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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2021-09-24 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| Black and White | Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 281.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 162 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.01 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 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 |
| 7.92 | 8.58 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 9.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) is just a bit better than iPad mini, with a 73.2 score against 68.1. IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, while iPad mini comes with iOS 8.x OS. Although it's the best tablet in this comparison review, iPad 10.2-inch (2021) is a extremely heavier and a bit thicker tablet than the iPad mini.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a way better performance than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processor, it also counts with a 64 bits processor and a higher number of cores. IPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a bit more vivid screen than iPad mini, because it has much more pixels per inch of screen, a much higher 1620 x 2160 pixels resolution and a larger display.
The iPad mini and the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) feature similar storage capacity to store more games and applications, they have exactly the same internal memory capacity. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a little bit better camera than iPad mini, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition, a same size diafragm aperture and the same video frame rate, the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a much higher 8 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much longer battery lifetime than iPad mini, because it has a 92 percent larger battery size.
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