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Apple iPad mini 3
128 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 64.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x | Android 13 |
| 2014-10-16 | 2023-07-26 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 10.01 x 63.21 x 0.23 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Beige and Graphite |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 460.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 2.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 740 GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 15.42 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 32.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.04 |
| 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 | 8400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 9.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini 3 is a lot better than Galaxy Tab S9, getting a score of 77.5 against 64.1. The Apple iPad mini 3 design is much lighter than Galaxy Tab S9, although it's a lot thicker and was released 9 years before. The Apple iPad mini 3 has iOS 8.x OS, and Galaxy Tab S9 works with Android 13 OS.
IPad mini 3 has a much sharper screen than Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a lot smaller display. Apple iPad mini 3 counts with a much faster CPU than Galaxy Tab S9, because although it has an inferior number of cores and 7 GB lesser RAM, it also counts with a 64-bit CPU and a graphics processing unit.
The Galaxy Tab S9 has a much greater memory for games and applications than iPad mini 3, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Tab S9 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows up to 1 TB. The Galaxy Tab S9 counts with better battery life than iPad mini 3, because it has a 32% more battery capacity.
IPad mini 3 captures better pictures and videos than Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a much less mega-pixels camera.
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