iPad Air vs iPad Mini with Retina Display!  #Helpful Post

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with a much requested comparison on the

brand new iPad air versus the iPad Mini

with Retina display because now the gap

between the two is smaller than ever

from the pricing to the hardware to the

performance so if you are up in the air

between the two this video will

hopefully help ease your decision now if

you happen to miss my comparison of the

first generation versus the second

generation iPad Mini I'll have an

annotated up here and also linked right

below that thumbs up button just in case

you missed it that video was more based

off speed test and performance because

the gap between those two were pretty

significant these two on the other hand

the iPad air and iPad Mini with Retina

Display the gap as far as performance

goes is much much smaller so this is

really going to come down to everyday

usage and how it actually fits into your

lifestyle so to kick things off the iPad

Mini with Retina display starts out at

399 lets them get you an a7 processor

and a 7.9 inch display with a resolution

of 2048 by 1536 400 bucks more the iPad

air will get you the same a 7 processor

and they both do feature the m7

coprocessor for motion processing you're

going to get these same 2048 by 1536

resolution but you're going to jump up

to a 9 point 7 inch display as opposed

to the 7.9 inch display on the iPad Mini

apart from that they're the same cameras

Wi-Fi connections battery life so you

can see there are a lot of similarities

so aside from the obvious form factor

differences there are a couple variances

that I want to point out starting with

the processor even though they both

feature these same exact a7 processor

the iPad air is clocked slightly higher

at around 1.4 gigahertz whereas the iPad

Mini is clocked right around 1.3 guards

now as far as how that translates into

actual performance if you just look

solely at benchmarks and Geekbench here

for example the iPad air of course does

score higher than the iPad Mini now as

far as how those numbers equate into

actual real-world performance I would

say 99% of the people out there wouldn't

tell the difference between the two as

far as gaming or snappiness they are

both blazing fast and to me there's not

enough there to solely base your buying

decision off benchmarks or a slightly

higher clock speed they both perform

really really well now the next big

difference is the actual display quality

not the size

the actual quality there have been

reports that the actual color accuracy

on the iPad Mini is subpar compared to

the iPad air I have used both in hand

and I will say it is noticeable but

again it's one of those things where the

majority the people out there won't

notice difference between the two I will

say I am a little disappointed that the

quality isn't up to the iPad air

standards but as far as how I use my

iPad it's more for media consumption as

opposed to creation so I don't need a

super super accurate display I'm really

going to rely on my computer for those

needs so with that in mind if you do

want to use your iPad more for creation

and photo editing and things like that

you need the accuracy you might want to

consider the iPad air now aside from

those two major points for me it really

comes down to Portability and how you

plan on using it in your life for me

before the iPad Mini I didn't really use

the iPad that much because if you put a

laptop or an iPad in front of me I would

always lean towards the laptop because I

can do more I'm gonna be on Final Cut

editing working being more productive in

my eyes not to say that you can't create

an iPad but before the iPad Mini like I

said I would always choose a laptop so

for me why I prefer the iPad Mini is

definitely the form factor it's more of

a complementary piece of tech now I can

use it alongside my laptop and not

really feel like I have to choose I can

consume mediate watch Netflix play games

because I do enjoy that form factor for

playing games and the iPad Mini it's

easier to throw on my bag with all my

camera gear it just fits a lot better

now I will say because the iPad air is

thinner and lighter the difference

between those two as far as weight goes

is pretty small the iPad air weighs just

one pound whereas the iPad Mini is just

about seven tenths of a pound so there's

not a huge gap there and that made it a

lot harder of a choice that I initially

thought it would be so watching movies

playing games with the iPad air was a

lot more enjoyable than it ever has been

before I can watch an hour-long show off

iTunes on the iPad air and it wouldn't

feel like my arm was straining so there

was a lot of good but ultimately just

wasn't as portable as the iPad Mini was

for me so that's kind of my thoughts on

who I think the iPad Mini is for as far

as who I think the iPad air is for if

you're going to use it as your main

computing device and you really don't

plan on using a laptop then obviously go

for the bigger screen it's a great

complementary item to a desktop so if

you don't plan on using a laptop or

anything in between

then the iPad air makes a lot of sense

another example that comes to mind will

be using the iPad in the kitchen I think

the iPad air would make it much more

enjoyable peace in your kitchen having

to see recipes on a bigger display and

things like that so if you really don't

need it so much for Portability and you

like the idea of a bigger screen

again the iPad air is probably going to

be a better choice for you again it

really comes down to how you're going to

use these in your lives you're not

getting any extra screen resolution on

either people are saying is it a big

difference between the two because the

iPad Mini is more dense because there's

more pixels and a smaller form factor

and to me it's not really a huge

difference they both look fantastic it's

not like one is better than the other

again the iPad air does have a better

color accuracy but as far as actual

sharpness they are both stellar so

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