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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 65.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2014-10-16 | -- |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 12.03 ounces | -- |
| Gold and Gray | -- |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2388 x 1688 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple 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 | 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 | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 3 is much better than iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen), having a 77.5 score against 65.6. The iPad mini 3 comes with iOS 8.x operating system, and iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen) has iPadOS 16.x operating system. The iPad mini 3 counts with an incredibly better display than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen), because although it has a little bit worse 1536 x 2048 resolution and a really smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater amount of pixels in each inch of display.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen) has as much memory for applications and games as iPad mini 3, both of them have the same 128 GB internal storage. The Apple iPad mini 3 has a very superior processing unit than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen), because although it has less RAM and a lower number of cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processor and a graphics processing unit.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a superior battery lifetime than iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen). The iPad Pro 11-inch (7th Gen) features a much better camera than iPad mini 3, because it has a lot higher 3840x2160 video resolution, a much higher resolution back facing camera and a much larger diafragm aperture for better photography and videos in low light environments.
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