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| Global Score | |
| 80 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2017-05-21 | 2019-03-18 |
| 11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 26.60 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| Silver | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1440 x 2160 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core i5 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 3100 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Intel HD GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 16.38 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 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 | |
| 5070mAh Battery | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini (2019) is just a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch, getting a global score of 85.9 against 80. Apple iPad mini (2019) comes with iPadOS 13.x OS, and Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch has Windows 10 OS. Apple iPad mini (2019) is a newer tablet device, and it's also noticeably lighter and thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch.
Apple iPad mini (2019) counts with a quite superior processing power than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM, it also counts with 6 more processing cores and a 64-bits processor. IPad mini (2019) features a brighter screen than Galaxy Book 12-inch, because although it has a way smaller screen, it also counts with a slightly higher 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution and more pixels per inch of screen.
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch features a way bigger memory capacity for games and applications than iPad mini (2019), and although they both have exactly the same 256 GB internal storage, the Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch also has an external memory card slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB. The Apple iPad mini (2019) has a battery duration that is just as good as Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch's battery lifetime, although the Apple iPad mini (2019) has just 5058mAh of battery size instead of 5070mAh.
The Apple iPad mini (2019) shoots much better photographs and videos than Galaxy Book 12-inch, although it has a camera with much less mega-pixels, a lower video definition and a much tinier diafragm aperture which is not nice for shooting photos in low light environments.
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