Acer Iconia B1-A71 vs Microsoft Surface 2

  • Acer Iconia B1-A71 was first released on 02/01/2013. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 7 inches with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    This series of tablets from Acer is powered by a non-removable battery of 2710mAh.

    Powering the Acer Iconia B1-A71 is the Mediatek MTK 8317T chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 512MB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Iconia B1-A71 on the rear packs a camera of No. It also has a front camera of 0.3-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 8GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 32GB. This is a dual SIM tablet.

    Connectivity options on the Acer Iconia B1-A71 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
  • Microsoft Surface 2 was first released on 09/01/2013. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 10.6 inches with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Microsoft Surface 2 is the NVIDIA Tegra 4 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 2GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Surface 2 on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 3.5-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 32GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 64GB. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 172.50 x 274.60 x 8.90 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 680.40g.

    Connectivity options on the Microsoft Surface 2 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
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Model
Iconia B1-A71
Surface 2
Price
$24
$552
Release date
February 2013
September 2013
Dimensions (mm)
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172.50 x 274.60 x 8.90
Weight (g)
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680.40
Battery capacity (mAh)
2710
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Screen size (inches)
7
10.6
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1024x600 pixels
1920x1080 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)
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208
Processor
1.2GHz dual-core
1.7GHz quad-core
Processor make
Mediatek MTK 8317T
NVIDIA Tegra 4
RAM
512MB
2GB
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB)
32
64
Rear camera
No
5-megapixel
Front camera
0.3-megapixel
3.5-megapixel
Operating system
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth version
4.00
4.00
USB OTG
No
No
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Gyroscope