We've been able to acquire the new iPad and I thought it might be apt to compare it with one of the leading Android tablets around, the Transformer Prime. Comparing the new iPad 3 to the Asus Transformer Prime might look easy on paper but actual features will vary and be in favor of the other during real-world use. First up is the display -- clearly the new iPad, with its 2048x1536 pixel resolution, beats the crap out of the Transformer Prime which has only 1280x800 pixels. The Transformer Prime also uses a more advanced Super IPS+ screen compared to the regular IPS LCD on the iPad so the Prime got some redeeming factor here. Pure processing power is the name of the game for Android tablets and the Transformer Prime boasts of the best chipset a tablet can have. In comparison, the Transformer Prime uses an NVidia Tegra 3 chip -- that's a quad-core processor running at 1.6GHz paired with 12-core graphics. The new iPad has features that are absent or lacking on the Transformer Prime -- cellular features (LTE/HSPA+), built-in GPS (Asus dropped the GPS in their specs sheet) and a faster Bluetooth 4.0. The Transformer Prime got a bit of an edge over the iPad with the following -- higher entry-level storage (32GB vs. Read more in our articles including "The new iPad 3 vs. Asus Transformer Prime" and "Asus Transformer Prime vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7".
We've been able to acquire the new iPad and I thought it might be apt to compare it with one of the leading Android tablets around, the Transformer Prime. Comparing the new iPad 3 to the Asus Transformer Prime might look easy on paper but actual features will vary and be in favor of the other during real-world use.
First up is the display -- clearly the new iPad, with its 2048x1536 pixel resolution, beats the crap out of the Transformer Prime which has only 1280x800 pixels. The Transformer Prime also uses a more advanced Super IPS+ screen compared to the regular IPS LCD on the iPad so the Prime got some redeeming factor here. Pure processing power is the name of the game for Android tablets and the Transformer Prime boasts of the best chipset a tablet can have.
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