Sony has just announced the availability and pricing for the new Xperia Tablet Z2 for those of us here in the U.S. Sony first announced the new Xperia Z2 Tablet at Mobile World Congress in February of 2014. Right along side the Xperia Z2 phone. WE are still waiting on the announcement of the phone coming state side. Today, however, Sony has announced that the new 10.1-inch full HD TRILUMINOS display with Live Color LED with X-Reality will make its U.S. debut in stores May 4th and is available for Pre-Sale today.
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Xperia Z2 Tablet packs in a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor clocked to 2.3GHz. It sports 3GB of RAM and a 6,000 mAh battery (rated for 13 hours video playback/1420 hours standby). It packs a 8.1 MP rear camera with a 16x digital zoom and offers a 2.2MP front facing camera as well. If the power packed inside isn’t enough for you, it only weighs 15.49 ounces and measures in at 6.8 x 10.47 x 0.25 inches. Yes, that is just 1/4 inch thick. It is being touted as the worlds slimmest tablet. Perspective wise, the Google nexus 10 is 0.35 inches thick.
The new Xperia Z2 Tablet will come in a two colors, white and black, and be offered in a 16 and 32 GB storage size. The 16GB variant will start off at $499.99 and the 32GB will land for $599.99. Both offer SD card support as well. It will make its debut at select Sony stores on May 4th, but you can pre-order one today through
Sony’s online store now with an expected shipping date of May 3rd.
Anyone considering this power house of a tablet?
