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Apple iPad mini 2
128 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 77.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2020-09-18 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 12.03 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black, Gray and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 549.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | 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 |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 2 is a lot better than the iPad 10.2 (2020), with a 77.2 score against 62.2. IPad mini 2 is a a lot lighter tablet device than the iPad 10.2 (2020), but both of them are 0.3inches thick. The iPad mini 2 works with iOS 8.x OS, and iPad 10.2 (2020) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS. Apple iPad mini 2 has a better looking screen than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a much smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px, it also counts with a little bit better pixels quantity in each inch in the screen.
IPad mini 2 features a much bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has more internal memory. IPad mini 2 features a really superior processing power than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has lesser cpu cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with an additional GPU and a 64-bits processing unit.
The iPad mini 2 has a much longer battery performance than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020). The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) features a bit better camera than iPad mini 2, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, a F2.4 aperture and the same video resolution, the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) also has a camera in the back with a way higher resolution.
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