iPad Mini vs Galaxy Note 8: Fight!
Posted by webb1234 on March 8th, 2013
iPad Mini or Galaxy Note 8? Which mini tablet is your cup of tea?
Apple iPad Mini, firstly unveiled in the past Oct. and available in Nov in 2012, promptly left store shelves by the millions in just a short time. Samsung Galaxy Note 8, unveiled at the MWC 2013, is quickly making a splash too. Here is a quick look at the specs of both mini mobile tablets. For those who currently think about buying an 8-inch tablet, hope this informative article can help you make a choice.
Apple iPad Mini vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8: fierce competition between 2 8-inch tablets
Screen: Galaxy Note 8 includes an 8 inches screen (1280-by-800p) at 189 ppi. Apple iPad Mini on the other hand offers a display resolution of 1024-by-768p at 163 pixels per inch. Just according to screen resolution, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 screen is sharper than Apple iPad Mini and it'll offer much better visual experience when we separately watch movies on ipad mini as well as Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
Processor: To guarantee everything runs smoothly, Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 packs with Exynos 4 Quad chip with 2GB of RAM, the same one found in Samsung's red-hot phone Galaxy Note 2. While the iPad Mini brain is in the Apple A5 chipset, which has a 1 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor, the PowerVR GPU, and 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. I bet most of the people would choose the Note 8, which looks the better one when it comes to processor chip. However, no delays appear when I watch movies on ipad mini as well as enjoy high-profile video games on Apple iPad Mini.
Storage: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 seems to beat the Apple iPad Mini by providing a microSD card slot for expandable up to 64GB memory. Samsung Note 8 followers can select from 32 and 64GB versions. Apple iPad Mini is non-support for memory expansion and comes in 3 versions -16GB, 32GB and 64GB.
Camera: Both tablets offer a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1MP camera on the front. I am not suggesting for you to choose an 8-inch tablet depending on camera count. However you should know both of them are virtually on the same level in this around.
Battery power: As for battery power, it's 4600 mAh and 4400 mAh rechargeable lithium-polymer for Galaxy Note 8 and Apple iPad Mini respectively. There's virtually no difference within the battery numbers. Thus, regardless of you need to play movies on ipad mini or enjoy games on Samsung Galaxy Note 8, rather long life of the battery would completely take hold of.
Weight and Size: Apple iPad Mini is invincible with regards to lightness. Note 8 measures at 211 x 136 x 7. 95 mm. While Apple iPad Mini measures at 200 x 134. 7 x 7. 2 mm -- slimmer and lighter in weight as compared to Note 8.
No denying that Galaxy Note 8 now gives a threat to Apple iPad Mini. So what about Apple's next move? Probably the iPad Mini 2? Participate in our discussion and your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
