We continue to deal with the tablet that inevitably gets the most attention this week, the iPad miniRetina, of which we can finally bring you the first video comparison, although in this case, everything remains at home, since it faces the iPad Air and the first iPad mini, to help you choose between these tablets in case you are still undecided.
When the latest models of the tablets were introduced Apple We already brought you a small reflection on some keys that could help you choose between both, and now that both the iPad Air such as iPad miniRetina are already in stores and available for independent tests and comparisons, we can complement that analysis with an illustration in video of the main differences between them. In this comparison, in addition, the first iPad mini, another option without a doubt interesting for those who do not want to make a large investment.
Dimensions
Actually, there is little we can say about the design, now that both the two models of the iPad mini like the new iPad 9.7-inch are virtually identical (with reduced side bezels and generally looking like the first model of the compact tablet from Apple ), except for new colors (and even in this there are not too many differences, since there are stores where the iPad mini is available in white / silver and black / space gray). A different matter, however, are the dimensions. Regardless of the more obvious difference in screen size between the iPad Air and both iPad mini, it is interesting to see how the differences in thickness between one and the other tablets. You already know that the iPad Air and the new iPad miniRetina They are now the same thickness, which has been a slight setback for the compact tablet compared to the previous generation, but a huge improvement for the larger one. The thinnest tablet of the three, therefore, is the first iPad mini (black) but, as you can see, the difference is really small. Looking at the tablets next to an HTC One, we can get a good idea of ​​how thin they are.
Screen
It is not an aspect to which the video give too much importance, but it is still present throughout the comparison, since at the end of the day we have the opportunity to see the screen of the three devices side by side for several minutes. Although the resolution of the iPad Air and iPad miniRetina is the same, as you already know, the difference in screen size makes the pixel density the second is even higher. The truth is that the image quality of the retina display is already so good that it is difficult to appreciate the improvements 326 PPI of the new compact tablet Apple . A different matter is the contrast with the iPad miniAlthough the truth is that even this does not seem as pronounced as one might think from the fact that the new model practically doubles it in pixel density.
Unlimited
The performance section is analyzed with great thoroughness and as you can see, the only differences we find are not those that occur between the iPad Air and iPad miniRetina and ipad minii, but there are also between the first two. As we anticipated yesterday, despite theoretically mounting the same processor, the 9.7-inch tablet has more power, since, apparently, the A7 of the iPad miniRetina is set to a frequency of 1.29 GHz (0.1 GHz less). The performance differences of the CPU between the two tablets with the A7 are negligible, in any case, compared with the results obtained by the iPad mini: the new model is 5 times more powerful. In the performance test of GPU the results are quite similar, with the iPad Air in the lead, the iPad miniRetina a little behind and the iPad mini much further away. However, it is interesting to check that when loading web, the differences are, in most attempts, much less marked than suggested by the benchmarks and the same can be said when tested with games demanding.
