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| Global Score | |
| 57.5 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 4.0, 3.1 | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2011-04-26 | 2019-03-18 |
| 9.50 x 6.86 x 0.40 inches | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.09 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 795.00 | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.4 inches | 7.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 161 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 7.65 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| SD, SDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.12 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.71 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| UMTS, EDGE and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.8 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad mini (2019) is a lot better than the Sony Tablet S, getting an 85.9 score against 57.5. Apple iPad mini (2019) has iPadOS 13.x operating system, and Sony Tablet S comes with Android 4.0 operating system. The Apple iPad mini (2019) is a newer tablet, and it is also noticeably lighter and much thinner than the Sony Tablet S.
The iPad mini (2019) has a much powerful CPU than Sony Tablet S, because it has a greater number of faster cores, a 64-bit processing unit and a higher amount of RAM memory. IPad mini (2019) features a much better display than Sony Tablet S, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a way higher 1536 x 2048 resolution and a much greater pixel count per inch in the display.
IPad mini (2019) features a way bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Sony Tablet S, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory. IPad mini (2019) features a very superior camera than Sony Tablet S, because it has a back facing camera with a much better 8 mega-pixels resolution and a much higher (Full HD) video quality.
The iPad mini (2019) and Sony Tablet S count with really similar batteries duration, although the iPad mini (2019) also has 5058mAh of battery capacity.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the Apple iPad mini (2019) is also the cheapest one, which makes it a very good choice.
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