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Apple iPad mini 2
128 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 77.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2013-10-22 |
| -- | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 12.03 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 549.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 324 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.7 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini 2 has a general score of 77.2, which is much better than the Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s score of 62.5. Apple iPad mini 2 has iOS 8.x OS, and Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS. IPad mini 2 features a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores, an extra graphics co-processor and a 64-bit processor.
IPad mini 2 has a lot better looking display than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen. IPad mini 2 and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) both count with incredibly similar storage capacity for apps and games, both of them have equal internal storage. IPad mini 2 features a superior battery performance than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
Apple iPad mini 2's camera is very similar to the camera in Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although the Apple iPad mini 2 has a lot tinier diafragm aperture which is not good for low-light captures and video and a camera with way less mega pixels.
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