Mobile Phone Manuals Reviews of Mobile Phones The Apple iPad Mini 3 was released in October 2014 and is a bit of a watered down version of the Apple iPad Air 2 which is also on this website. If you don’t need all the bells and whistles of the iPad then the Mini 3 is not a bad compromise when it comes to looks and functionality in the Apple range of products.
iPad Mini 3 Connectivity:
The Mini 3 iPad comes with good connectivity such as 2G (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) + (CDMA 800/1900) as well as 3G (HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100) + (CDMA2000 1xEV-DO) as well as 4G and connectivity speed of HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps. This iPad Mini 3 also comes with GPRS as well as EDGE.
Size:
The Mini 3 comes with almost the same size 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm (7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 in) as the Air 2 however is much lighter at just over 320 grams. The iPad also comes with a fingerprint reader as well as a Nano-SIM/ Apple SIM (US & UK). The screen is also standard LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors and 1536 x 2048 pixels screen resolution. The screen is also coated with an oleophobic coating to protect it from scratches.
Platform:
The Mini 3 has a Apple A7 chipset. Note however that the Mini 3 comes with a Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based) processor and a PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) GPU processor. Note however that there is no card slot on this iPad. The memory comes with 16/64/128 GB option but with a standard 1 GB RAM DDR3 memory. The primary camera is a 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels with autofocus camera as well as a 1080p@30fps video player quality. The secondary camera is a 1.2 MegaPixel running at 720p@30fps with face detection.
| Apple iPad Air 2 | Apple iPad Mini 3 |
|---|---|
| Apple iPad Air 2 | Apple iPad Mini 3 |
| Dimensions: 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in) | Dimensions: 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm (7.87 x 5.30 x 0.30 in) |
| CPU: Triple-core 1.5 GHz | CPU: Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based) |
| Internal Memory: 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM | Internal Memory: 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 |
| Camera Primary: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels | Camera Primary: 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels |
| GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only) | GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS |
Other:
Finally if you live in Australia then you can find the Apex Telecom Australia APN settings on this website as well as the Boost Mobile Australia APN settings. The other options on the iPad Mini 3 is a 3.5mm external jack as well as Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR as well as A-GPS and GLONASS ability. USB v2 comes as standard as well as an accelerometer, gyro and compass. With a 10 hour talk time (6470 mAh battery) as well as HTML5 (Safari) comes as a good compromise. Other interesting phones has been the Nokia 9000 Communicator also on here.
Apple iPad Mini 3 User Manual
