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Apple iPad mini
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| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | Apple |
| -- | iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2015-07-10 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.26 inches | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 11.01 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| -- | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 320 pixels per inch | 162 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom Z3580 chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| 64-bit, 22 nm (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 9 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 3 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Ni - MH Battery | 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad mini is just a bit better than the Asus ZenPad S 8.0, with a 68.1 score against 62.2. Despite being the best in this comparison, the Apple iPad mini is a a little heavier and a little thicker tablet than the Asus ZenPad S 8.0. The Asus ZenPad S 8.0 counts with a faster CPU than iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a larger number of cores and more RAM.
The Asus ZenPad S 8.0 features a bit more vivid display than Apple iPad mini, because it has a quite bigger screen, a much higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels and a way higher pixels count per inch in the display. The Asus ZenPad S 8.0 has a much bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad mini, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Asus ZenPad S 8.0 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
IPad mini has a much longer battery performance than Asus ZenPad S 8.0. IPad mini has a very superior camera than Asus ZenPad S 8.0, although it has a camera with much less mega-pixels resolution and a worse 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition.
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