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Apple iPad 3
64 GB AT&T| Global Score | |
| 71.1 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 6.1, 6, 5.1 | -- |
| 2012-03-07 | 2018-11-07 |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches | 9.74 x 7.02 x 0.23 inches |
| 23.35 ounces | 16.51 ounces |
| Black and White | Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 300.00 | $ 799.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2388 x 1668 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5X chipset | Apple A12X Bionic APL1083 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU | Apple 7-core GPU GPU |
| 7.83 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 35.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.81 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.9 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 11560mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 7812mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 11.2 | 8.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Pro 11-inch is much better than the Apple iPad 3, having an 80.4 score against 71.1. Apple iPad Pro 11-inch is a incredibly newer tablet device, and it is also notably lighter and way thinner than Apple iPad 3. IPad Pro 11-inch has a much powerful processing unit than iPad 3, because it has 3 GB more RAM and a larger number of faster cores.
IPad 3 has a bit better screen than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch, although it has a little lower display density, a little smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px. The iPad Pro 11-inch takes much clearer videos and photos than Apple iPad 3, because it has a lot better (4K) video quality, a much larger aperture and a way higher 12 mega pixels resolution back camera.
The iPad Pro 11-inch counts with as much storage to store more games and applications as iPad 3, they have exactly the same internal memory capacity. The Apple iPad 3 has a superior battery duration than iPad Pro 11-inch, because it has a 11560mAh battery capacity against 7812mAh.
Although iPad Pro 11-inch is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than iPad 3, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the iPad 3. So if you need that extra specs and features, you can buy iPad Pro 11-inch, but if you don't you can save some dollars and buy the iPad 3, resigning a couple features and specs.
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