The IPad Mini 2 and Nexus 7 compare the test, to the excellent screen or cost-effective?

For portability, small flat panels were favored by more consumers in 2013, with the hottest two tablets, the IPad Mini 2, which is too 2013 Nexus 7 and Retina screens, which focus on cost-performance and the first time to get a new version of Android, And the latter has a better screen presentation, so how do you choose?

For this purpose, the foreign media gizmag through the specification comparison to help you choose between the two according to your own needs.

The height of the two tablet is 200mm (7.9 inches), and the width of Nexus 7 is narrower than the ipad Mini 2, 16%, and 16% thick. So after the start of the two will give consumers a completely different experience.

With the Retina screen, the IPad Mini 2 weighs more heavily than the first generation, but the difference is not obvious. It weighs 14% heavier than Nexus 7.

The same as the previous generation of the IPad Mini 2 using aluminum alloy material, and Nexus 7 continue to use the plastic appearance. The two tablet is comfortable to start with, but the IPad Mini 2 feels better. If you hold the IPad Mini 2 without a false touch, Nexus 7 will.

Currently, the IPad Mini 2 has two colors for consumers to choose from, while Nexus 7 offers only black versions.

Obviously the size of the IPad Mini 2 counts as 100%, so Nexus 7 has a 74% screen area. Two tablet in the screen pixel density is very close, the difference is the screen resolution, the IPad Mini 2 reached the 2048*1536, and Nexus 7 is 1920*1200.

The IPad Mini 2 runs the IOS 7 system, and Nexus 7 now supports the Android 4.4 version.

Both have different storage versions for consumers to choose from, and the Nexus 7 offers only 16GB and 32GB two versions, while the ipad Mini 2 also offers 64GB and 128GB two versions.

Two tablet support LTE network, also provide wifi-only and wifi+lte two versions respectively.

From the above argument, the IPad Mini 2 has a significantly higher battery capacity than Nexus 7. The foreign media then carried out the actual endurance test:

A comparison of the duration of video playback on WiFi brightness at 75% found that Nexus 7 lasted 5 hours and 33 minutes, while the IPad Mini 2 lasted 10 hours and 50 minutes, almost twice times the former.

The internal IPad Mini 2 employs the A7 processor plus the M7 coprocessor, while Nexus 7 employs a high-pass Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

Nexus 7 is twice times the IPad Mini 2 RAM.

The camera specs are the same in terms of specs.

The second generation of Nexus 7 has been on sale for four months, of course willing to wait for the next 8 months will see the third generation of Nexus 7.

The initial price difference between the two is us$170, which is a big factor for those who are looking for cost-performance.

Summary

If the two prices are the same, then do not hesitate to buy the ipad Mini 2, but when the two have a $170 gap has become a large number of consumers to measure the key factors.

So is this $170 worth it? First of all, in terms of applications, many consumer-favored games will be given priority to the app Store, and Google play may not, and if so, this $170 is worth it.