Lot of changes has occurred this year concerning Apple which has come up with its latest tablets iPad Air. This makes it difficult for majority of Apple fans to take a decision regarding the product to be purchased. iPad Air is slimmer and sleek whereas iPad Mini contains Retina Display and is thicker in chassis. Things such as 10 hours of operating of the battery might make you wonder as to which one is better compared to similar color options and camera and it could confuse a user. We shall now compare these two tablets to find out as to how one is superior to the other on various aspects.

Hardware

This iPad Air is 20% bigger and wider by 26%. Thus latest iPad is a fully blown tablet which is bigger than the predecessor. Many changes seem to have been made in the design and Apple has certainly changed a lot. But both have same thickness of 7.5mm. iPad air is heavier by   42% and this is a drastic change. It is like 469 grams vs 331 grams. Build of both these tablets have anodized aluminum finish and might look similar. The other similarity is the color option. Both these are available in black and gray and silver or white options. Amazon India coupons can be used to get this wonderful device.

Display

Compared to iPad Air, you get 65% of the screen area in the iPad Mini. The major attraction of iPad mini is the Retina Display which packs same number of pixels as larger iPad air. It indicates that this has higher density. As far as the overall size of screen is concerned story is similar to what it was last year ie iPad mini provides 65% of screen as provided by iPad Air.

System on chip

Both these tablets are faster than earlier versions of A6X of last year. Both are sporting 64-bit A7 chip this year. It is same as that of iPhone 5S. Though not much can be said about these now but they certainly run faster than the predecessors.

Motion co-processor and Storage

Coming to motion co-processor, not much of difference is there because both tablets sport M7 motion co-processor which is there already in iPhone 5 S. This does have an effect on increasing battery life because this can save battery. Both these tablets have similar storage capacity of 128 GB option. Apple has not made any changes in the latest iPad regarding the storage capacity. www.couponmama.co.in is the best site for getting the latest coupons and deals on tablets.

Conclusion

In case you are more inclined towards purchasing iPad mini, you might think again. It would have been the winner if cost of iPad had not been so high. But the increase in cost and its compact built makes it look much smaller than the iPad Air. Thus it is now clear that those thinking of choosing to change over to iPad Air then you should because it is better and bigger. But in case you are not much inclined towards Retina display then the new version could be given a miss without much consideration.