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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2020-10-16 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| $ 729.00 | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 162 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| -- | 512 MB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 10.26 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 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 |
| 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 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2020) is a little bit better than Apple iPad mini, with a overall score of 71.7 against 68.1. The iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x operating system, and Apple iPad mini has iOS 8.x operating system. IPad Air (2020) is a notably heavier but somewhat thinner tablet than Apple iPad mini.
The iPad Air (2020) features a very superior hardware performance than iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processor, it also counts with 4 more CPU cores and a 64 bits CPU. IPad Air (2020) features a bit sharper screen than Apple iPad mini, because it has a much greater pixels count per inch in the screen, a much larger display and a lot higher resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels.
The iPad Air (2020) takes way better videos and photos than Apple iPad mini, because it has a way bigger aperture, a lot more mega-pixels back-facing camera and a much better (4K) video quality. The iPad mini and Apple iPad Air (2020) both feature quite similar memory capacity for games and applications, both have exactly the same internal storage capacity.
IPad mini has a superior battery lifetime than iPad Air (2020).
Although iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it is way more expensive than Apple iPad mini, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Apple iPad mini. So if you want that extra specs and features, you can buy the iPad Air (2020), but if you don't you can save some dollars and buy the Apple iPad mini, resigning some specifications.
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