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Apple iPad mini 3
16 GB Wi-Fi OnlyA1600, A1599
| Global Score | |
| 72.3 | 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 |
| 11.68 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Gold and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 345.00 | $ 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 | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 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, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 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 has an overall score of 78.6, which is slightly better than the iPad mini 3's 72.3 global score. The Galaxy Tab S5e counts with Android 10 OS, while iPad mini 3 has iOS 8.x OS. Galaxy Tab S5e's construction is newer and extremely thinner than the iPad mini 3's, although it's somewhat heavier.
IPad mini 3 features a sharper display than Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has a lot smaller screen and a little bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels, it also counts with a little bit greater number of pixels per inch of screen. Galaxy Tab S5e features a very superior storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad mini 3, because it has a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The iPad mini 3 counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has a lower number of cores and 3 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU and a graphics co-processor. The Galaxy Tab S5e features just a bit better battery duration than Apple iPad mini 3, because it has 7040mAh of battery capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e captures much clearer photographs and videos than Apple iPad mini 3, because it has a camera with way more mega-pixels, a bigger camera aperture for better low light photography and videos and a way better video definition.
Despite of being the best tablet in this comparison, the Galaxy Tab S5e is also the cheapest, making this tablet an easy choice.
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