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| Global Score | |
| 85.9 | 69 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 13.x | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-07-05 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches | 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches |
| 10.87 ounces | 12.17 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Black and Silver |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 679.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 324 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 504 GPU |
| 10.35 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 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 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0, EDR | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini (2019) is way better than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), with a score of 85.9 against 69. The iPad mini (2019) design is much thinner and somewhat lighter than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), even though both of them were released with only 4 months difference. IPad mini (2019) has iPadOS 13.x OS, and Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) counts with Android 11 OS.
The Apple iPad mini (2019) counts with a much better display than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a lot higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels and a lot better screen pixel density. IPad mini (2019) has a lot bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
The iPad mini (2019) has a quite better hardware performance than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a higher amount of RAM memory, a 64-bit CPU and a higher number of cores (and also faster). IPad mini (2019) takes much better pictures and videos than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), and although they both have the same video definition and the same resolution back-facing camera, the iPad mini (2019) also has faster 120 fps video frame rates.
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) has a little better battery performance than Apple iPad mini (2019), because it has 5100mAh of battery capacity.
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