Acer Iconia Tab 8 vs Microsoft Surface Pro 3

  • Acer Iconia Tab 8 was first released on 07/01/2014. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8 inches with a resolution of 1920x1200 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 4600mAh. So, if you are too busy or often have to move outdoors but forget to charge the device, it's no longer a problem.

    Powering the Acer Iconia Tab 8 is the Intel Atom Z3745 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 Iconia Tab 8 on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 2-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 16GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD. This is a single SIM tablet and weighing 360.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Acer Iconia Tab 8 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 3 was first released on 05/01/2014. It is available in Silver. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 12 inches with a resolution of 2160x1440 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is the Intel Core i3 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 4GB. 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 Pro 3 on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 5-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 64GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 292.10 x 201.40 x 9.10 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 800.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 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 Tab 8
Surface Pro 3
Price
$96
$1,204
Release date
July 2014
May 2014
Dimensions (mm)
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292.10 x 201.40 x 9.10
Weight (g)
360.00
800.00
Battery capacity (mAh)
4600
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Colours
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Silver
Screen size (inches)
8
12
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1920x1200 pixels
2160x1440 pixels
Processor
quad-core
quad-core
RAM
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
microSD
Rear camera
5-megapixel
5-megapixel
Front camera
2-megapixel
5-megapixel
Operating system
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 a/b/g/n
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth
Bluetooth version
4.00
4.00
USB OTG
No
No
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Gyroscope