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Apple iPad 4
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| Global Score | |
| 85.9 | 70.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 13.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2019-03-18 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches | 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches |
| 10.87 ounces | 23.35 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Black and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 679.00 | $ 740.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Apple A6X chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 10.35 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.91 | 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 | Micro SIM |
| 6.1 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery | Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0, EDR | 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 mini (2019) has an overall score of 85.9, which is much better than iPad 4's 70.8 general score. IPad mini (2019) works with iPadOS 13.x operating system, while iPad 4 counts with iOS 7.x operating system. The iPad mini (2019) construction is much thinner and a lot lighter than iPad 4. Apple iPad 4 and Apple iPad mini (2019) count with similar displays, because although the Apple iPad 4 has a just a little less pixels per inch of screen, and they both have exactly the same resolution of 1536 x 2048, it also counts with a larger screen.
Apple iPad mini (2019) counts with a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than iPad 4, because it has 256 GB internal memory. Apple iPad mini (2019) has a way better hardware performance than iPad 4, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with more RAM, a 64-bits processor and more processing cores.
IPad mini (2019) has a much longer battery life than Apple iPad 4. The Apple iPad mini (2019) captures much better photos and videos than iPad 4, and although they both have a same size aperture and the same (Full HD) video quality, the Apple iPad mini (2019) also has a much more megapixels camera and higher 120 fps video frame rates.
Apple iPad mini (2019) is not only the best tablets of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also cheaper than the other tablet, making it a simple decision.
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