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Forums - Gaming - Nexus 10 vs iPad4 vs Surface RT (battle of the tablets!)

Holy wow at the next wave of tablet warriors. Below is a chart listing out the specs of each device.

As you may guess, I love the Nexus10 and the latest Android goodness. Since 4.x, Android has simply begun to dominate the mobile OS market and easily lead them all in user interface, featureset, and innovation.

First with NFC and Wallet apps.
First with stock based panoramic and now Sphere photo capabilities. (Sphere video)
First and best with combinination of widgets and enhanced notifications.
Biggest hardware selection.

Well anyways.... you all can pick and choose OS awesomeness in the comments. Here's the table!

  Google Nexus 10 Apple iPad 4 (not mini!) Microsoft Surface RT Microsoft Surface Pro
OS

Android 4.2 (JellyBean)

  • NFC (sharing and wallet)
  • Widgets
  • Enhanced notifications
  • Google Now (voice or type or automatic based on settings)
  • Instant shutter, panoramic, Sphere camera
  • pic/video editing
  • Google Search (voice or type)
  • Instantly have ALL content on any Android device or PC by just logging in to Google.
  • Solid interoperability with Chrome and thus any PC regardless of OS.

iOS 6

  • Enhanced Notifications
  • Siri (assistance/ searching)
  • Passbook (holds ticketing/ reservatiosns/ etc)
  • High quality camera, panoramic
  • pic/video editing
  • Best resale value
  • Solid interoperability with other Apple products (Mac/Safari)

Windows RT

  • ARM variant of PC Windows. Will be closest to PC-like experience.
  • Bing (type or voice)
  • Live Tiles
  • Solid Interoperability with Windows 8 and winphone8
  • Smartglass with all major game consoles
  • Badass attachable keyboard
  • Includes free full MS Office software

Windows 8

  • Full version of Windows8 with full backwards compatability
  • I think I don't need to expand on this. If you don't know what having a full version of win8 would mean, then you should shoot yourself.
Price
  • 16GB - $399 (wifi)
  • 32GB - $499 (wifi)
  • 16GB - $499 (wifi)
  • 32GB - $599 (wifi)
  • 64GB - $699 (wifi)
  • 16GB - $629 (LTE/HSPA+/wifi)
  • 32GB - $729 (LTE/HSPA+/wifi)
  • 64GB - $829 (LTE/HSPA+/wifi)
  • 32GB - $499 (wifi)
  • 32GB - $599 (wifi + backtouch cover)
  • 64GB - $699 (wifi + backtouch cover)

There is no confirmation on price yet. Below is MY SPECULATION of MINIMUM prices.

  • 64GB - $799 (Wifi)
  • 64GB - $899 (Wifi + attachable keyboard)
  • 128GB - $999 (Wifi + attachable keyboard)
Display
  • 10.055"
  • 2560x1660
  • 300ppi
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 2
  • 9.7"
  • 2048 x 1536
  • 264ppi
  • 10.6"
  • 1366x768
  • 148ppi
  • 10.6"
  • 1920x1080
  • 208ppi
  • True 16x9
CPU
  • Samsung Exynos 5
  • 1.7GHz ARM Cortex-A15
  • Dual Core
  • 64kb L1 cache
  • 4mb L2 cache
  • Apple A6X
  • 1.4GHz ARM custom design
  • Dual Core
  • Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad core (T30)
  • 1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A9
  • 64kb L1 cache
  • 1mb L2 cache
  • 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 Processor
  • Ivy Bridge Mobile CPU
  • dual-core
  • range from 1.7GGz to 2.8GHz
  • use DDR3 memory
  • 3MB of shared L3 cache
GPU
  • ARM Mali T-604 MP4
  • Quad-Core
  • 256mb L2 cache
  • OpenGL ES 1.1 & 2 & 3
  • DirectX 11
  • PowerVR SGX554MP4
  • Quad-Core
  • OpenGL ES 2.1
  • DirectX 9
  • 520 MHz ULP GeForce
  • 12-cores
  • OpenGL ES 2
  • Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • Part of Ivy Bridge
  • 16 execution units
  • 350MHz to 1.3GHz range
  • shared cache with CPU
  • OpenGL 4 on Windows
  • DirectX 11
RAM
  • 2GB DDR3
  • 32 bit 800MHz bus
  • 1GB DDR3
  • 2GB DDR3
  • 32 bit 750MHz bus
  • 4GB DDR3
  • 64 bit 25.6 GB/s bus
Camera
  • Front 1.9MP
  • Rear 5MP
  • Front 1.2MP
  • Rear 5MP
  • 720p HD (front and rear)
  • 720p HD (front and rear)
Battery
  • 9000 mAH
  • "up to 9hrs video playback"
  • "more than 500hrs standby" (>21 days)
  • 11560 mAH
  • 42.5 W-h
  • "up to 10hrs web/video/etc"
  • 31.5 W-h
  • "up to 8hrs mixed activity"
  • "7-15 days" standby
  • 42 W-h
  • (should be similar to iPad/Nexus10)

Connections
Ports

  • Micro USB
  • Micro HDMI
  • Magnectic POGO (surely will have keyboard dock)
  • Proprietary Apple Connection
  • USB 2
  • "HD Video out port" (not HDMI)
  • SD Card
  • USB 3
  • MicroSD
  • "Mini DisplayPort" (not HDMI?)
Weight
  • 603g
  • 1.3lbs
  • 652g to 662g
  • 1.4lbs to 1.5lbs
  • 680g
  • 1.5lbs
  • 907g
  • 2lbs

EDIT: (Oct 27th) I added Surface Pro mostly for one user, but I also already found all the main info in this post ( http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4856770 ) and figured why not. Keep in mind that some parts of it (like price) are not official and I will try to update when they are, if this is still relevant.

I also added weight by request.

EDIT2: (Nov 2) http://www.anandtech.com/show/6425/google-nexus-4-and-nexus-10-review AND http://www.anandtech.com/show/6426/ipad-4-gpu-performance-analyzed-powervr-sgx-554mp4-under-the-hood This is the first benchmarks that has something about these three. It really only covers the Nexus10, but the info on the iPhone5 is directly relevant to the iPad4. From the review its apparent that the CPUs of Nexus10 and iPad4 are more than likely very similar in performance. However, the GPUs in all tests are in favor of iPad4, by a fair margin. If this thread is still alive at the time, I'll update when more benchmarks come out comparing these actual three items as I'm sure it will happen.



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honestly... beyond specific OS fanboyism... I don't see why anyone would choose any other 10" (or 7" for Nexus7) over the Nexus 10. Its by far the better choice and FAR less $$.



For me iPad 3 but I want to try the Surface (the Windows seems cool).

Nexus 10 is not my kind of pad... the OS destroy the experience for me.



Surface or Ipad 3 for me.

Problem is that those are so expensive!



ethomaz said:

For me iPad 3 but I want to try the Surface (the Windows seem cool).

Nexus 10 is not my kind of pad... the OS destroy the experience for me.


Have you used an Android 4.x or above tablet? Or just the old 2.x tablets where the OS wasn't even intended for a tablet?



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superchunk said:
ethomaz said:

For me iPad 3 but I want to try the Surface (the Windows seem cool).

Nexus 10 is not my kind of pad... the OS destroy the experience for me.


Have you used an Android 4.x or above tablet? Or just the old 2.x tablets where the OS wasn't even intended for a tablet?

I used the Galaxy SIII and it's sucks like every other previous Android IMO.

For pad I used one with Android 3.x but it is just a cheaper option here for people that wants an iPad.



Id go with a Surface Pro or similar type tablet that has the full windows 8 OS as well as the Metro interface.

Its the best of both worlds and from my perspective its unmatched in value.

Although if those are the only three choices id probably go with the nexus...but meh. Its not really a stand out imo.



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Holy crap! Look at the specs of that Nexus 10! If I was in the market for a 10" tablet the Nexus 10 is easily the best value and with equal or superior specs then the more expensive competition. I'm quite happy with my Nexus 7 though



I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and I love it. Android 4 ICS is great. But Windows 8 is THE mobile OS I've been waiting for. It does everything I could want from a touch device and a desktop. In addition to installing Windows 8 on my desktop I will be getting some kind of Win8 Tablet in the next year or two. Like I said I'm happy with my Galaxy Note, but when Win8 devices start coming out in tons of flavors at various price points I'll jump on board. I'm not an early adopter so the high prices, but awesome, Surface isn't for me right now. If it comes down it price or another manufacturer sells and alternative with a better price I'll be there.



iPad 3? Why not 4?



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