After a long wait, the smaller version of Apple iPad is here. Yes, Apple has launched its latest baby- the iPad mini. With the trusting hardware technology from Apple, this small tablet has generated quite a stir in the electronics market. Let us see if it lives up to the hype: Latest reviews suggest that the users are quite happy with the hardware of the iPad mini. Well, we are not surprised. Apple's R&D team has always known to be excellent in designing hardwares.
This ultra thin and light weight iPad mini comes with a slick and good looking aluminum shell. It is a comfortable tablet to hold in hands. The dimensions of this device are 200 X 134.7 X 7.2 mm and with such small size, it is a compact tablet.
This tablet comes with a 1.2 MP FaceTime camera on the front while a 5 MP camera is placed in the back side. A couple of grills are provided at the base of microphone notch for powerful speakers. The tiny spot for microphone is placed on the top edge of the device. iPad mini lacks Retina Display but nevertheless the 1024 x 768 screen looks good on the eyes.
The picture quality is quite crisp and clear. The iPad mini can run every application that runs on the iPad 2. All the applications run just as fine on this tablet. Even the virtual keyboard is just as comfortable to use as it is on any full sized iPad. Taking photos and videos and editing them is quite comfortable with iPad mini. As it is a small size device, you will feel like you are holding a small camera while talking pictures as opposed to the bulky feeling you get with other iPads.
Apple iPad mini weighs just 308 gm and with the WiFi + cellular option, the weight goes up to 312 gm. The device comes with a 16.3Wh battery which has decent battery life. The RAM of this tablet is of 512 MB. It allows four and fie finger gestures. The Apple iPad mini supports magnetic cases. Other features are dual band WiFi 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n connectivity, carrier dependent hot spot support, Apple A 5 SoC, dual core Cortex A-9 @ 1 GHz chipset, bluetooth 4.0, power VR SGX 543 MP2 dual core GPU, iOS 6 along with Siri as well as iCloud support and activation, accelerometer, three axis gyro sensor, and a compass.
There are certain disadvantages that iPad mini has. The absence of Retina display can be an affecting factor for many people. Like most of its predecessors, this device too requires iTunes for most of the content upload. The screen is highly reflective and it is difficult to get clear display when you are outdoors. The device lacks a memory card slot. Even basic iOS applications such as stocks, calculator, and voice memos are missing in this tablet.
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