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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 61.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iOS 8.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-16 | 2021-05-26 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.72 x 6.54 x 0.36 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 16.40 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Denim, Lavender and Olive |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | MediaTek Helio P60T MT8183 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Cortex-A73, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 3 is a lot better than the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), having a 77.5 score against 61.8. The iPad mini 3 body is much lighter and somewhat thinner than the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), although it was released 7 years before. The iPad mini 3 works with iOS 8.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) counts with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
The iPad mini 3 counts with a much sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because although it has a much smaller screen, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 and a higher pixel amount in each inch in the display. IPad mini 3 counts with just a little better processing power than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores and slower, it also counts with a 64 bits processor and an extra graphics processing unit.
The Apple iPad mini 3 takes greater photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), and although they both have a 5 mega-pixels camera in the back, the Apple iPad mini 3 also has a lot better (Full HD) video resolution. The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) has more storage for apps and games than iPad mini 3, because although it has only 32 GB internal memory, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that holds up to 1 TB.
The iPad mini 3 has a much better battery duration than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021).
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