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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-16 | 2019-04-26 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.65 x 6.30 x 0.22 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Gold and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 460.00 | $ 316.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A75 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | 7040mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S5e is a little bit better than iPad mini 3, with a 78.6 score against 77.5. Galaxy Tab S5e counts with Android 10 operating system, and iPad mini 3 works with iOS 8.x operating system. Even though Galaxy Tab S5e is somewhat heavier than the iPad mini 3, it's much thinner and noticeably newer.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has less RAM memory and lesser and slower processing cores, it also counts with a 64-bit processor and an extra graphics processor. The iPad mini 3 has a brighter screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has a lot smaller screen and a quite lower 1536 x 2048px resolution, it also counts with a just a bit better pixels quantity in each inch of screen.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a much better camera than iPad mini 3, because it has a lot better (4K) video definition, a way higher 13 MP resolution back facing camera and a bigger diafragm aperture to take better photography and video in low light environments. Galaxy Tab S5e has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Apple iPad mini 3, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory, the Galaxy Tab S5e also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e counts with just a little bit longer battery lifetime than iPad mini 3, because it has an 11 percent larger battery size.
Despite of being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is also by far the cheapest one, which makes this tablet a great choice.
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