The Battle of the Tablets

With the launch of Apple’s new iPad, Microsoft’s first ever Surface Pro and Surface RT and the upcoming release of Google’s Nexus line of products, we thought we use this week’s cool apps do some comparative analysis of the three tablets courtesy of wired.com.

	Google Nexus 10	Apple iPad (4th gen)	Microsoft Surface RT
Price and Storage	$400 16GB $500 32GB	$500 16GB $600 32GB $700 64GB	$500 32GB $600 32GB w/touch cover $700 64GB w/touch cover
Availability	Nov. 13	Now	Now
Operating System	Android 4.2 Jelly Bean	iOS 6	Windows 8 RT
Dimensions and Weight	10.4″ x 6.9″ x 0.35″ 1.33 lbs	9.5″ x 7.31″ x 0.37″ 1.44 lbs	10.81″ x 6.77″ x 0.37″ 1.5 lbs
Screen Size	10.06 inches	9.7 inches	10.6 inches
Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600 pixel 300 ppi	2048 x 1536 pixel 264 ppi	1366 x 768 pixel 148 ppi
Speakers	Dual, Stereo	Single, Mono	Dual, Stereo
Average Battery Life	10 hours	10 hours	10 hours
Processor	1.7 Ghz Samsung Exynos dual core	1.5 Ghz A6X dual core	1.5 Ghz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core
RAM	2GB	1GB	2GB
Expandable Storage	None	None	MicroSDXC card slot
Cameras	Back: 5MP photo/1080p video, with LED flash Front: 1.9MP photo/720p video	Back: 5MP photo/1080p video Front: 1.2MP photo/720p video	Microsoft hasn’t yet said what the photo resolution of the Surface’s cameras are, but both shoot 720p video
NFC (Near field communication)	Yes (front and back)	No	No

By John Thompson,Intero Real Estate Services, Inc.

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