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this coverage of mwc is brought to you by bitdefender mobile security last year the Sony Xperia tablet Z was one of our favorite devices of the Mobile World Congress and this year it's update just might take the crown once again hey it's Josh of a guard from android authority what's going on everybody and this is the Sony Xperia tablet Z to the original Xperia tablet Z was very impressively thin and made it one of the best black slate devices available but then Sony even upped the ante again with the second generation which is a mind-boggling 6.4 millimeters thick and not only that the tablet z 2 is actually even lighter at 426 grams for the Wi-Fi model the design is largely unchanged from the first generation but with a design that's so good there's actually a little room for improvement you have the same glass finish the sturdy aluminum frame and the waterproof construction that we've come to expect from so many devices the specs of the display of the tablet Z to remain the same compared to the previous generation and we would have liked to see Sony adopt an even higher resolution but still it is a great looking display that provides a great media consumption experience now one new feature of the display is the live color LED which is a technology that combines a blue LED backlight with red or green phosphoric pixels for what sony claims to be the world's deepest and most intense colors on a display like this much like the Xperia z2 smartphone that sony also launched at mwc the tablet z 2 is powered by the snapdragon 801 processor and 3 gigabytes of ram now these are really top of the line specs for a top-of-the-line device and the performance shows it's a pleasure to swipe through the Xperia U I browse the web or even play a quick game on this device you do get storage options of 16 or 32 gigabytes along with that micro SD card slot to extend it to up to 64 gigabytes Tony rapes the tablet Z 2 for 10 hours of battery life which is the standard for 10 inch devices these days and in a pinch the 8.1 megapixel Exmor RS camera on the back should serve as a decent shooter the Xperia tablet Z 2 runs KitKat android 4.4 and incorporate some of the new features that sony introduced on the z2 some flagship smartphone there are also slight redesigns throughout the operating system with some aesthetics changed here and there but for the most part the Xperia Timescape UI tains it's generally stock like look with a fairly simplistic navigation system to boot and Sony will pack the tablet Z 2 with several blockbuster movies so you can get started enjoying the great screen on this tablet when it comes to the great offering that was already available in the Xperia tablet Z from last year apparently there was only one way to go and that was up and Sony definitely did that with their updated version of what was one of our favorite tablets of last year so stay tuned to android authority for our upcoming review of this tablet and also for all of our coverage here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain