Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet is only 6.4mm, that's thinner than the iPad Air (7.4mm)

A close-up of Sony's Xperia Z2 Tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 24, 2014.

BARCELONA, Spain — Sony has launched the 10.1-inch Xperia Z2 Tablet, packing some serious power into an ultra-thin, waterproof case.

The Xperia Z2 Tablet is truly razor thin, especially for a tablet — only 6.4mm. For comparison, that's thinner than the company's own Xperia Z1, which is 8.5mm thick, as well as the 7.6mm iPhone 5S and the 7.4mm iPad Air.

It's also very light — 426g for the Wi-Fi model and 439g for the LTE/3G model — but Sony nevertheless managed to stuff very powerful hardware into it. The specs include a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM (yes, that's basically the same as the company's freshly unveiled flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z2), an 8.1-megapixel camera, a 6000mAh battery and a full HD screen.

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