We compare the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime to Motorola's 8.2-inch Xoom 2 Media Edition. Let see which one wins
The Design
1st :Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : 216 x 139 x 9mm, 386g
2nd: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: 263 x 180.8 x 8.3mm, 586g
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is one good-looking device. The chassis is made from spun aluminium, giving it an interesting texture and the build quality is second to none. The nicely sized and spaced bezel around the screen, elegantly shaped corners and a svelte 8.3mm thin profile.
Asus is very minimalist in style which goes well with the futuristic-looking metallic finish. The attachable keyboard dock is as thin as the main tablet and equally stylish.
On the other hand Motorola’s new generation of Xoom tablets have had a complete redesign, instead of the usual rectangular shape Motorola has echoed the design of its Razr smartphone handset with angular and tapered edges and corners. Xoom 2 bezel space around the screen is a flattering size and aluminium has been used for the construction of the outer shell, though not quite as extensively as on the Asus.
Most people like their device to be lighter and slimmer and the Xoom 2 Media Edition is extremely light and thin coming in at 386g and 9mm thick – that’s an 8.2-inch tablet which is lighter than many 7-inch tablets.
Winner – Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition
Display
1st :Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : 8.2-inches, Gorilla Glass, 1280 x 800 resolution, 184 ppi
2nd: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime:10.1-inches Super IPS + LCD, 1280x800, 149ppi
The Xoom 2 Media Edition has an unusually sized display at 8.2-inches – the first of its kind. It’s a TFT capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch and made from toughened Gorilla Glass.
Both device have the resolution at 1280x800 pixels but Xoom 2 have a pixel density of 184 pixels-per-inch (ppi). compare to Asus which is 149ppi.
The Transformer Prime has a larger screen at 10.1-inches and uses a Super IPS + LCD technology, which results in a much brighter display.
It’s a capacitive multi-touch screen, again made from reinforced Gorilla Glass, with the same 1280x800 pixel resolution at a lower pixel density than its rival at 149ppi.
Although the Motorola’s display may be smaller, though not by much, but it’s got a much sharper picture and higher pixel density making it our choice this round.
Winner - Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition
Storage
1st: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: 32GB/64GB SD Card Slot
2nd: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : 16GB no SD Card Slot
Motorola’s tablet is a little limited on storage space, especially with a name like 'Media Edition.' At 16GB and no card support there's not much to play with here. While Asus’ Transformer Prime is much more handsomely equipped on internal storage with options for 32GB or 64GB onboard plus it has a card slot with support for microSD up to 32GB. Both device has 1GB of RAM.
Winner - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Power Engine
1st: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: 1.3GHz running NVidia’s Tegra 3 ARM Cortex-A9
2nd: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : 1.2GHz running NVidia’s Tegra 2 T20 ARM Cortex-A9
Both devices use ARM Cortex-A9 processors but they’re getting very different results thanks to distinctly varying configurations.
Motorola’s Media Edition Xoom 2 is equipped with a dual core processor clocked at 1.2GHz running NVidia’s Tegra 2 T20 ‘Turbo’ chipset and ULP GeForce graphics processing unit (GPU), while the Transformer Prime, Asus has ramped things up a bit, it’s still using NVidia technology but this time it’s the new Tegra 3 ‘Kal El’ chipset, which means a quad core processor clocked slightly faster at 1.3GHz.
Winner – Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Operating System
Tie: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: Honeycomb 3.2
Tie: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : Honeycomb 3.2
These are both Android tablets and each ships with Honeycomb 3.2 – the most up-to-date version of the tablet-specific build.
The Asus Transformer Prime will be receiving the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0 update in early 2012, which should add plenty of new functionality and features. Although is unknown whether Motorola’s Xoom 2 Media Edition will get the same treatment but with a launch so close to the release of ICS we’d be pretty surprised if Motorola hadn’t planned ahead.
Winner - Draw
Camera
1st: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime : 8MP rear, 1.2-MP front, 3264 x 2448 pixels with 1080p
2nd: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition : 5MP rear, 1.3-MP front, 2592 х1944 pixels with 720p
Motorola’s Xoom 2 Media Edition has a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, just like its larger cousin, at a resolution of 2592х1944 pixels with 720p quality video recording with a 1.3-metapixel secondary camera. Both device include LED flash, autofocus, digital zoom and geo-tagging.
While the Transformer Prime’s main camera is rated at 8 megapixels and a resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. Video capture is 1080p and a 1.2-megapixel secondary camera.
Winner – Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Conclusion
Tie: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Tie: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition
If you want to keep your music, films and other data on a PC to access remotely you’ve got a very slick, purpose-built device then the Motorola’s 8.2-inch tablet is for you.
if you care about the performance, versatility and longevity then the Asus Transformer Prime is for you althugh really does come out miles ahead of the Motorola and indeed much of the competition.
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