2012 Android Tablet Comparison: Transformer Prime TF700T, IdealTab S2, Le Pan III

Tablet	SoC	Process Node	CPU	Release	OS
Asus Transformer Prime TF700T	NVIDIA Tegra 3/Kal-El	40nm	4 x ARM Cortex A9 w/ MPE @ ~1.3GHz	Q2	Android 4.0
Lenovo IdeaTab S2	Snapdragon S4 processor	28nm	2 x  Krait core  @ 1.5~1.7GHz	Q2	Android 4.0
Le Pan III	TI OMAP 4460	45nm	2 x ARM Cortex A9 w/ MPE @ 1.5GHz	Now	Android 4.0

The current Asus Transformer Prime is ranked as the best Android tablet in 2011 with a sexy design, thoughtful features, and an impressive camera. It runs on NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chip, and so does Sony Tablet S which was ranked as the No.2 best Android tablet by Cnet. 

The  Asus Transformer Prime TF700T will feature a 1920 x 1200 screen as opposed to the 1280 x 800 panel on the first Transformer Prime device.

Asus Transformer Prime TF700T

Lenovo IdeaTab S2 also comes with a keyboard dock so it can transform into a laptop much like the Asus Transformer Prime. It packs a Qualcomm 1.5GHz Dual Krait processor, that 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 IPS touch screen, 1GB LP-DDR2 memory, 16GB, 23GB and 64GB storage, GPS/AGPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Lenovo IdeaTab S2

The LePan III comes with a TI OMAP 4460, 1.5GHz dual-core CPU and 1GB of RAM powering a build of Android 4.0. A 5MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera are coupled with 8GB of storage and plenty of connectivity including 1080p output, USB, and ethernet.  The OMAP 4 platform's smart multicore architecture complements two ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPcores with a full HD video encode/decode accelerator, powerful graphics core from Imagination Technologies (SGX540 or SGX544), hardware display subsystem and dual-channel LPDDR2 memory to drive such usage models. Premium content is protected end-to-end through TI's M-Shield™ security solution, which runs secure services from its trusted execution environment (TEE).  TI OMAP 4460 is the first certified processor for Netflix full-HD streaming on Android Honeycomb.

 

LePan III