Apple iPad mini 3 Review

Apple iPad mini 3 is a very complete iOS tablet released some years ago, in 2014, equipped with a high performance 1.3 gigahertz Dual-Core 64 bit processing unit, a pretty big 7.9" screen, and 2 cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back side camera and a 1.2 MP front-facing camera.

Apple decided to power this tablet with an extremely powerful 64-bits Dual-Core CPU speeding at 1.3 gigahertz, included in an Apple A7 chip and only 1 GB of RAM which is a little bit low for such a powerful tablet. To handle graphic calculations, it also counts with a PowerVR G6430 GPU running at 600 MHz. A great point of the iPad mini 3 is its astonishing 128 GB internal storage memory and although it doesn't count with an SD card slot, it is still enough to install hundreds of apps and even the largest games currently available without worrying about running out of space.

About its construction materials, the iPad mini 3 is made of Aluminium, which gives it a top level feel and better resistance. Apple made this tabletavailable just in two colors, gray and gold. Apple appears to have forgotten about weight optimization in this 12.03 ounces tablet. The iPad mini 3 is just 0.3 inches thick, taking it to the thinnest portable tablet's category. Whereas this tablet is just 7.87 inches long, it's able to fit a a 7.9" display.

The Apple iPad mini 3 includes an astonishing 1536 x 2048 7.9 inches screen, giving this portable tablet a delightful image quality. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.

This tablet is equipped with two cameras, a 5 megapixels back side camera and a 1.2 megapixels front-facing camera. This tablet can also capture videos in Full HD 1920x1080 at 30 fps. In addition, the camera counts with multiple great characteristics: auto-focus, face detection shooting, digital image stabilization, time lapse video, HDR mode and geo tagging.

This tablet packs a 6350 mAh incredible non-removable battery that can keep this tablet running for many hours and even reach the end of the day without having to charge it at all. An issue to take into consideration is that this tablet's battery is not removable so you can't change it when it starts losing capacity, even though with such a great capacity you will probably buy a new tablet before it happens.

The iPad mini 3 counts with wifi capability (which can be provided to other devices around, acting as a wireless modem or router), 4G (LTE) high speed internet connection and fast 3G data connection, over HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B and EDGE technologies. The iPad mini 3 uses a Nano SIM card for GSM carriers and it works with both CDMA and GSM networks.

This tablet also features a handful of useful characteristics like Fingerprint ID, Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Navigation, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This tablet is being sold for about $ 460, which is not a very good offer for this type of tablet. No matter if you want a tablet for playing games, want it to take lots of pictures, are looking for a work tablet or are looking for a social device, this tablet is very appropiate . The Apple iPad mini 3 is sold with USB Power Adapter and Lightning to USB Cable.