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Apple iPad mini 3
16 GBA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 72.3 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2014-10-16 | 2017-03-24 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.03 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black and Silver |
| Aluminium | Glass |
| $ 325.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.18 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 32.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6350mAh Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.84 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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 S3 has an overall score of 75.2, which is slightly better than the iPad mini 3's general score of 72.3. The Galaxy Tab S3 has Android 9.0 Pie OS, and iPad mini 3 counts with iOS 8.x OS. Galaxy Tab S3's design is incredibly newer and much thinner, but noticeably heavier than the iPad mini 3.
Apple iPad mini 3 has a little faster CPU than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores and they are also slower, it also counts with an additional graphics processor and a 64-bits processing unit. The Apple iPad mini 3 features a sharper screen than Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, and they both have an equal resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels, the Apple iPad mini 3 also counts with a just a little more pixels per display inch.
Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a superior camera than iPad mini 3, because it has a camera in the back with lot more megapixels, a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and a way bigger diafragm aperture to take better low light photography. Galaxy Tab S3 has a much bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than iPad mini 3, because it has more internal memory capacity and an external memory card slot that supports up to 256 GB.
The Apple iPad mini 3 has a little better battery duration than Galaxy Tab S3, because it has 6350mAh of battery capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 not only is the best devices of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also by far the cheapest one, making it an obvious call.
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