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Acer Iconia W4
32 GBApple iPad mini 2
Wi-Fi Only 16 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
| Global Score | |
| 57.8 | 72 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Apple |
| Windows 8.1 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2013-10-22 |
| 8.58 x 5.31 x 0.39 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches |
| 15.17 ounces | 11.68 ounces |
| Gray | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 280.00 | $ 275.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.4 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom Bay Trail chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| Intel Atom Z3740 (Quad-Core 1333 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 8.28 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.04 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4960mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.72 | 7.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini 2 is much better than the Acer Iconia W4, having a global score of 72 against 57.8. The Apple iPad mini 2 construction is incredibly lighter and extremely thinner than the Acer Iconia W4. The Apple iPad mini 2 comes with iOS 8.x OS, and Acer Iconia W4 has Windows 8.1 OS. IPad mini 2 counts with a greater processing power than Acer Iconia W4, because although it has less RAM and an inferior number of cores and also slower, it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit and a graphics co-processor.
IPad mini 2 features a brighter display than Acer Iconia W4, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a lot better pixel number per inch in the display and a way higher resolution of 1536 x 2048. The Apple iPad mini 2 takes much clearer photographs and videos than Acer Iconia W4. Both of them have a 5 mega pixels back camera, the same video frame rate and the same video resolution.
Acer Iconia W4 counts with a lot bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad mini 2, because it has 32 GB internal memory capacity. IPad mini 2 has greater battery performance than Acer Iconia W4, because it has 6471mAh of battery capacity instead of 4960mAh.
IPad mini 2 not only is the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also cheaper than the Acer Iconia W4, which makes it easy to pick between these devices.
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