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Apple iPad mini 2
128 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
| Global Score | |
| 74.7 | 77.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 16.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2022-10-26 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.83 ounces | 12.03 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Black, Gray and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 549.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| 64-bit Hexa-Core 3000 MHz processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| -- | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 10.17 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 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 |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | 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 | Nano SIM |
| 10 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini 2 is slightly better than Apple iPad (2022), getting a overall score of 77.2 against 74.7. The iPad mini 2 counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Apple iPad (2022) comes with iPadOS 16.x OS. IPad mini 2's body has the same thickness than the Apple iPad (2022), but it is extremely lighter. The iPad (2022) counts with a better hardware performance than iPad mini 2, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, and they both have a 64 bits processing unit, the iPad (2022) also counts with a higher number of cores.
Apple iPad mini 2 has a slightly better looking screen than Apple iPad (2022), because although it has a little worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater count of pixels per screen inch. The Apple iPad (2022) counts with a way better camera than Apple iPad mini 2, because it has a lot bigger aperture to capture better low light photos and video, a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and a lot more mega pixels camera in the back.
IPad mini 2 has a lot bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than iPad (2022), because it has more internal memory capacity. The iPad mini 2 has a very superior battery lifetime than iPad (2022).
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