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| Global Score | |
| 58.4 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2019-03-18 |
| 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 24.00 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 123.00 | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1366 x 768 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 148 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1500 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (520 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.64 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 4.29 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini (2019) is way better than the Microsoft Surface RT, with an 85.9 score against 58.4. The iPad mini (2019) counts with iPadOS 13.x operating system, while Microsoft Surface RT counts with Windows RT operating system. IPad mini (2019) is a extremely newer tablet, and it's also much thinner and incredibly lighter than the Microsoft Surface RT.
IPad mini (2019) counts with an incredibly better display than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a much higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 and a lot greater pixels quantity per inch in the screen. The iPad mini (2019) has a superior memory capacity for games and applications than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with more internal memory.
The iPad mini (2019) features a better hardware performance than Microsoft Surface RT, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, it also counts with more RAM, a larger number of cores and a 64-bits CPU. The iPad mini (2019) features a much longer battery performance than Microsoft Surface RT. IPad mini (2019) counts with a very superior camera than Microsoft Surface RT, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video resolution and the same video frame rates, the iPad mini (2019) also has a camera with much more megapixels.
The Apple iPad mini (2019) is a lot more expensive than the Microsoft Surface RT, but you can get a much better tablet for that few extra dollars.
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