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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 0000-00-00 | -- |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | -- |
| 11.01 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black and White | -- |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 281.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 162 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.01 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini has a score of 68.1, which is much better than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s 60.6 general score. IPad mini works with iOS 8.x operating system, and iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system. The iPad mini features a little more vivid screen than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a lot lower display density, a way smaller screen and a much lower 768 x 1024px resolution.
The Apple iPad mini counts with a much better performing processing unit than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has a lower amount of RAM and lesser processing cores , it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor. IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has a camera that is very similar to the iPad mini one, although the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) also has a much larger aperture and a lot higher 12 MP resolution camera in the back.
The iPad mini and the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) have very similar memory capacity to store more games and applications, both of them have the same internal memory. IPad mini features a much better battery duration than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen).
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