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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2020-10-16 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Black and White | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 281.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 162 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.01 | 10.26 |
| 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 + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| 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 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a global score of 71.7, which is slightly better than iPad mini's overall score of 68.1. The Apple iPad Air (2020) construction is a lot heavier but thinner than iPad mini. Apple iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x OS, while iPad mini comes with iOS 8.x OS. Apple iPad Air (2020) has a bit better looking display than Apple iPad mini, because it has a much better 1640 x 2360px resolution, a much greater pixel count per inch of display and a way larger display.
Apple iPad Air (2020) and iPad mini feature incredibly similar storage capacity for games and applications, they have equal internal storage. The Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a much greater processing power than iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU and more processing cores.
IPad Air (2020) captures way better photos and videos than iPad mini, because it has a lot bigger camera aperture to take better low light captures and video, a back facing camera with much more MP and a way higher video resolution. The iPad mini counts with a much longer battery duration than iPad Air (2020).
Although iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than iPad mini, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as iPad mini. So if you want that extra specs, you can buy iPad Air (2020), but if you don't you can save some money and get the iPad mini, letting go a couple specifications.
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