Lenovo Tab 7 Essential vs Sony Xperia XZ Premium Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 19, 2017	Feb 27, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$80

Design

Dimensions
7.67 x 4.02 x 0.35 inches 194.8 x 102 x 8.8 mm	6.14 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches 156 x 77 x 7.9 mm
Weight
8.96 oz / 254.0 g	6.74 oz / 191.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Black, Silver, Pink, Red

Display

Size
7.0-inch, 72.29% screen-to-body	5.5-inch, 69.48% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, HDR, 700 nits
Resolution
1024x600px, 170 PPI	3840x2160px, 16:9 ratio, 801 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8167D	Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz	Octa-core 2450 MHz Kryo 280
GPU
Mali-T760 MP2	Adreno 540
Memory
1GB/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3450 mAh, Li - Polymer	3230 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
2 MP	19 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (30 fps), 720p (960 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
2 MP	13 MP (Wide Angle) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Gesture, Barometer, Step detector, Step counter, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Atmos	aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	DLNA,Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
	6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A Pro Cat 16 (1000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Vibration
Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

International version

Biometrics	Fingerprint (touch)