Retina iPad Mini, Nexus 7 HDX 2013 or the Kindle Fire: the best tablet for Christmas ... - OptiMagazine

Thursday, December 19, 2013 09:27 of Nadia Napolitano

Mini iPad Retina

You have not bought all the Christmas gifts and are undecided on the purchase of a 7-inch tablet that knows how to offer the right safeguards? The choice boils down to three main alternatives: Retina iPad Mini , Nexus 7 2013 and Kindle Fire HDX .

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size , the first measures 200 × 134.7 × 7.5 mm and weighs 331-341 grams distributed in the second 200x114x8.7 mm to 290 × 299 g, and the third 186x128x9 mm 303 gr. The display have the following features: 7.9 inch IPS Retina LCD with a resolution of 2048 × 1536 pixels at 324 ppi, 7-inch IPS LCD 1920 × 1200 pixels at 323 ppi for the other two.

The devices are driven by a processor A7 Apple’s dual-core 64-bit clocked at 1.3 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, quad-core GPU PowerVR G6430, against the Snapdrahgon S4 Pro Quad -Core 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Adreno 320 tablet by Google, and the 800 quad-core Snapdragon 2.2 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and Adreno 330 of the small house Amazon.

Regarding storage and connectivity , things are so made: Retina iPad Mini is available in denominations of 16, 32, 64 and 128 GB (not expandable) Nexus 7 2013 those 16 and 32 and Kindle Fire HDX 16, 32 and 64 GB. The first interfaces with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, 3G, 3G HSPA + and 4G LTE, the second with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, microUSB, GPS, 3G, HSPA + and 4G LTE and the third with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB, GPS, 3G, HSPA + and 4G LTE.

Regarding camera , the first integrates a main sensor 5 MP with 1080p video recording, and front from 1.2 M2 (exactly like the second). The third, however, does not have a rear shooter, and has only a front sensor 1.3 MP with 720p video recording.

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battery and OS , the first one from 4440 maH integrates with iOS 7.0.4 (soon upgraded to iOS 7.1), the second one from 3950 KitKat mAh equipped with Android 4.4, and the third by a 4550 mAh OS Android Jelly Bean – Kindle Fire OS 3.0 ‘Mojito’, highly customized by Amazon.

Finally, we look at the analysis Price : Retina iPad Mini costs 389 for the 16 GB model, 479 to 32, 569 to 64 and 659 to 128 (only Wi-Fi) , to which must be added to 120 Euros each variant Connectivity Wi-Fi + Cellular. The Nexus 7 2013 at a price of 229 € for the 16GB model and € 269 for the 32 (only Wi-Fi). The LTE 32GB version is priced at 349 Euros. The Kindle Fire HDX is affordably priced at $ 229 in the 16 GB model (40 more for the 32 and 80 and 64, all in the Wi-Fi version only). To get the 4G LTE connectivity will add $ 100.