Though we were disappointed by the lack of upgrades on the
new iPad mini 3 from the previous one but it is still a good phone, in the world
of technology things progress faster, today's hottest will be not tomorrow
hottest, that why you will get those like Nexus 9 beating it because it was never upgraded, running on the same chip A7 while that of Apple Air 2 is A8x which is
twice powerful as it.
Design
iPad mini 3 have a metallic unibody made of aluminum which
is finished with tapered edges to make it easier to hold, it is a great looking
device with a premium look and it feels amazing in the hands and touch and it
feels best when operated with two hands but thanks to the lightweight unibody
it is very possible to operate the phone single handed without any fatigue. The
device physically measures 200 x 134.7 x 7.5mm and weighs 331 g for Wi-Fi model
and 341 g (3G/LTE)
Looking at the
positions of the controls and how accessible they are, above the screen there
is a 1.2 MP camera which is able to capture videos of 720p, it is just the same
as the previous one, Next to it there is ambient light sensor which senses the
light intensity around then do automatic adjustment to the screen brightness.
Under the screen is the Home Key which as the iPhones’ has the fingerprint
scanner called Touch ID which enhances your privacy and security. No controls
is on the left, on the right is the two volume rockers and a mute switch. At
the bottom is where the stereo speaker is which are of good quality though not
such loud. At the top has the 3.5 mm audio jack, power lock and the second
microphone which is used in FaceTime calls, the second microphone is on the
back of the slate. 5 MP lenses is at the back too packing a f/2.4 aperture with
no LED flash.
Display type
iPad Mini 3 has a 7.9-inche LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive
touchscreen with a resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels with a very good pixels
density of 324ppi which is the same as
that one in iPad air 2 which offers best quality pictures, videos and high graphic
games. The aspect ratio is 4;3 as opposed to 16:9 or 16:10 for most Android
phones which is amazing when it comes to reading and surfing on the web.
Hardware and performance
iPad mini 3 runs on the previous generation A7-chip. It packs
a 64-bit dual-core Cyclone processor clocked at 1.3 GHz, powerful graphics
processor of PowerVR G6430 and 1 GB RAM. When we tested the CPU performance on
Geekbench 3 and Basemark OS II against its competitors, it never deed good,
maybe because it is still running on A7 chip while others like Apple ipad Air
runs on A8x chip which is very powerful. In GeekBench 3 test iPad mini 3 came
eight with even iPad mini 2 beating it, the first wsa iPad Air 2 which has a
very powerful processor scoring 4464, HTC Nexus 9 3470, Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 3276
and jumping the rest apple iPad mini 2 was above it scoring 2512 then finally
we had iPad mini 3 which scored 2486. It Never performed well also in Basemark
OS II coming sixth with iPad Air 2 first 1937, Nexus 9 then the sixth was iPad
mini 3 1099 followed closely by iPad mini 2 scoring 1073. Looking at the
graphic card, it is average in graphics can’t compare Nexus 9 and iPad air 2
with it. Generally, it runs smoothly and it’s hard to find an application that
won’t run on it.
Battery life
iPad mini 3 has a 6470 mAh battery which is very large. We
tested the battery and we got 10 h of constant use which included gaming both 3
D and 2D, web browsing, watching Wi-Fi streamed videos, reading and taking
photos.
Connectivity
iPad mini 3 has Wi-Fi 802.11 support with MIMO technology,
dual antennas for better signal. Both the Wi-Fi and cellular iPad mini 3
supports LTE cat. 3 with 100 Mbps downlink support. It also have Bluetooth 4.0,
regular mass storage isn’t available
Camera
iPad mini 3 keeps the same camera for the original iPad mini
which is a 5 MP camera which can record 1080p videos at 120fps, leading to some
slick-looking action videos. The 1.2 MP from camera deals with FaceTime and
skype calling. It doesn’t have a good resolution, but does a decent job for
video calling. It doesn’t perform well in low light but most people will be
just happy with it, As opposed to other Android tablets which have more than 5
MP front cameras, which is just amazing
Conclusion
.There not so much new in this iPad mini 3 to warrant buying
it over iPad 2. Looking at the price, 16 GB version will cost $399, 64 GB model
$599
Best features are;
A powerful Hardware
Touch ID fingerprint canner built into the home button
Optional LTE connectivity
The main disadvantages;
No microSD slot
Very pricey
No NFC connectivity for sharing your files.
No LED flash light
Though iPad mini 3 is a good tablet with fantastic design
but there is not suvh different from the previous versions, some of the tablet
we should consider like ;
Nexus 9 which is Google made through HTC is also good,
though $100 cheaper than mini 3, which was mostly due to the Touch ID but when
looking at the overall performance like CPU, graphics HTC Nexus 9 can beat the iPad mini 3. HTC is powered with
Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset, Dual-core denever clocked at 2.3 GHz, Kepler DX1 GPU running
on the new Android v5.0 Lollipop having IPS LCD touchscreen with non-removable
6700mAh battery.
Yeah it was surprising move Nokia made after they couldn’t no
longer produce Lumia brand, N1 is the newly announced tablet with Intel Atom
Z3580 chipset, Quad-core 2.3 GHz CPU, PowerVR G6430 GPU and also running on the
new Android version 5.0 Lollipop having IPS LCD touchscreen with non-removable
5300mAh battery
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