iPad Mini vs Nexus 7

iPad Mini vs Nexus 7Last year’s Nexus 7 kicked off the small-tablet movement and predated the iPad Mini, with an aggressive price and comfortable design, but a set of features that were slightly bare-bones (no rear camera). The iPad Mini offered a deeper feature set, but the new Nexus 7 has taken the lead — at least, on paper — once again. The new Nexus 7 has a 1,920×1,080-pixel 16:9 7-inch display, whereas the iPad Mini has a larger 4:3, 7.9-inch display at only 1,024×768 pixels. The iPad Mini’s screen was bigger and better than the original Nexus 7, but the new Nexus 7 has the clear edge here — although color quality, brightness, and viewing angles have yet to be determined. The 2013 Nexus 7 has a 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and Adreno 320 graphics, plus 2GB of RAM. Eric Franklin points out that these graphics match the Samsung Galaxy S4’s, but the processing power isn’t as impressive as an Nvidia Tegra 4 might be.

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