A great tablet that still struggles to have a standout selling point
- Great power
- Lovely screen
- Not a lot of tangible improvements
- Likely to be pricey
The fact is the Tablet Z (seriously Sony, why did you have to change the order of the name? I understand it's more in keeping with the Xperia family, but now I keep having to go back and re-order it every time I mention it) was a great device and one that it would have been hard pressed to improve quickly.
We're a year on and the sequel is upon us: the Xperia Z2 Tablet is a strong device featuring the best that Sony has to offer.
The Live Colour screen, the improved speakers, the uprated Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU and the same whopping 3GB of RAM that the Xperia Z2 smartphone is packing.
There are covers over the microUSB and microSD slots, with the former a little annoying if you're regularly charging the Z2 Tablet, but at least they are easy to remove.
The 6.4mm thickness is also class-leading... but, like the heft of thing, it's hard to feel that things have moved on much.
- Great power
- Lovely screen
- Not a lot of tangible improvements
- Likely to be pricey
The fact is the Tablet Z (seriously Sony, why did you have to change the order of the name? I understand it's more in keeping with the Xperia family, but now I keep having to go back and re-order it every time I mention it) was a great device and one that it would have been hard pressed to improve quickly.
We're a year on and the sequel is upon us: the Xperia Z2 Tablet is a strong device featuring the best that Sony has to offer.
The Live Colour screen, the improved speakers, the uprated Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU and the same whopping 3GB of RAM that the Xperia Z2 smartphone is packing.
There are covers over the microUSB and microSD slots, with the former a little annoying if you're regularly charging the Z2 Tablet, but at least they are easy to remove.
The 6.4mm thickness is also class-leading... but, like the heft of thing, it's hard to feel that things have moved on much.
The reason for that is simple: the last tablet was fast, slim and didn't strain the wrist. Compared side by side with the new Xperia Z2 Tablet, there's very little difference.
Round the back the tablet is still noticeably plastic, which detracts from the premium price tag the Xperia Z2 Tablet is flaunting, and the level of flex in the frame when pressure is applied is a little disconcerting.
Apply a little too much pressure here and you may find yourself with a snapped slate.
The resolution shouldn't be a problem though. It's HD packed into a 10-inch frame, which is more than enough given you hold it further from your face than a smartphone.
So it shouldn't really matter - but it will matter to the buying public, especially when Samsung is touting a higher-res display in a phone that will cost roughly the same as the Wi-Fi version of this product.
On top of that, the Live Colour system that really impressed me on the Z2 is on offer here as well. It's quite similar to Super AMOLED, in my opinion.
Either way, the Live Colour system gives you the feeling that watching movies on this thing will be a real treat - it makes colours really pop.
Sure, it will probably have a benefit when it comes to battery life, and there's a carry case that allows you to add in a Bluetooth keyboard. But apart from the Live Colour screen, there's very little reason to recommend this tablet over the predecessor - and yet it's still a really impressively strong device.
The LTE enabled model only gives with a 16GB option and is listed at £499 (around $830, AU$890), with stock expected a little later on April 18.
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