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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2022-03-18 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| -- | Black and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| -- | 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 M1 (5 nm) chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 9.99 | 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 + 12.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 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, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2022) has a general score of 81.4, which is better than the Apple iPad mini's 68.1 global score. The iPad Air (2022) has iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Apple iPad mini has iOS 8.x operating system. The iPad Air (2022) design is notably heavier but thinner than the Apple iPad mini.
The Apple iPad Air (2022) counts with a much greater performance than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM and a higher number of faster cores. The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a bit more vivid screen than iPad mini, because it has a lot higher number of pixels per screen inch, a much larger display and a much higher resolution of 1640 x 2360.
IPad mini has a camera that is very similar to the Apple iPad Air (2022) one, although the iPad mini has a back-facing camera with a lot lower resolution and a lot smaller camera aperture which is not nice for low-light photos. The iPad mini counts with as much storage to install applications and games as the Apple iPad Air (2022) one, both of them have the same internal memory.
The iPad mini features a very superior battery life than Apple iPad Air (2022).
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