Apple's decision to use the same processor in the iPad Mini Retina and the iPad Air was applauded by many (myself included). Finally, the iPad Mini was no longer a "low-cost" tablet, with fewer features than the devices launched in its year. The question that remained in the air and that we could not know until its launch was if it would work at the same speed as the A7 processor of the iPhone 5s or that of the iPad Air, and the answer has already been known today from Geekbench, the best-known application to perform benchmarks on our devices: the iPad Mini retina works at the same processor speed as the iPhone 5s.
¿What consequences does this have on the daily use of the device? None, unless the user can perceive. The fact that the iPad Mini shares the same processor speed as the iPhone 5s makes sense, since it has less battery and less surface area to dissipate heat than the all-powerful iPad Air. These small variations are what manufacturers pull out of their sleeves to achieve optimal performance in their devices and achieve the maximum balance between power and consumption.
The decision between opting for the iPad Air and the iPad Mini is increasingly complicated: equally powerful devices, same autonomy, considerable difference in screen and price. Sacrifice screen to save a good handful of euros? With the new design of the iPad Air, which makes it almost identical to the iPad Mini, only slightly larger and heavier (but little), and the specifications of the iPad Mini, traced to the iPad Air, it is difficult to know which is the best decision. Which is yours?
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