Acer Iconia Tab A200 has finally arrived in the Philippine market at Php 18, 900 price tag after having announced last February 7, 2012 on Acer Philippines Facebook page that it will be available very soon.
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The Ice Cream Sandwich -running tablet, upon seeing its features and specs is comparable to iPad 2 (wifi only), which was notable of its price marked down after the new iPad was launched last month.
Let's take a closer look at some of the features that distinguish the two tablets from one another. Take note the the blue represents the iPad 2 (wifi only) and the red represents the Acer Iconia Tab A200
PROCESSOR SPEED
Both processors of iPad 2 (wifi only) and Acer Iconia Tab A200 are running at 1GH speed which is impressively fast for a tablet already. But the processor of iPad 2 is dual-core Apple A5 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip while Iconia Tab A200 is NVIDIA Tegra 2 250.
Diagonally measuring the two tablets, Iconia Tab A200 is a little bit bigger at 10.1 inches with dimensions 6.90" x 10.20" x 0.48" while the iPad 2 is measuring 9.7 inches with dimensions 9.50" x 7.31" x 0.34". The difference comes in the display technology used since Iconia Tab A200 is made of LCD while iPad 2 is made of LED.
Both tablets have Wifi and USB support but Iconia Tab P200 has an additional Bluetooth support for connecting and communicating with a quite range of mobile devices.
CAMERA
Both the iPad 2 and Iconia Tab A200 have a back and front HD cameras which are perfect for chatting applications such as Skype, Yahoo Messenger, Google Hangout etc. the iPad 2 though stands out with its 0.7 megapixels camera (back) while the front camera is 0.3 megapixels. On the other hand, Acer Iconia Tab A200 has 0.3 megapixels camera at the back and a 0.2 megapixels front camera.
PRICE
At less than Php 1900 in your pocket, you can already have one of this tablets at your hand. The Iconia Tab A200, as mentioned earlier, is costing Php 18, 900 while the iPad 2 wifi only (16 GB) costs not so far at Php 18, 990.
SUMMARY
Both the iPad 2 (wifi only) and Acer Iconia Tab A200 has an incredible features that will make every user satisfied of its overall performance. For this comparison, The iPad 2 is still the winner however, if you're an Android lover and wants to find a nearest counterpart of the first at the price you can reach, definitely, Acer Iconia A200 might be your best option.
