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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 0000-00-00 | 2020-09-18 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 281.00 | $ 459.00 |
| 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 A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 8.01 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 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 | 8.36 |
| 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 | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 1.36 |
| 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 mini is a little bit better than the iPad (2020), with a 68.1 score against 66.6. IPad mini's design is a bit thinner and a lot lighter than the iPad (2020). The iPad (2020) counts with a much more powerful processing unit than iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with a greater number of cores and a 64-bit processor.
Apple iPad (2020) features a bit sharper screen than Apple iPad mini, because it has a lot more pixels per inch of display, a much higher 1620 x 2160 resolution and a bigger display. IPad mini counts with a superior memory for applications and games than Apple iPad (2020), because it has 64 GB internal storage.
IPad (2020) counts with just a bit better camera than iPad mini, and although they both have a same size camera aperture, the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video definition, the iPad (2020) also has a way more mega-pixels back camera. Apple iPad mini features a way better battery duration than Apple iPad (2020).
The Apple iPad mini not only is the best tablets of the ones we compare here, but it's also by far the cheapest.
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