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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| Black and White | -- |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 281.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 13 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 162 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 6.8 |
| 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 | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.01 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 10 |
| 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 Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has a global score of 71.3, which is a bit better than iPad mini's score of 68.1. IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has iPadOS 15.x OS, and iPad mini works with iOS 8.x OS. IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) is a somewhat thinner but a lot heavier tablet than iPad mini. The Apple iPad mini counts with a little more vivid screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), although it has a lot lower pixels count per inch of screen, a much smaller display and a lot worse resolution of 768 x 1024px.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has a superior storage capacity for games and applications than Apple iPad mini, because it has more internal storage capacity. The iPad mini counts with a very superior hardware performance than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024)'s camera is just as good as the iPad mini one, although the iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) also has a much larger aperture and a much better 12 MP resolution back facing camera. The iPad mini counts with a much better battery duration than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024).
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