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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2014-10-16 | 0000-00-00 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini 3 is slightly better than the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), with a 77.5 score against 72.3. IPad mini 3 has iOS 8.x OS, and iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS. IPad mini 3 is a way thicker but incredibly lighter tablet device than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). The iPad mini 3 counts with a very superior processing power than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has lesser RAM memory and less cpu cores , it also counts with a graphics co-processor and a 64-bits processing unit.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a brighter screen than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a much smaller screen, it also counts with a just a bit greater display density. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a camera that's very similar to the camera in Apple iPad mini 3, although the iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) also has a camera with lot more mega pixels and a much larger aperture to take better low light photos and videos.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos is very similar to the Apple iPad mini 3 one, both have exactly the same internal storage capacity. IPad mini 3 counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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