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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 66.6 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| -- | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2020-09-18 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| $ 459.00 | $ 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 A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| -- | 512 MB RAM |
| Apple G11P GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 9.72 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| 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+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 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
IPad mini is slightly better than the Apple iPad (2020), getting a 68.1 score against 66.6. IPad mini is a much lighter and just a little thinner device than the Apple iPad (2020). The Apple iPad (2020) has just a bit better screen than iPad mini, because it has a lot greater screen density, a bigger display and a much higher resolution of 1620 x 2160.
The iPad (2020) counts with a lot better performance than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a greater number of cores (and they are faster) and a 64-bits processor. IPad mini counts with a lot bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad (2020), because it has more internal memory.
IPad mini features a much longer battery duration than iPad (2020). The iPad (2020) captures a little bit better photographs and videos than Apple iPad mini, and although they both have the same camera aperture, the same (Full HD) video quality and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the iPad (2020) also has a back facing camera with a way higher 8 mega-pixels resolution.
Apple iPad mini not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also by far the cheapest one, which makes it an easy decision.
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