And you thought Sony’s Xperia Z smartphone was breathtakingly brilliant. The dust and water resistant 5-inch flagship smartphone from Sony has a bigger brother, and what can we say, it’s just as fabulous, if not more, than the phone itself. It competes right up against the Apple iPad and Google Nexus 10 with a screen size of 10.1 inches. But there’s so much more to the Sony tablet which makes us wonder if Apple and Google need to get worried. It weighs just about 1 pound, making it extremely light for a full-sized tablet. It’s also the thinnest in the world, with a thickness of just 6.9 mm – that’s even thinner than Apple’s very own iPad Mini which is 7.2 mm thick. Its overall design resembles the Xperia Z smartphone – it’s all about sharp edges and clean lines for Sony. And like the phone, the Xperia Z tablet it also dust and water resistant. So it’s ready to be taken on dusty road trips and on public transportation with no worries. Power the tablet on and you can view images quite crisply on the screen, thanks to its 224 ppi resolution. The Xperia Z tablet it powered by a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, runs Android 4.1 and also features an 8.1 MP camera with Sony’s brilliant Exmos R sensor. It’s got LTE and NFC connectivity and a 6,000 mAh battery to keep it running for a long time on a single charge. So, have we managed to change your mind about which 10-inch tablet you should consider?

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