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| Global Score | |
| 63.4 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT 8.1 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2013-09-23 | 2021-09-24 |
| 10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 23.84 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| -- | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 630.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 208 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1700 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Yes GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.55 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.05 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.9 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 360 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| 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 mini (6th Gen) has a general score of 65, which is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface 2's 63.4 overall score. The Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) is a notably newer tablet device, and it is also noticeably thinner and a lot lighter than the Microsoft Surface 2. Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x OS, while Microsoft Surface 2 has Windows RT 8.1 OS.
IPad mini (6th Gen) has a sharper display than Microsoft Surface 2, because although it has a way smaller screen, it also counts with a better resolution of 1488 x 2266 and a lot better screen density. Microsoft Surface 2 counts with a really superior processing power than iPad mini (6th Gen), although it has an inferior number of cores.
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) shoots much better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has a camera with a way better resolution and a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition. Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) and Microsoft Surface 2 both count with really similar storage capacity to store more games and applications, and although the Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) has no slot for an external memory card, they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) has a very superior battery duration than Microsoft Surface 2.
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