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I'm Andrew Hoyle for CNET and I'm here taking a look at the Sony Xperia z3 tablet compact now a mouthful of a name aside the compact part of that title refers to the fact that this tablet is eight inches which is quite a bit smaller than the current said to 10-inch tablet now of course being a smaller tablet does mean is much more portable to carry around you can actually use in one hand and it will actually slip into your pocket if you push hard enough now physically you can see quite a lot of family resemblance between the z3 tablet compact and the Z 3 phone you can see they've both got this white front with a metallic edging on the back of the z3 tablet compact though it's been rubberized rather than glass it is still completely waterproof however you can take it in 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes so reading in the bath or watching Netflix in the shower is absolutely fine now interestingly Sony has given the 8-inch display a full HD that's 1920 by 1080 pixel resolution which on paper comes short of the iPad minis Retina display or indeed Samsung's Galaxy Tab s it is at least very very bright and it seems to have good colors though so side by side you might not be able to tell much difference inside it's running on a 2.5 gigahertz Qualcomm quad-core processor which seemed to make everything extremely Swift you're also able to use this tablet as a second screen for your PlayStation 4 now if you're on the same home Wi-Fi network you can actually connect it to your PlayStation and play actual ps4 titles using this as your screen the tablet is running the latest Android 4.4.4 kitkat software around the back you'll find an 8 megapixel camera that is a step down from the 20 point seven megapixel camera you'll find on the Zed free phone but given that it's a tablet you're probably less likely to really want to carry it around and use it as a camera unless you're a bit of a fool now the tablet certainly looks nice and the waterproofing will help keep it safe from spilled drinks it's a shame that Sony hasn't gone for a slightly higher screen resolution on this but hopefully it will pair it with a more affordable price tag although sony has yet to officially announce how much it will cost but we'll find out more when it go on sale towards the end of the year I'm Andrew Hoyle 50 net and this is a Sony Xperia z3 tablet compact