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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2014-10-16 | 2020-10-16 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.18 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 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 | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini 3 has a general score of 77.5, which is a little bit better than the iPad Air (2020)'s global score of 71.7. Apple iPad mini 3's body is a lot lighter than the iPad Air (2020), although it is notably thicker and was released 6 years before. Apple iPad mini 3 works with iOS 8.x OS, while iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x OS.
The iPad mini 3 has a bit better looking screen than Apple iPad Air (2020), because although it has a really smaller screen and a quite lower 1536 x 2048 resolution, it also counts with a just a bit greater display pixel density. The iPad mini 3 features a very superior storage capacity to install applications and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal storage.
The iPad Air (2020) counts with a quite better performance than iPad mini 3, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, and they both have a 64-bit CPU, the iPad Air (2020) also counts with more processing cores. The iPad mini 3 counts with a much better battery duration than iPad Air (2020).
Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a way better camera than Apple iPad mini 3, because it has a much bigger aperture to capture better low-light images, a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels and a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution.
Apple iPad mini 3 not only is the best tablets between the ones we are comparing, but it's also a bargain compared to others.
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