 10-inch Android tablets in the market by the time it launches. The device will run on a Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core chipset, 4GB RAM and 32 GB internal memory with rear camera of 13MP or higher resolution sensor while the front camera will be an 8MP unit.

Sony Xperia Z4

The smartphone will come with Qi-wireless charging support which is a magnetic charging port that Sony has been using since the original Xperia Z came out in early 2013. Xperia Z4 will not have any flaps for the microUSB port like the one exists in the previous Xperia Z models. Thus this will eliminate issue whereby the flaps will become loose and in the end comprising the water resistance of the device. Z4 will still be water resistant with the same IP68 certification as Z3.

Sony Xperia Z4 Compact and Xperia Z4 Ultra

The Xperia Z4 Compact will still come with the same 4.6” display size but of higher resolution of 1920 x 1080 panels and upgraded internal component. We do not have any further details on Xperia Z4 Ultra except the fact tha it will have the same 6.4” display size as the original Xperia Z Ultra with Quad-HD or 4K resolution.

Rumors on Sony Xperia Z4, Z4 Tablet, Z4 Compact and Z4 Ultra