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Apple iPad mini 2
Wi-Fi Only 32 GBA1490, A1491, A1489
| Global Score | |
| 73.2 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2013-10-22 | 2017-03-24 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.68 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Black and Silver |
| Aluminium | Glass |
| $ 255.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.18 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.5 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6471mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.92 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S3 has a general score of 75.2, which is just a bit better than iPad mini 2's 73.2 overall score. The Galaxy Tab S3 construction is incredibly newer and way thinner than iPad mini 2's, but it's also noticeably heavier. The Galaxy Tab S3 comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system, while iPad mini 2 comes with iOS 8.x operating system.
The iPad mini 2 has a sharper display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has a quite smaller display, and they both have exactly the same 1536 x 2048px resolution, the iPad mini 2 also counts with a quite higher number of pixels per screen inch. The iPad mini 2 has a bit better processing unit than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has 2 less and slower CPU cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bit CPU and a graphics co-processor.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 captures much better photos and videos than Apple iPad mini 2, because it has a much bigger camera aperture, a lot higher resolution back-facing camera and a way better 3840x2160 video quality. The Galaxy Tab S3 has a lot bigger storage for applications and games than iPad mini 2, and although they both have equal internal storage, the Galaxy Tab S3 also has an external memory slot that admits a maximum of 256 GB.
IPad mini 2 has just a little bit longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because it has 6471mAh of battery capacity.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is also the cheapest, which makes it easy to pick between these tablets.
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