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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2025-03-04 | 0000-00-00 |
| -- | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 7.9 inches |
| -- | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 162 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.8 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| 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 |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a score of 70.4, which is just a bit better than iPad mini's overall score of 68.1. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) construction is much thinner but incredibly heavier than iPad mini. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x operating system, and iPad mini comes with iOS 8.x operating system.
The Apple iPad mini has a much more vibrant display than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a way smaller display. IPad mini features a much better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM and less CPU cores , it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad mini, because it has 128 GB internal memory. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much better photos and videos than Apple iPad mini, because it has a back-facing camera with much more megapixels, a much bigger camera aperture and a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much longer battery duration than iPad mini, because it has a 119% more battery capacity.
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