Sony Xperia Tablet Z preview: a thin and light 10-inch Android Jelly Bean tablet

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Notice the family resemblance? For [Sony's](http://www.engadget.com/topics/sony/) latest Android tablet take, its [Xperia Tablet Z](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/20/sony-xperia-tablet-z/), the company's extending the austere, [omnibalance design](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/sony-xperia-z-hands-on-ces-2013/) (focus on all around symmetry and reflective surfaces) and waterproof certification of the [Xperia Z](http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/sony-xperia-z-review/) to a 10.1-inch footprint and higher 1,920 x 1,200 resolution. Which means the unique, highly polarizing magazine-like fold of its predecessor, the [Xperia Tablet S](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/sony-xperia-tablet-s-review/), has fallen by the wayside and, according to Sony, it's not likely to ever make a comeback. But a cosmetic evolution isn't all that's propping up the Xperia Tablet Z; its lightly-skinned Jelly Bean OS, quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU and 2GB of RAM ensure above average performance for this Sony tab. So how does this Z of another frame fare? Follow on, as we take it for a brief test run.

**Gallery: [Sony Xperia Tablet Z hands-on](http://www.engadget.com/photos/sony-xperia-tablet-z-hands-on/)**

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