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Apple iPad 3
64 GB AT&T| Global Score | |
| 71.1 | 84 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 6.1, 6, 5.1 | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2012-03-07 | 2020-03-25 |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.23 inches |
| 23.35 ounces | 16.61 ounces |
| Black and White | Silver and Space gray |
| -- | 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 A12Z 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 | 6 GB RAM |
| Quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU | Apple 8-core GPU GPU |
| 7.83 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 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 |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full 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 | 7538mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 11.2 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) has an overall score of 84, which is better than iPad 3's global score of 71.1. Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) counts with iPadOS 13.x operating system, while iPad 3 works with iOS 6.1 operating system. The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) is a noticeably newer tablet device, and it is also notably lighter and notably thinner than iPad 3.
IPad 3 features a bit sharper screen than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2020), although it has a quite lower quantity of pixels per screen inch, a little bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a bit smaller screen. The iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) counts with a lot better hardware performance than iPad 3, because it has a higher number of cores (and also faster) and 5 GB more RAM memory.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) features a way bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 3, because it has more internal memory capacity. The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) has a way better camera than iPad 3, because it has a lot bigger camera aperture, a lot higher (4K) video quality and a back camera with lot more megapixels.
The iPad 3 counts with a superior battery life than iPad Pro 11-inch (2020), because it has 11560mAh of battery capacity against 7538mAh.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (2020) is way more expensive than iPad 3, but you can get a better tablet for that few more dollars.
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