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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 73.2 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2021-09-24 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 17.18 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| Silver and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 162 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| -- | 512 MB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 9.99 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 12.00 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 | -- |
| 8.58 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.36 | 6.32 |
| 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
Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) is slightly better than the iPad mini, having a general score of 73.2 against 68.1. Despite being the best tablet device we are comparing here, the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) body is notably heavier and a bit thicker than iPad mini. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, while iPad mini counts with iOS 8.x operating system.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much greater hardware performance than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with a 64 bits processor and a higher number of faster cores. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a bit better looking display than iPad mini, because it has a lot higher resolution of 1620 x 2160px, a bigger screen and a way higher pixel quantity per inch of screen.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) shoots slightly better videos and photos than Apple iPad mini, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video quality, a F2.4 camera aperture and the same 30 fps video frame rates, the iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a camera with much more megapixels. Apple iPad mini features as much storage capacity to install games and applications as Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), both of them have equal internal storage.
Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a much longer battery life than iPad mini, because it has a 92 percent bigger battery capacity.
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