Sony unveils world’s thinnest and lightest 10.1in tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z

Sony has officially announced the rumoured Xperia Tablet Z, successor to the Xperia Tablet S and companion to the Xperia Z smartphone which impressed us enough to pick up a Hot Stuff award at CES.

Measuring in at a mere 6.9mm thin and tipping the scales at 495g, the 4G-capable Xperia Tablet Z features a 10.1in 1920×1200 display, 1.5Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, NFC, 32GB storage (with microSD expansion) and an 8.1MP rear-facing camera.

Not bad for the thinnest and lightest 10.1in tablet in existence eh? Sony extras include its Mobile Bravia Engine display technology, S-Force virtual surround and, like its Xperia Z smartphone counterpart, the Xperia tablet Z will also arrive with waterproof and dustproof capability.

Available in black and white, we’ll have to wait until Mobile World Congress next month for pricing and release information, so stay tuned.

Read the full review of the Tablet Z’s smartphone counterpart, the Sony Xperia Z here. 

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home