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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 9.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2015-09-09 | 2021-09-24 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.72 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 288.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 324 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| Typhoon ARMv8-A, 64-bit (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR GX6450 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 8.58 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5124mAh Battery | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 9.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini 4 is a little bit better than the iPad 10.2-inch (2021), getting a 75.6 score against 73.2. The iPad mini 4 has iOS 9.x operating system, while iPad 10.2-inch (2021) works with iPadOS 15.x operating system. IPad mini 4 is an a lot older tablet than the iPad 10.2-inch (2021), but it's noticeably lighter and much thinner anyway.
IPad mini 4 features a little more vivid display than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because although it has a little bit worse 2048 x 1536px resolution and a way smaller display, it also counts with a just a little greater screen density. IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much better performing processing unit than iPad mini 4, because it has a 64 bits processor and a larger number of faster cores.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with just a bit better camera than iPad mini 4. Both of them have a 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera, a same size diafragm aperture, the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video resolution. The Apple iPad mini 4 features a much better memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because it has more internal storage.
The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a much better battery performance than iPad mini 4, because it has an 8526mAh battery capacity.
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