Acer Iconia W3 vs Microsoft Surface 2

  • Acer Iconia W3 was first released on 06/01/2013. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8.1 inches with a resolution of 1280x800 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 3400mAh.

    Powering the Acer Iconia W3 is the Intel Atom Z2760 chip. 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 W3 on the rear packs a camera of 2-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 2-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 32GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 32GB. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 134.90 x 219.00 x 11.35 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 500.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Acer Iconia W3 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 W3
Surface 2
Price
$132
$552
Release date
June 2013
September 2013
Dimensions (mm)
134.90 x 219.00 x 11.35
172.50 x 274.60 x 8.90
Weight (g)
500.00
680.40
Battery capacity (mAh)
3400
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Screen size (inches)
8.1
10.6
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1280x800 pixels
1920x1080 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)
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208
Processor
1.8GHz dual-core
1.7GHz quad-core
Processor make
NVIDIA Tegra 4
RAM
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2GB
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB)
32
64
Rear camera
2-megapixel
5-megapixel
Front camera
2-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